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The number of racist/hate messages is appalling "how do I get to speak on CBC when not even born in Canada, how did they let a warehouse worker become a dr" and now receiving this in my not so public platform. All I have to say is: thank you for fuelling my advocacy further!
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Trending on twitter: Blaming CERB for shortage of labour.
1. It ended in Oct
2. It was 2000$ monthly and was taxed (less than min wage)
If you paid workers less than that per month then its perhaps time to reevaluate your working conditions.
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Multigenerational housing is a term used often stereotypically for immigrant racialized families. It fails to acknowledge socio-economic reasons behind the model. Crowded basements are a consequence of inability to afford housing & child care working on $14/hr.
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My loved ones in Brampton have been in lockdown since 6 months. They are vilified & see police anytime they step out to park, play basketball.
Yet, they are asked to commute to manufacture, package, distribute non-essential items for Amazon & warehouses without
#PaidSickDays
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There are currently 509 workplace outbreaks in Peel which has increased from 426 on April 30. 182 in manufacturing/industrial. Workers continue to manufacture non-essential items without protection. What will it take to pay attention to workplace outbreaks?
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2 million essential workers in GTA with no privilege to stay at home.
Manufacturing, assembling, packaging of non-essential items continues.
Paid Sick leave: No
Temp agency work regulation: No
Response today is inequitable! Health & lives of low-income workers non-essential?
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53.9% of truck drivers in Toronto are South Asian. 18% of Canada’s 181,000 drivers, are South Asian immigrants. The drivers call in ethnic punjabi shows describing their work conditions and hoping their turn would be soon for vaccine. Who is listening to them?
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Thank you
@NatashaFatah
@CBCNews
for having me. We need 1. Temp agency work regulation 2. Paid sick leave 3. Prioritization of essential workers for vaccines. Inequitable policies impacting low-income workers, immigrants, and racialized groups.
Dr. Amanpreet Brar
@iPreetBrar
brings a unique perspective to the pandemic
She's been an essential worker in two capacities - once as a warehouse worker and now as a physician
She shares that unique point of view and explains the challenges for non-unionized essential workers
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Our neighbourhood in Brampton positivity rate: 26%
Loss of life is hard to comprehend.
What's harder to comprehend is why workers are still manufacturing non-essential items & why they lack protection. On why new
#PaidSickLeave
fails to protect low-income workers Thread 1/4
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Brampton continues to receive only per-capita based vaccine supply. Brampton positivity rate this week: 22.4%. All year it has been a hot spot. How is it not high risk enough to get hotspot category supply or pop up clinics yet?
Asking along with community leader
@YudhvirJaswal
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Time to retweet this piece I wrote in
@TorontoStar
few months ago on why CRSB is not same as paid sick days
#PaidSickDaysSaveLives
Ontario has continued to reject paid sick days, pointing to Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB) program. But for many workers, especially temp and part-time, these benefits are inaccessible.
An explainer from Dr.
@iPreetBrar
on those differences:
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A worker in Brampton has gone to 3 different factories within 6 days via temp agency without
#PaidSickDays
. Imagine this worker having mild symptoms/ asymptomatic infection. Re-evaluate essential work, regulate temp worker migration & provide sick days to save their lives.
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Beyond thrilled to match to
@BCChildrensHosp
for Pediatric Surgery fellowship!
Super excited to head to
@UMichSurgery
for Pediatric Surgery Critical Care this summer & Vancouver in 2024
#pedsurgbestsurg
#match2023
Grateful to friends, family, mentors
@SickKidsNews
&
@UofTGSx
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Eligible doesn't mean accessible. I have seen few people give examples of patients who were eligible but "didn't get vaccine" & are now sick. Without knowing their stories, we shouldn't make assumptions. Failure to acknowledge barriers doesn't build vaccine confidence.
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Officially done with surgery residency! I would have never dreamt of becoming a surgeon growing up as a girl roaming streets of villages of Punjab. So grateful to
@UofT
to take me in, to
@UofTSurgery
& everyone who supported me along the way!
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Excited for next chapter in life ❤️♾️
And not sure why Twitter flags my wedding photos as sensitive content, too much red? 🤷🏽♀️
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Non-essential item is curb side pick up only now but their in person manufacturing, assembling, packaging continues by workers without paid sick leave, any job security and protection. These workers remain invisible and their health remains non-essential?
