Tackling Stigma – the Unresolved Barrier to Achieving Good Health: A Panel Discussion

Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services and the Alliance for Healthier Communities invites you to join a panel discussion: Tackling Stigma – The Unresolved Barrier to Achieving Good Health.

Following the release of a report by Access Alliance, “Tackling TB Stigma”, we have brought together a panel of experts to highlight the role of stigma in creating barriers to support, care and better health and how we might reduce or eliminate stigma as a barrier.

We’ll hear from panelists working with varied populations and conditions including HIV, TB and women’s health. They will share and discuss the impact/effects of stigma on clients and communities, as well as strategies and practices that can address stigma. The goal of the event is to raise awareness and contribute to the conversation on stigma and ways it can be addressed at both agency and system levels.

Please join us on Monday, October 4th, 2021 02:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Our esteemed panelists (including their area of focus as it relates to stigma) :

--------Tujuanna Austin-------- Former Project Lead of Tackling TB Stigma project, Access Alliance MHCS; currently Manager, Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) at Summit Housing & Outreach Programs (TUBERCULOSIS)

--------Mandana Vahabi-------- Professor at Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing (Ryerson University) and co-director of the Centre for Global Health and Health Equity (CERVICAL CANCER)

--------Anna Penner-------- Coordinator TEACH (Teens Educating and Confronting Homophobia) at Planned Parenthood Toronto (TRANSGENDER CARE)

--------Nadine Sookermany-------- Executive Director at Fife House Foundation (HIV)

--------Kyle Arnold-------- Outreach Worker at NorWest Community Health Centres (ADDICTIONS)

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