Coquitlam, B.C. -based Shiloh Place Orphanage Society (www.shilohplace.ca ) is holding a used clothing and household goods collecting drive in South Coquitlam, until Saturday July 27th , in support of their small, low-barrier elementary school in Lubumbashi, DRC. 120 girls and boys attend classes there. Some are orphans living with extended family. Others are from
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Low-income Families Opened Eyes of Medical Student
on August 21st, 2015
Social determinants of health are no longer an abstract concept As a medical student at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), I saw first-hand the lives and health-care needs of low-income families in Toronto. Seeing those families helped me recognize how societal factors affect their well-being. In the social paediatrics course I was taking, I