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Unpopular opinion perhaps but this is bit problematic? Brampton already has only 8 pharmacies & only 1 pop-up community site. Most Brampton people I know dont use twitter. And in comment section here, you can see people driving to Brampton get the vaccine.
[ON] Brampton 40+ Shoppers Drug Mart is taking walk-ins for AstraZeneca vaccine from 10:00am - 6:00pm ! There is 600 doses left ! 11965 Hurontario St, Brampton, ON L6Z 4P7
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
#COVID19
#COVID19Vaccine
#COVID19ON
#vhcON
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I have been equally amazed by the positive messages from Canadians nationwide. The negative comments/messages drowned by positivity from people across Canada is truly incredible. Thank you to everyone for the support, especially colleagues and faculty
@UofTGSx
🇨🇦🥰
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As news of potential paid sick leave policy comes out, I wanted to give a shoutout to
@EVYSTADIUM
who has brought all my pieces to
@TorontoStar
. I remember feeling nervous esp because grammar has never been my best friend - thank you Evy for the edits!
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Surrey & Brampton
Similarities: Immigrants, low-income workers, crowded basements, precarious work, no paid sick leave, temp work, language barriers to info, underfunded healthcare.
Not surprised highest case # & lowest vaccination was in these regions in BC & ON
@SimranRoohi
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Govt quietly announced all adults 18+ can receive Pfizer in hot spot pharmacies without requiring proof of residence in hotspot.
How is this ensuring vaccines get to those who need it in hotspots? Would this not increase COVID-19 transmission if people drive into hotspots?
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Earlier today in a talk, I discussed how many prescriptions go unfilled for income bracket 20-50K (new immigrants + low SES families) and few hrs later, there was announcement about pharmacare. What a day!
Here's to hoping this is a step towards equitable universal health care!
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Years ago, myself & three other immigrant women had our feet stepped on to check if we were wearing safety shoes in a factory. We felt attacked & vulnerable. Decade later, got to advocate for low-income workers to 🇨🇦 PM
@JustinTrudeau
. Important milestone but long way to go 1/3
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My mother was 1st woman in her village in India to attend college. We immigrated to Canada & she continues to work in factories like many immigrant women
#IWD2021
I recognize the privilege I attained by standing on shoulders of giants & want to celebrate all 🇨🇦 immigrant women.
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Definition of inequity.
Peel, Brampton: Top of chart in # of COVID-19 cases but bottom of chart in vaccination rate.
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Thank you
@CBCToronto
for giving us platform to highlight the workplace inequities that add to covid burden in Brampton. 116 workplace outbreaks, 34% in manufacturing sector. Quarantining is a privilege!
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#ISupportDrLawrenceLoh
Not all communities are created equal & he was assigned Peel, the essential worker hub.
Working with Dr. Loh directly on temp agencies, paid sick leave to multicultural ethnic media messaging, I can attest that he will always do the right thing.
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Had to go to Brampton hospital yesterday with loved one and I could immediately palpate the stress, burn out & crisis.
Reflections on over-capacity & under-funded hospital in Brampton. Why we need truly a universal health care system! Thread 1/4
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Hearing devastating stories of immigrants, essential workers being intubated in ICU. We really need to urgently re-think what is essential work while we ramp up vaccination
Manufacturing of luxury clothing, skin care products is not.
Who is essential? 1/3 by
@SaraMojtehedz
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Mayor
@patrickbrownont
& Dr. Loh highlighting Brampton has not received hot spot supply & only 1 pop up clinic.
Hot spot all year & positivity rate: 22.4%
Brampton: home to new immigrants, refugees & essential workforce. This is systemic discrimination!
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Today I got to advocate for essential workers,
#PaidSickDays
job security on Vaisakhi. Thank you
@JustinTrudeau
@PattyHajdu
@HarjitSajjan
@BardishKW
@rubysahotalib
@sukhdhaliwal
@SoniaLiberal
@NavdeepSBains
. Hope federal & provincial govts work together to protect most vulnerable
Dr. Amanpreet Brar pushing for essential workers to get vaccines!
#COVID19
#pandemic
@iPreetBrar
@sacovidtf
@DrRGrewal
@regionofpeel
@fordnation
@PrabSarkaria
@GursharanVirdee
@JaskaranSandhu_
@CBCToronto
@CBCIsmaila
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Seeing people on streets of villages/cities you grew up in gasping for air as they struggle to find help & fight for oxygen is devastating.
