COVID-19 Omicron Updates

Recently, the province announced some significant changes to self-isolation requirements and testing eligibility due to the Omicron surge. Due to high case counts, limited testing capacity, and evolving guidance our approach to COVID-19 will continue to change. Key points of information: If you have symptoms, you can presume you have COVID-19 Most people do not …

Accessing Vaccine Receipts

PQWCHC is able to support the community in downloading and printing vaccine receipts as needed. For support with this, please call Deb (Queen West site) at ext. 2234 or Sally (Parkdale site) at ext. 1265. We will make every effort to accommodate walk in requests for vaccine receipt printing at both main locations. Information on …

Parkdale Queen West Flu Clinics

  Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre will be hosting flu vaccine clinics every Tuesday and Friday, at both the Parkdale and Queen west sites. until December 17, 2021. Parkdale Site (1229 Queen St) Tuesday and Friday Afternoons Until November 29 To Book Call: 416.537.2455 EXT. 1222   Queen West Site (168 Bathurst St) Tuesday …

Statement on 215 Indigenous Children found buried at Kamloops Indian Residential School

We join Indigenous Peoples across Canada as we collectively grieve the lives of 215 children found on the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. We call upon the Canadian government to take swift action towards fully implementing the recommendations in the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission report. We join in solidarity with demands …

Hiraeth Photo Project

Hiraeth will be on display outside of Parkdale Community Health Centre in the parkette area on Sunday May 16th. We welcome socially distanced viewings. Facilitated by Amy Muli, Community Health Worker, Photography by Maria Vassiliou, Global Shapers   Hiraeth was conceived from a project opportunity that was offered to PQWCHC by the organization, Global shapers. …

Anti-Asian Racism Video

Melissa Grelo and Elaine Lui, the co-hosts of CTV’s The Social, created a video about Anti-Asian racism during COVID, in support of the work by the Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice.  This video, which features many different Asian Canadians from all walks of life (including Yuta Watanabe from the Raptors and Canadian figure …

REPORT: Prenatal Breastfeeding Study

In Canada, 91% of all mothers initiate breastfeeding, but 40–50% stop by 6 months and only 34% breastfeed exclusively for 6 months, with lower rates among socially and/or economically vulnerable women. The Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) aims to support breastfeeding among vulnerable women, but there is no formal framework or funding for sites to integrate proactive …

Thank you to WCH and UHN

Thanking the WCH Mobile Vaccination Team and UHN for bringing vaccines to Parkdale Queen West community testing/vaccination and harm reduction workers.  PQW used this as an opportunity for training of our team members, to enable us to move confidently and quickly in transitioning our testing teams into community  immunization teams.  We were all buoyed by …