Temporal analysis of social determinants associated with COVID-19 mortality

Debopadhaya, Shayom; Erickson, John S.; Bennett, Kristin P.

doi:10.1145/3459930.3469535

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“…The pandemic highlighted the systemic inequalities that confront many immigrants in Ontario exposing them to greater risk of infection and death. Consistent with international evidence (Debopadhaya et al, 2021;Kirby, 2020;OECD, 2020), immigrants contracted COVID-19 at higher rates than the Canadian born (Guttmann et al, 2020) and they had disproportionately high mortality rates (Ng, 2021;Subedi et al, 2020). While immigrants accounted for 25% of all deaths in the first wave of the pandemic, they were only 22% of the Canadian population.…”

Section: Covid -19: the Ontario E Xperien Cementioning

confidence: 72%

Transforming settlement and integration services during a pandemic

Preston,

Shields,

D'Souza

2024

International Migration

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Settlement services are key to Canada's success in welcoming and integrating immigrants. Offered mainly in person prior to COVID‐19 by non‐governmental agencies reliant on and regulated by government funders, services were forced online and delivered by staff working remotely. We document this transition between September 2020 and September 2021 in Ontario, Canada and the conditions that influenced it. Surveys completed by workers and managers at member agencies of the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants reveal how agencies provided services and stabilized organizational resources and capacities. Their success is evident in staff satisfaction with management's responses to the pandemic. While our findings underscore the resilience of the agencies and their workforce, they also challenge many tenets of New Public Management. The survey and discussions with managers suggest that sustained and flexible funding, rapid and respectful communication between agencies and funders and collaborations with other agencies were key to overcoming pandemic challenges.

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Section: Covid -19: the Ontario E Xperien Cementioning

confidence: 72%