Your Voice Matters!
Community members include patients, clients, families, caregivers and citizens. The voices of community members provide a crucial contribution to the success of the Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Ontario Health Team (FLA OHT).
Two Types of Community Member Volunteers
Associate Community Members: volunteer with the FLA OHT on an as-need basis for engagement, sharing lived experience, interests, skills and abilities. These members are:
- Willing to contribute experience and knowledge
- Participating through email/surveys/focus groups and other opportunities
- Having no commitment to attend monthly meetings -they share their perspectives through other opportunities
- Being invited to Partnership Council's semi-annual Town Hall meetings
Community Council Members: volunteer with the FLA OHT group for a two-year term, attending monthly meetings, and sharing lived experience, interests, skills, and abilities.
Interested in volunteering?
We would love to hear from you!
Engaging Diverse Community Members
Indigenous community members
We are committed to engaging with Indigenous Peoples and community members in a good way, using Indigenous teachings and tools in our work, incorporating the community’s suggestions and building stronger partnerships.
Francophone community members
We are engaging the Francophone community with the goal of removing linguistic barriers to care and building an accessible health and wellness system for all. A translation strategy and a lexicon were developed with our Francophone partners to facilitate our commitment.
Equity-deserving community members
We are working to make health care available to everyone in a way that strives to meet their needs, respect their cultural and linguistic preferences and eliminate barriers to care.
Engaging communities
Dr. Eva Purkey gave a game-changing talk about her research into the experiences and needs of people from marginalized communities. She discussed her vision for how universities can partner with communities to improve peoples’ lives and well-being.
Watch the video to see how her vital work uncovers a path to community transformation.
Journey mapping community member access to care
Journey mapping explained
Understanding access for those without a primary care provider
Understanding and improving access to primary care
Ontario Caregiver Organization
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