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The Health Centre is looking for Board Members! If you have a passion for breaking down barriers for folks who are marginalized, this will be a fulfilling role for you! Contact imalik @ lihc.on.ca for more details! #ldnont

We are so excited about this new partnership. Great to see @LHSCCanada removing barriers for marginalized women needing prenatal care. #ldnont

Congratulations to Dr. Allison Henderson - a member of our health care team! Dr. Henderson is the Canadian Women in Medicine's choice for "Woman of the Week" and we could not be more proud.

It is #newcomer day in #ldnont and the Health Centre team are here to talk about health, employment, volunteerism and more. Come say hi.

"Moral panic against safer supply and other harm reduction interventions neglects the growing and strong evidence that safer supply has saved lives. It ignores the reality that people are dying because they can’t access evidence-based harm reduction..." surl.li/mbsgb

Need help? Contact Reach Out crisis response line at 519 433-2023 or 1-866-963-2023 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week, free and confidential); go to the CMHA Crisis Centre located at 648 Huron St., in London or call 519-434-9191; or go to your nearest emergency department.

Today is World Mental Health Day, an opportunity for people and communities to unite behind the theme ‘Mental health is a universal human right” to improve knowledge, raise awareness and drive actions that promote and protect everyone’s mental health as a universal human right.

To everyone who teaches…. thank you for lighting the way. Thank you for creating the “spark” that ignited our learning and inspired each of us to be who we are. Every person has the capacity to find joy in learning and great teachers have the capacity to make sure that happens.

Need help? Call 1-844-413-6649. An independent, national, toll-free support call line is available to provide support for anyone who requires assistance. This line is available free of charge, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. #MMIWG2S

The final report released by NWAC made clear connections between violence and landlessness, colonial child welfare policies, and poverty resulting from exploitation of resources and bodies. #MMIWG2S

Today is Sisters in Spirit National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. The Sisters in Spirit initiative was a program led by the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) and funded by Status of Women Canada. #MMIWG2S

October is #IslamicHeritageMonth, with aims to celebrate and inform fellow Canadians the rich Muslim heritage and contributions to society. The 2023 theme is Celebrating Muslim Women in the Arts & Sciences. Spotlight today on filmmaker Samah Safi Bayazid. youtube.com/watch?v=NkQzEW…

The London InterCommunity Health Centre is committed to reconciliation with Indigenous peoples and communities. For more, including out statement, visit lihc.on.ca/ndtr2023/

Gender Journeys... Visit thamesvalleyfht.ca/programregistr… to register.

who are gender-questioning. The program will take place at the London InterCommunity Health Centre Argyle Clinic at 1700 Dundas Street. This is not a drop-in program: participants should plan to attend all eight weeks. Gender change is a journey!

Join us every Tuesday for 8 weeks starting October 3 at 6:30 p.m. for Gender Journeys. Primarily for individuals 16 and older and in the beginning stages of transition, this group is for anyone thinking about or having already taken early steps toward transition as well as those

The Health Centre is closed tomorrow (Friday) for a staff program. We hope you have a safe and healthy weekend. We will be back Monday as scheduled.