Only way to end pandemic is to end it everywhere, global efforts needed. Compassion, equity, generosity demands of the hour.
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Another 61 new ICU admissions in ON.
Almost every Brampton neighbourhood is now a hot spot.
Re-evaluating essential designations, paid sick leave, regulating temp agency worker migration is our only way to prevent transmission & save lives TODAY as we ramp up vaccination.
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Had the pleasure of collaborating with the amazing
@SabiVM
@ananya_tb
& special thanks to
@NaheedD
,
@savbrar
.
@TorontoStar
thread on our piece highlighting social & health care inequities that lead to covid burden in
#Brampton
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77 ICU admissions in 24 hrs. Brampton positivity rate aprox 18%. Low income high risk areas lowest rates 💉 yet lockdown measures left manufacturing, transportation in these areas open without 💉, paid sick leave. Who are we protecting & who is essential?
@CTVNews
1/3 🧵
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At some point in medical journey, somewhere in London, Ontario. Staff told me weakness of their program for me would be facing discrimination from patients as an immigrant brown woman. I accepted it as advice & moved on. Now, I think of how inadequate that response was.
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In personal news, I look forward to virtually meeting
@theJagmeetSingh
this week. Hoping to chat about labor rights in Canada, protecting the most vulnerable locally, globally & much more!
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@Samir_Grover
@CBC
These were personal messages sadly, I try to avoid comment sections. Just shows racism in Canada equally an issue.
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Multicultural media has been underutilized. Homeopathy & alternative care providers use these platforms more. Language on top of other factors is a barrier when it comes to inaccessibility to health care. Thank you
@TorontoStar
!
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Recently reporter asked “As a surgical resident, how did you feel motivated to write re workers rights” Made me reflect re privilege I had attained by standing on community shoulders. Why I spoke up re workplace rights & my experience as an immigrant & temp worker. Thread 1/8
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Brampton in lockdown since 6 months & positivity rate 26% in neighbourhoods.
Peel labor supplies 40% of Amazon packages nationally
Dr. Loh fierce advocate & uses section 22. He is alone in battling persistent systemic discrimination based on income, immigration status, race.
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Fan girl moment when Dr.
@jkwan_md
mentions your name 🥰 I have never met her in person but shes been so supportive and has amplified my work throughout pandemic. Thank you for your support and everything you do Dr. Kwan!
@h_shriya
@SabiVM
@dgurdasani1
@AshTuite
@DFisman
@BogochIsaac
@IrfanDhalla
@drmwarner
@deonandan
@DorisGrinspun
@PHealthGnome
@FourWinns298
@DGBassani
@drandrewb
@MPaiMD
Ty! I also like to follow for COVID info:
@iPreetBrar
@nilikm
@LisaEsther6
@DrKaliBarrett
@AmitAryaMD
@NaheedD
@Billius27
@BrooksFallis
etc!
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>6 months of persistent workplace outbreaks in Peel. Currently, 164 manufacturing & industrial outbreaks alone in Peel. What & how long will it take for govt to: re-evaluate what's essential, regulate temp agencies, provide paid sick leave, adequate PPE & put lives above economy.
Thank you
@CBCToronto
for giving us platform to highlight the workplace inequities that add to covid burden in Brampton. 116 workplace outbreaks, 34% in manufacturing sector. Quarantining is a privilege!
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Thank you
@lexharvs
@TorontoStar
- truly humbling to be next to icons such as Dr.
@jkwan_md
. Hoping pandemic is over soon globally but our work for health equity & social justice is far from over.
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Racialized & Immigrant women overrepresented in LTC work. Toronto study 94% PSW, nurses racialized. Hard-hit Montreal 80% LTC aides racialized women. On min wage, lack job security &
#PaidSickDays
#LTCjustice
@Docs4LTCJustice
Latest
@TorontoStar
w/
@Maria_N_Daniel
@SabiVM
1/4
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First & last day of residency in Toronto coincidentally has been with the biggest cheerleader & super supportive teacher - Dr. Azin. Over the last 5 years, he has been my senior resident, fellow, & now staff supervisor, so grateful to learn from him!
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Punjabi is second common language after English in Brampton & Surrey. Want to increase vaccination rate in your lowest uptake regions BC & ON? Funding & collaboration with ethnic media is a solution. Throwback to this piece, language is another barrier.
