Objectives of the conference
- Promote knowledge sharing about the problems faced by migrants without provincial health insurance;
- Present inspiring models from Quebec and other provinces and countries, relating to intervention practices
and public policies promoting access to healthcare for migrants;- Discuss avenues of action aimed at broadening access to healthcare for migrants without provincial health insurance.
A presentation by SHERPA University Institute, the Center of Expertise on the Well-Being and Physical Health of Refugees and Asylum Seekers
(CERDA) / CIUSSS West-Central Montreal and Montréal’s Regional Public Health Department / CIUSSS Centre-Sud-de-l’Ile-de-Montréal
Recording and slides
27 avril 2021
OPENING SESSION
(in french)
Jill Hanley, scientific director, SHERPA University Institute
Francine Dupuis, Associate CEO, CIUSSS West-Central Montreal
Access to Healthcare for All: Importance in Terms of Public Health, Mylène Drouin, Mylène Drouin, Director, Montreal Regional Public Health Department
Slides >>
ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND SERVICES FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS: THE IFHP
(in french)
Soins et services pour les demandeurs d’asile : comment surmonter les obstacles? Alexis Jobin-Théberge and Marie-Eve Boulanger, PRAIDA
Slides >>
Difficultés d’accès : les impacts cliniques sur les demandeurs d’asile, Amélie Bombardier, PRAIDA
Slides >>
MIGRANTS WITHOUT MEDICAL INSURANCE: THE SITUATION IN QUEBEC
(in french)
Problématique d’accès aux soins pour les migrants sans assurance médicale :
état des lieux, Janet Cleveland, Institut universitaire SHERPA
Slides >>
À la rencontre des personnes sans assurances, Jill Hanley, directrice scientifique, Institut universitaire SHERPA
Slides >>
Impacts cliniques du manque d’accès aux soins pour les migrants sans assurance médicale, Pénélope Boudreault, Médecins du Monde
Slides >>
ACCESS TO CARE IN TIMES OF PANDEMICS FOR MIGRANTS WITHOUT INSURANCE
(in french)
Les maladies infectieuses à déclaration obligatoire chez les migrants sans assurance - de la santé publique jusqu’à la pratique, Lavanya Narasiah, DRSP
Droit à la confidentialité des migrants sans statut, Genna Evelyn, lawyer
28 avril 2021
OPENING
Des soins pour tous les enfants: grandir en santé sans barrière, Mahli Brindamour, University of Saskatchewan
UNIVERSAL OR EXTENDED ACCESS POLICIES - EXAMPLES AND AVENUES FOR THE FUTURE - first part
Access to health care for undocumented migrants in Europe, Michele LeVoy, PICUM (Plate-forme pour la coopération internationale pour les migrants sans-papiers)
Recent evolution and effects of healthcare coverage exclusion of undocumented immigrants in Spain, Roberto Nuño-Solinís, Université de Deusto, Espagne
Slides >>
UNIVERSAL OR EXTENDED ACCESS POLICIES - EXAMPLES AND AVENUES FOR THE FUTURE - second part (french and english)
Expanding Health Care Access for Migrants without Health Insurance in Ontario during COVID Pandemic and Beyond: Lessons from the Health Network for Uninsured Clients in Toronto, Nadjla Banaei et
Rebecca Cheff, Health Network for Uninsured Clients
Slides >>
La mythologie de la couverture universelle des soins de santé au Canada et les luttes « santé pour toutes et tous » au Québec, Samir Shaheen-Hussain, Université McGill, Soignons la Justice Sociale