Welfare Rtes are Making Us Sick!

Welfare Rates are Making Us Sick:

Poverty, Health and Fighting Austerity

Calling all health care providers, health and public sector workers, poor people, anti-poverty

activists and allies!

The Ontario Council for Hospital Unions, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, Ontario Nurses

Association and Health Providers Against Poverty invite you to join us on September 8th and 9th

for an important and timely public forum and in-depth conference on poverty, health, austerity

and how we can fight back together.

Public Forum

Thursday, September 8th

6-9pm

Location: TBD

Featuring panel discussion with:

• Angela Robertson (Women’s College Hospital, former Executive Director of Sistering)

• Community Organizers from Ontario Coalition Against Poverty and Jane-Finch Action

Against Poverty

• Special Video Launch of a joint project between OCHU and OCAP on ‘Raise the Rates

and the Special Diet’

Moderated by

Michael Hurley and Patti Encinas

of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions

One-day Conference *Free*

Friday, September 9th

Location: TBD

*Pre-registration is requested to determine number of attendees and meals

Workshops, training and discussions on:

 Poverty and health:

How does poverty in Ontario today determine illness?

 Understanding social assistance, cuts to the Special Diet and support for the Raise the

Rates Campaign

 Austerity and health:

How cuts to healthcare, social programs and the public sector are

related, and why they are making us sick.

 Campaigns and strategies for fighting back!

For more information and to register, please contact:

OR Phone: 416-925-6939