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And Peel today has more cases than Toronto. Think about that, and what it means per capita. Please shut down non-essential manufacturing in Peel & protect those doing essential work.
Ontario is reporting 2,864 cases of
#COVID19
and over 47,800 tests completed. Locally, there are 803 new cases in Peel, 684 in Toronto, 285 in York Region, 133 in Hamilton and 125 in Durham.
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Thank you Minister
@AnitaOakville
& everyone for the support. Opening facebook account & inboxes to personal attacks, racist & hatred content based on your religion, gender & skin color can be scary. But it only fuels our collective voices to fight against racism and inequities!
Racism and intolerance have no legitimate place in our 🇨🇦 society.
@iPreetBrar
has been an essential worker and a doctor on the frontlines of
#COVID
, she carries an important a voice in her advocacy. Thank you for your work and for standing up for all racialized women, Dr. Brar!
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Last night on call, I was called "the little paki dr" numerous times by a patient. This morning, Kamala Harris is first woman of color to become the Vice President of the United States. Racism has no place and love always wins 🥰 Congratulations America!! 😄💕
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In modern pandemic, globe feels small in many ways but from our response, it's evident minds can be smaller.
Canadians of Indian descent battling wave 2 & 3 simultaneously in both homes. Arrival of ‘Indian variant” (B.1.617) & racist remarks already.
Requesting compassion 🙏
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Last night on
@CBCNews
@Ginella_M
discussing how low income essential workers continue to bear the brunt of pandemic.
Waiting for phone call daily to be called to work as temp worker & no paid sick leave —> discourages testing, isolation, vaccine uptake 1/3 clip🧵
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617 Brampton Amazon warehouse employees tested positive, 240 in just last few weeks.
Temp workers don't have
#PaidSickDays
While people seem worried about their packages being delayed or infected, workers who tested positive & dont have paid sick leave remain invisible.
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I am at loss of words for what happened yesterday in Ontario but I am not surprised. Remember Bill 21 passed in Canadian province & many continue to fight this discriminatory bill. Muslims & Sikhs, especially those visible, experience hate at all levels. 🇨🇦 needs to do better.
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My grandma & her friends got vaccinated this week (one of her friends got it who informed all via phone in punjabi). Building vaccine confidence is about getting info to people the way they consume it. Its not hesitancy. Access to vaccine & vaccine info is key.
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@RosieBarton
@CBCNews
today had the honor to advocate for
#paidsickdays
to Labor Minister
@MonteMcNaughton
. His response: federal 10 day benefit referring to CRSB which is not same as paid sick days.Thread on why CRSB & increasing inspections is not enough to protect workers 1/5
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140 patients transferred out of Brampton hospital just last week to hospitals across GTA.
Brampton residents though will continue to commute to Amazon & other warehouses to manufacture, assemble & ship non-essential packages nationally.
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While all essential work was critical to run our society, all essential workers' health was not equally valued. There were 2 groups: privileged essential workers & the other essential workers. Its not surprising that other were the poor, immigrants & racialized.
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Thank you
@picardonhealth
for tweeting our piece & amplifying that
#PaidSickDays
is matter of socioeconomic & racial justice. We are far behind in treating symptoms of racism & income-based inequities. We will continue to be ill prepared till permanent, equity-driven solutions.
1 in 4
#COVID19
cases found through contact tracing in Peel were those went to work sick. Lack of
#PaidSickDays
is hurting vulnerable workers, by
@iPreetBrar
@carolinajimenez
via
@torontostar
@bramptoncovid
@DecentWorkHlth
#onpoli
#sdoh
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American & Canadian Board Certified in General Surgery. Grateful to my mentors & friends!
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Its 🇨🇦 Sikh Heritage month. Sikhs contribute heavily to essential 🇨🇦 workforce: transportation, manufacturing, businesses to name few! Sikhs face lateral discrimination as minority within minority. While we celebrate them, hope we can also learn to support them beyond this month.
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Not that gifts should matter but when someone gives you a teddy and sews your name with 3-0 silk on it, its a pretty special departing gift and a great way to end the clinical rotation ❤️
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Blocking oxygen supply to Punjab from Pakistan is political. So is not agreeing to vaccine IP waivers in face of ongoing global crisis.
Underfunding of Brampton, Scarborough is political.
