Healthy Equity
All people have the opportunity to reach their full health potential regardless of their social-economic status, social class, race, ethnicity, religion, age, disability, gender-gender identity, sexual orientation or other socially determined circumstance. Health Equity is more than equality of access to services – it means equality of opportunity for:
- education
- employment
- housing
- food security
Inclusion for all… improved health for everyone:
National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy
National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
Poverty Reduction
Better income can lead to better health, and filing taxes allows folks greater access to benefits such as Canada Child Benefit, GST payments, and more. Access a list of local free tax clinics.
Helpful Resources:
Get Your Benefits features a plain language booklet designed specifically for Manitobans, and contains a list of many federal, provincial and regional benefits and programs individuals may be eligible for.
Here are two sites to help identify which benefits an individual may be eligible for:
Government of Canada: Benefits Finder
Benefits wayfinder