May, 2022 The presentation examines systemic inequities and abuse in long-term care (LTC) and their implications for public health, and shares findings from a mixed-methods study revealing persistent abuse, neglect, and isolation despite regulations. We highlight accountability gaps and called for integrated public health involvement and leadership-driven reforms. Presenter(s): Dr. Andrea Baumann and Dr. Mary Crea-Arsenio
Economic Integration and Health The presentation examines the intersections of migration, economic integration, and health, with a focus on internationally educated nurses in Canada. Its purpose is to show how human mobility, labour markets, and health systems interact to shape migrant integration, and to critique integration policies that place responsibility on migrants rather than on systemic reform. The presentation shares global migration trends, definitions and measures of integration as well as an analysis of migrant health and employment. It reinforces the message that health and economic integration are inseparable, and that underemployment of skilled migrants represents a systemic failure with significant costs for both individuals and health systems. Presenter(s): Dr. Mary Crea-Arsenio
Nov, 2025 Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa This presentation demonstrates the finding from a policy article (submitted for publication) on enforcement concerns connected to abuse and neglect in long-term care. It focuses on aspects of LTC, including policy analyses of the workforce, leadership, ownership type and resident neglect. Presenter(s): Dr. Andrea Baumann
June, 2022 McMaster University & National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health The presentation explores systemic issues exposed by COVID-19 and lessons for improving LTC, showcasing CIHR-funded research showing chronic problems—staffing shortages, neglect, isolation—and proposed solutions including leadership strategies and workforce innovations. The findings from this research informed national policy and contributed to a Healthcare Policy special issue. Presenter(s): Dr. Andrea Baumann and Dr. Mary Crea-Arsenio
This presentation demonstrates how place-based factors and local systems shape immigrant economic integration, using Guelph, Ontario Canada as a case study. It aims to show how systems mapping can reveal structural barriers and leverage points that are invisible when integration is framed only as an individual responsibility. The presentation introduces health geography and systems thinking, outlined seven-step systems mapping method, and applied it to local immigrant services, labour markets, and policy contexts. It highlights how a few dominant local actors, credential recognition barriers, and underfunded services in mid-sized cities contribute to job mismatch and underemployment, while positioning systems mapping as a practical tool for designing more equitable, locally tailored integration policies. Presenter(s): Dr. Mary Crea-Arsenio
March, 2024 Statistics Canada – Health Analysis Division The presentation analyzes abuse and neglect in Ontario LTC homes and nursing workforce shortages during and after COVID-19. The findings from this research informed strategies to improve resident safety, staff well-being, and accountability as well as provided information on the use of administrative health data in the sector. Presenter(s): Dr. Andrea Baumann, Dr. Mary Crea-Arsenio, Dr. Valentina Antonipillai, and Dr. Noori Akhtar-Danesh
March, 2024 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada The presentation explores immigrant employment integration in Guelph, Ontario, focusing on systemic challenges and opportunities. It aims to shift the focus from individual responsibility to system-level strategies for improving labor market integration. This research identified barriers such as episodic funding and lack of timely data, and recommended municipal strategies, enhanced pre-arrival services, and collaborative planning to address labor shortages. Presenter(s): Dr. Mary Crea-Arsenio, Dr. Bruce Newbold, Dr. Andrea Baumann, and Dr. Margaret Walton-Roberts