October 5th two artists known as the Department of Public Memory held a memorial service with a twist. Perram House used to be an 8-bed hospice where many of Toronto’s homeless and marginalized individuals went to spend their final days. That came … Continue reading →
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OPSEU Diablogue: Private Donations: Such an odd thing to say
It was such an odd thing to say. October 5th the two artists known as the Department of Public Memory held a memorial to Perram House, an eight-bed hospice that closed earlier this year (video to come). One of the … Continue reading →
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Perram House – Oct 5 public memorial of services lost
Public services are lost one at a time, often incrementally. Take the Shelburne Hospital. Once a partner site of Headwaters Health Care, services were removed from the community one-by-one until eventually the entire hospital closed with barely any protest. The … Continue reading →
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Why health professionals increasingly don’t want to work in community agencies
The closure of eight downtown Toronto hospice beds is hardly creating buzz in the health care community. But it should. Perram House hospice is not big enough to warrant major headlines, but it is symbolic of why the government’s policies … Continue reading →
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