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Online community and resources are more important than ever, so we want to keep you up to date on how COVID-19 is impacting our members and community. We are also sharing stories about putting people and planet first; we hope this inspiration will help get you through these unsettling times.

HEAD START - What's happening now
Canada's failure to collect race-based pandemic data
One of this country's leading experts on the social causes of disease argues Canada's failure to collect race-based data on COVID-19 infections amounts to discrimination by neglect. "Discrimination is not necessarily about what you do. It's often about what you don't do," Dr. Kwame McKenzie said in an interview. Scarborough is one of the regions with a number of COVID-19 hotspots. It is also one of the most diverse and densely populated areas in the country.

Why it's important that we march
Supporters took to Christie Pits park Saturday afternoon to march for Regis Korchinski-Paquet, a 29-year-old woman who died after falling from the 24th-floor balcony of a Toronto apartment. "A lot of times when people call the police for mental health issues, it ends in death — and it shouldn't," said Latina McLean, a supporter at the rally. McLean pointed to better training for the Toronto Police as a solution because she says the police in this country are not equipped to handle mental health cases.

IT'S UP TO US - Change happens at CSI
The Black community in East York, Toronto, and across Ontario deserves increased, adequate access to timely, Black-led mental health supports. This Fund for Black-led Mental Health Supports is a place for non-Black people to tangibly put their outrage, sadness, shock, fear, anger and solidarity into action to actively support Black-led healing from the impacts of white supremacy through mental health supports for Black people. It will be held and administered by Black Registered Social Workers.

CSI SOLUTIONS: Putting people and planet first
CSI member Mommy Monitor is a maternal health app and service that advocates for Black and racialized parents and parents-to-be to be who don't have a safe space to share their experiences and ask questions. They are currently conducting a survey to determine the needs of Black parents during the COVID-19 crisis.
MORE STORIES FROM THE CSI COMMUNITY

GO FOR IT - Opportunities
United Way Greater Toronto is inviting proposals from agencies for one-time requests for community service organizations to meet the urgent needs of vulnerable individuals and families in Peel Region, the City of Toronto and York Region arising during COVID-19. In particular, UWGT will prioritize applications that focus on meeting the needs of vulnerable individuals and families experiencing the greatest barriers to accessing services and supports, and on creating partnerships that scale up significantly the capacity of communities to meet these needs.
At CSI, we are all about working together to find solutions that put people and planet first. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we feel the need for collaboration and community now, more than ever. CSI is here for you – even from a distance – to help you accelerate your impact. 

DREAM JOB ALERT - Work in our network
Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services is an accredited community-based health agency with a proud 30-year history. Services are provided at three locations in Toronto and at partner organizations within the community. They are hiring a Manager Primary Care Services to supervise and support the front-line team. The Manager fosters a culture of best practice, quality improvement, safety and innovation within the team and across disciplines.

SOCIAL CLOSENESS - Being connected while being apart
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