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Winter 2011 Creating healthier environments with newcomer women and families By Manisha Pawha and Radmila Rakas As we reported last time, WHEN has initiated seminars with newcomer women and families to help them reduce their exposure to environmental health hazards. Each year, thousands of immigrants enter Canada. While Canada offers many opportunities for newcomers, this population is exposed to environmental hazards in their new homes, workplaces, and communities that are often dramatically different than the envioprnmental healht risks in their home countries. Reaching out WHEN has hosted a seminar in Toronto at the South Asian Family Services and Support (SAFSS) LINC Centre at Morningside Avenue, and four sessions with the Multicultural Inter-Agency Group of Peel (MIAG) in Mississauga. So far, WHEN has reached over 100 women and families who have recently immigrated to Canada from diverse regions such as South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. Given that winter life in Canada is primarily spent indoors, the sessions emphasize 'healthy homes' featuring demonstrations, interactive discussions, and questions and answers about environmental exposures affecting health. Read More Back to top Setting IntentionsBy Dr Mahalia Freed,
ND
(Written and first published for January
2010)
Last New Year's, a good friend and I spent a very long, snowy drive sharing and concretizing our intentions for 2009. It was an organic yet intentional conversation. We went back and forth, helping each other get more specific, as well as inspiring one another with our separate dreams. I wrote everything down while she drove. Sharing intentions in this way is something I truly value. Even if you do not have the same goals, this practice creates a context of support as you move through the year, giving you someone to check in with ? someone who might notice if you, say, resolved to ski 3 weekends a month and haven't been out once by March. This kind of social support can, for example, provide us with someone to talk to if we are frustrated by continuing to struggle with a relationship pattern we intend to overcome.Read More Back to top Connect Beauty
Each year, WHEN hosts a Connect event focusing on a different theme. Speakers, demos and displays allow participants to explore the themes and engage with each other and local experts on a topic of importance to the environment and our health. This year our Connect event focused on exposure to harmful chemicals through cosmetics, personal care products, and clothing. On Thursday, November 17, WHEN partnered with Fashion Takes Action for its fourth annual Connect event: Connect Beauty, where a fun, interactive, and beautiful evening was had by all. Read More Back to top
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