When politics impacts health at such massive scale, health care must intersect politics.
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Thank you
@CBCNews
@CBCToronto
for having me to discuss frontline workers struggles & sharing our campaign
@BramptonCovid
. We need employment security, paid sick days, pause on productivity targets & livable wages now!
@gurbaazsra
@arash_chahal
@DecentWorkHlth
@fairwagesnow
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And also those few pharmacies are private, first come first serve & open to all of Ontario. People drive to hot spot Brampton to get the vaccine. People in Brampton don't see twitter posts. Those who are working from home, expertise in digital literacy etc are getting it.
"Brampton's in a crisis," says Brampton East NDP MPP
@GurratanSingh
, noting the city has a 22% positivity rate. "Now when we need it the most, we're getting left behind again." Says it has fewest pharmacies giving out vaccines, only one pop-up and it's not in Brampton.
#onpoli
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New School Year! Super thrilled to join Pediatric Surgical Critical care team
@UMichSurgery
Learnt so much in last 2 days, excited for rest of year!
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Happy Labour Day! Labour is economy.
Backbone of our economy also deserves focus on their health. Labour is Health.
1. Paid Sick Leave
2. Regulate temp agencies
3. Increase minimum wage
4. Speak up against workplace abuse
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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Punjabi vaccine pop ups!
Dixie Gurudwara May 13-16: walk in, 1-7 pm
@WorldSikhOrg
@JaskaranSandhu_
Scarborough Gurudwara:May 15.
ps. this is open to all, not just intl students, but highlighting requirements for them to clear any ques*
Get your shot!
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Discussing
#Covid
burden in Brampton on national
@CBCNews
@RosieBarton
: Essential manufacturing, transportation & inequities in form of temporary employment agencies,no sick leave,no job contracts. Quarantining remains a privilege
@patrickbrownont
working hard, long way to go 1/4
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Global health is not one way street. World needs to help India equally at this critical stage. Nations need to step up to provide oxygen supply to India which provided vaccine globally.
The tragedy unfolding in India now
Bring your own oxygen & medicines to the hospital
Bring your own wood for the funeral of your loved ones
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As physicians, we are privileged to have voices that are heard. We must advocate for our patients. In equitable world, the marginalized would advocate for themselves.
We all have voices & deserve to be heard. It’s time for society to start listening.
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2. This benefit is only for 3 days. How can someone struggling to pay bills get tested, isolate, recover and get vaccinated with 3 days of leave? 3/4
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Happy Vaisakhi 🎉 This marks New Year for Sikhs globally. From farmers protest to pandemic &disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Sikh communities, its been a tough year. Hope this Vaisakhi brings reform and equity for our communities 🙏🏽 🙏🏽
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We had asked what's essential workplace & who's essential worker with
@SaraMojtehedz
Today, she released investigation & it reveals 65% of Toronto residents are essential. And, who is working in low income hazardous jobs --> Immigrants. Quarantining remains privilege Thread 1/5
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Thank you
@TorontoStar
@EVYSTADIUM
! Based on personal experiences as a temp worker & stories shared through
@BramptonCovid
co-founded by
@gurbaazsra
@arash_chahal
, focus of warehouses on productivity targets instead of workers health is evident. So, what can govt do? Thread 1/10
Dr.
@iPreetBrar
once worked as a factory temp worker. At work, she took shorter breaks to fulfil the labour while making minimum wage.
Now, as a doctor, she says Ontario's lack of paid sick days is killing vulnerable workers.
#InTheirOwnVoices
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As we watch our families in some of the hardest hit regions in Canada battle third wave, we see our second home, India, gasping for air. On fighting two pandemics simultaneously.
Latest
@globeandmail
with
@ananya_tb
@veena_sriram
@paimadhu
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Tips for home-based
#COVID19
care by
@IndiaCOVIDSOS
is now available in 12+ languages
Here is the punjabi version translated by
@EemaanKaur
& myself via
@paimadhu
Other languages:
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3. We must understand precarious work as it intersects with lack of job protection. Who is the employer? How will this regulate temp agencies? And so many other ways this policy leaves precarious low-income workers behind and worse off 4/4
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1. Workers are ineligible for CRSB the week they receive WIPB. CRSB meant to complement paid sick days whereas this policy makes them ineligible. Workers already struggling now have to deal with granular details of multiple applications & still end up with financial loss 2/4
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Great advocacy by
@itsNehaMalhotra
on
@CBCNews
@uoftmedicine
med student on IP vaccine waivers, supporting manufacturing in LMIC & importance of placing lives above pharmaceutical profits. The global need of hour!
