I had the privilege of participating in the Fresh Outlook Foundation‘s mental health summit. You can find the video here.
A transcript of my keynote is here.
Policewoman, teacher and nurse among victims of Canada mass shooting
By Anna Mehler Paperny and Moira Warburton, Reuters
Families across Canada struggled on Monday to come to grips with the deadliest shooting rampage in the country’s history, in which the victims included a veteran police officer, a teacher and a nurse.
Medecins Sans Frontieres plans first Canada project as COVID-19 threatens homeless
By Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is designing a 400-bed facility for homeless people in Toronto in its first Canadian project, a top official said on Tuesday, prompted by the risks posed by the coronavirus to vulnerable sections of society.
Coronavirus takes deadly toll on Canada’s nursing homes
By Anna Mehler Paperny and Allison Lampert, Reuters
With deaths in nursing homes making up almost half of Canada’s coronavirus deaths, provinces are taking control of their workforces, boosting care workers’ wages and redeploying health inspectors from hospitals to curb the virus’ spread among seniors.
Please Fix Me: A Conversation with Anna Mehler Paperny
Travis Lupick interviewed me for the LA Review of Books. He did a great job.
U.S. to return Canada-bound asylum seekers stopped at border to home nations
By Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters
After years of asylum-seekers crossing the Canada-U.S. border illegally to file refugee claims, Canada is turning them around and sending them back to the United States, which says it plans to send them swiftly back to their countries of origin.
Canada lawyers, prosecutors scramble to get inmates out of jail
By Anna Mehler Paperny and Tessa Vikander, Reuters
Canadian lawyers and government prosecutors are joining forces to get people out of provincial jails by accelerating bail hearings amid fears of a coronavirus outbreak in the close quarters.
Canada’s First Nations close borders over coronavirus, using ‘isolation as a strength’
By Anna Mehler Paperny and Kelsey Johnson, Reuters
Canadian indigenous communities, already facing poor healthcare options, are closing their own lands’ borders to limit coronavirus exposure as Ottawa dispatches funds and tents to house and isolate sick patients in the country’s chilly north.
U.N. refugee agency to suspend resettlements because of coronavirus
By Emma Farge and Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters
The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) and International Organization for Migration will temporarily suspend sending refugees on to resettle in new permanent homes abroad because of travel disruptions caused by the coronavirus, the agency said Tuesday.
Quebec court refuses to suspend law banning religious symbols
By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters
The Quebec Court of Appeal refused on Thursday to suspend a law banning the wearing of religious symbols by public employees in the Canadian province, although more legal battles await.
