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OCASI Presentation - Prevention Of Sexual Abuse of Patients

Policy: 
Legislation & Public Policies
Type: 
Deputations & Submissions

OCASI was invited by the Task Force reviewing the Regulated Health Professions Act (1991) to participate in consultations on the Prevention of the Sexual Abuse of Patients.

The Task Force was appointed by Dr. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care (Ontario), to begin its review in January 2015. Consultations began in late February 2015.

The OCASI presentation to the Task Force focused on the experience of immigrant and refugee women, and women without immigration status, and included the included the following recommendations:

Message from the Executive Director - February 2015

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Executive Director's Message
“It should be without contest that a priority list in the 21st century Canada should be based on a candidacy framed by talent and merit, rather than fluency in English or French.” This is a quote from a letter sent to Federal ministers Kenney and Alexander by the National Congress of Italian Canadians in response to growing concerns by many immigrant (particularly non- English or French speaking ) communities that our new immigration policies and priorities are discriminatory.

IWD 2015 SPEAK OUT!

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Event

SPEAK UP! SPEAK OUT!
International Women's Day

Feminist voices for change
Justice for Indigenous + racialized + migrant women workers

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