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#Amazon
won't pay for workers
#PaidSickDays
but as per provincial govt, it got own vaccine pop-up site today in Brampton so that it remains open.
No pop-up community site announced today for Brampton or collab with community organizations.
Economy above lives again in Brampton.
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Post 2001, heard of hate crimes against 🇺🇸 Muslims & Sikhs. When parents decided to apply for 🇨🇦 immigration instead, was relieved for my visibly Sikh family. Can't stop thinking of dreams Afzaal family immigrated to 🇨🇦 with. Let's stand in solidarity & demand action over words.
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Kite Runner
A thousand splendid suns
And the mountains echoed
Thinking back to the stories. Extent of loss, grief & separation is hard to imagine. Praying for Afghanistan.
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Thank you
@theJagmeetSingh
for meeting today to discuss issues impacting 🇨🇦 low-income workers: paid sick leave, temp agency work & ensuring equitable vaccine rollout. Hope we can all work together to protect health of the vulnerable who have been working fiercely to protect us.
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Brampton getting second hospital.. Did I just hear that in budget today? 👏🏾🙏🏽
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🇨🇦 Sikh Heritage Month: Brampton, NE Calgary, Surrey, Fraser are homes to Sikh community in Canada & make up sigf proportion of essential workers in transportation, industries. Areas also hardest hit by COVID-19. Lets use this month to advocate for equitable response.
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Hearing stories from India & everything leaves me devastated. Profiting off human misery is heartbreaking. Anywhere from selling high price testing, fake negative test results, plasma, medications & oxygen that don't work.
How can govts globally allow exploitation of the poor?
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6 months since this piece came out. Great to see focus on persistent under funding, workplace & health inequities in Peel however we must remember this is not new.
Our families have lived & died invisibly for long time.
@SabiVM
@ananya_tb
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Advocacy unlike research work as a resident learner comes with unique challenges. Many learners have approached me with their concerns. There is definitely support for advocacy work but we need more formalized paths & infrastructure for learners to do advocacy work Thread 1/5
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Thank you Dr. Loh for protecting loved ones who have been manufacturing even non-essential items despite lockdown since 2020.
My concern: Are workers getting paid? What about ones via temp agencies?
Without
#PaidSickDays
, agency work regulation, we will continue to fail 1/2
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“A mentor is someone who sees more talent and ability within you, than you see in yourself, and helps bring it out of you.” — Bob Proctor.
To everyone who teaches me how to dream beyond boundaries of my own dreams - thank you!
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This feels super special: Invitation to be the reviewer for Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
#SDOH
😊🥰
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Must read by Reva Mai! We need to empower & amplify these voices. “My Dad’s in a factory, mom’s in food processing plant. Workers cannot afford a day off - days off are unpaid. To us, time is literally money. Getting 💉 isnt simple” Please share her piece!
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Pandemic has impacted low-income precarious workers particularly women. We must take social & racial justice lens to paid sick leave, temp agency work & lack of job security to protect the most vulnerable. We must prioritize them for vaccine
@PattyHajdu
@DecentWorkHlth
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Let’s for once listen to the plight of delivery workers who have become mere online clicks in the shapes of Uber, UberEats, SkipTheDishes, Amazon, DoorDash and countless other applications on our smartphones.
My latest
@TorontoStar
piece along with members of
@BramptonCovid
.
"None of the restaurants would let me in to use their washroom due to COVID safety concerns,” Abhimanyu Arora, a SkipTheDishes driver and essential worker said. "People are in lockdown, but we have been locked out completely."
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Brampton has been hot spot for year. It is manufacturing & transportation hub, continues to have highest positivity rate. Thanks
@ymediagroup
@YudhvirJaswal
for making me learn vaccination under hot spot category still not open in Brampton. Why we need ethnic media at forefront!
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#APSA2023
Catching up with Dr.
@augusto_zani
. Mentor since day 1, wouldn’t have made it to
#pedsurgbestsurg
without him!
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Unfortunately, an employment agency in Brampton can still send a worker in 2-3 warehouses within a week manufacturing, packaging, assembling non-essential items. Today, there was only partial closure of Amazon with active outbreaks.
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