FSO Response to 2024 Budget

Urgent action is required by Ontario government to address worsening staffing crisis in Ontario’s community health sector Associations representing over 200,000 workers in community health respond to 2024 Ontario Budget TORONTO, ON – Today, a coalition of Ontario’s...

More to Loneliness than Being Alone

According to the World Health Organization, social isolation is comparable in risk to smoking, obesity and physical inactivity. The Harvard University Study of Adult Development, known as the longest study on human happiness, found that there is a strong link between...

When a family service agency is lost

The doors closed at Catholic Family Services of Hamilton on April 30th, after 74 years of service. This is the third family service agency in Ontario to close since the onset of the pandemic, with the others being in Thunder Bay and Northumberland. In each case, the...