Welcome. My name is Cheryl Smith and I will be hosting the Health Portfolio. We will take up the cause of total health; physical, spiritual and mental.
I will share my personal experience with each of these. I am a cancer patient, diagnosed many times with a myriad of so-called mental health issues, and have been transformed spiritually through the cancer journey.
The “treatment” I have been engaged in of late has been more effective than any I have yet received. However, no one size fits all, and we want to learn what has worked for you.
We will attack stigma, shine light on cracks in the healthcare system for poor people, and try to inspire and uplift each other.
Feel free to contact me any time with your questions or ideas.
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On March 18, 2009, a busload of people from our community attended “Set the Table at Queen’s Park” a rally in support of a Healthy Food Supplement. A Davenport community member, Cheryl Smith, spoke to a crowd of more than 200 people about her struggles to stay healthy while fighting cancer and living on a low income.
Thriving in Toronto on Ontario Disability Supports : Ten Hints by Cheryl Smith
Thriving in Toronto on Ontario Disability Supports : Ten Hints
By Cheryl Smith
TORONTO, Ontario-- So you’re single, middle-aged, disabled, and you live alone in
one of the most expensive cities in Canada: Toronto. Ontario Disability Supports
Program will graciously provide you with between $942.00 and $1399.00 monthly
depending on “special needs” and your ability to prove them.
Housed in the ...
Report of the Ontario Social Assistance Review Advisory Council
This report is also available in PDF format.
Recommendations for an Ontario Income Security Review
May 2010
Table of Contents
The Social Assistance Review Advisory Council
Letter of transmittal
Executive Summary
Recommended Terms of Reference
Scope of the Ontario Income Secuirty Review Key Strategies to Guide the Ontario Income Security Review Measurable Outcomes The Review Process Why Ontario Needs an Income Security ...
“Sharing The Burden” with Stephan Cayton Briones
"Sharing The Burden"
with Stephan Cayton Briones
Sharing the Burden is "an artisitic social justice endeavour whereby people with an experience of poverty are given (inexpensive) disposable cameras with which to take pictures" and which resulted in a showing in July of 2011 at Gallery 1313 on Queen St in Toronto, Canada.
All of the equipment used ...
All Nations Statement Of Solidarity Against Enbridge Northern Gateway
Indigenous Environmental Network
"A network of Indigenous Peoples empowering Indigenous Nations and communities towards sustainable livelihoods, demanding environmental justice and maintaining the Sacred Fire of our traditions."
Yinka Dene Alliance and Allies - All Nations Statement Of Solidarity Against Enbridge Northern Gateway
WE THE UNDERSIGNED INDIGENOUS NATIONS STATE IN SOLIDARITY:
Our Nations are bound together by the ...
This report is also available in PDF format.
Recommendations for an Ontario Income Security Review
May 2010
Table of Contents
The Social Assistance Review ...
The rich get richer and the homeless get fined
by Stephen Gaetz
November 10, 2011
Homelessness continues to be a visible problem in most Canadian cities. I would say most Canadians, when they think about how we respond to homelessness, would consider emergency shelters, drop-ins and soup kitchens – charitable programs set up to shelter [...]
The Options Paper from the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario has been released. You can find the paper, entitled “Approaches for Reform”, here: http://www.socialassistancereview.ca/commission-publications.
A message from the Commissioners is here: http://www.socialassistancereview.ca/a-message-from-the-commissioners. You will also be interested to review “What We Heard”, which is the summary of discussions that took place [...]
