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Wrapping Up Season 4 of the Virtual Lecture Series
That’s a wrap folks. The Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) has wrapped up Season 4 of the ongoing virtual lecture...
Jun 11, 20244 min read


Palliative Care Means Living Your Best Life to the End
By Lorna Coombs, BScN, RN & Erin Donald, PhD, RN Most people would rather not chat about end-of-life issues over the dinner table, but...
Jun 3, 20243 min read


New Senior Programming in Collaboration with Legion Branch 109
Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) is excited to announce that it is partnering with the Goderich Legion Branch 109 to...
May 24, 20242 min read


A Snapshot of Early Settlement Experiences: Connections to Healthy Communities.
By: Dr. Rana Telfah Rana Telfah completed her PhD in rural studies at the University of Guelph. Her research illuminates the resilience...
May 24, 20244 min read


Gateway CERH Students Present to Goderich Lions
On May 9th, 2024, the Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH)'s research assistants, Amy Sturgeon, Joel Hordijk and Sage...
May 17, 20241 min read


Intergenerational War: What Is It Good For?
By: Dr. Scott Brown I’d like to write briefly about the idea of intergenerational community relationships and how we might handle some of...
May 17, 20245 min read


Rural Health through the Lenses of Housing for International Agricultural Workers
By: Damilola Oyewale & Ryan Gibson The International Agricultural Workers’ Housing and Rural Planning research team at the University of...
May 10, 20245 min read


Working Together to Address Opioid-Related Harms in Rural Ontario
By: Dr. Mike Beazely Addressing Challenges Throughout the 2000s, regulators and prescribers began to address the diversion of the then...
May 7, 20245 min read


Spring 2024 Newsletter
The Gateway CERH team is enthused to show our Spring Newsletter on our website. Learn all about the Gateway CERH Team, the activities,...
May 1, 20241 min read


Empowering Rural Well-Being: Insights from the Rural Symposium on Health and Quality of Life
By: Dr. Ryan Gibson & Paul Sitsofe The opportunities and difficulties specific to rural communities in Ontario have a significant impact...
Apr 24, 20243 min read


Upcoming Spring Mental Health First Aid Training
Warmer weather, greener pastures and great training are coming this spring! The Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural...
Apr 18, 20241 min read


Learn How Dr. Mary Fox is Developing Strategies to Support the Functioning of Older People with Cognitive Impairment in Rural Communities After a Hospital Stay
Older people living with cognitive impairment are a vulnerable group. They have high rates of hospital admission and are 25% more likely...
Apr 17, 20244 min read


Bruce Power Commits $250,000 to Rural Health
Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) is ecstatic to announce that Bruce Power is providing $250,000 worth of funding over...
Apr 12, 20241 min read


Donation for Mental Health First Aid by ROOTs Community Fund
Mental health is as important as physical health for a person’s overall wellbeing. Although you may not be directly affected by mental...
Apr 11, 20242 min read


Gateway CERH presents S.H.A.R.P. at Brock University
Recruitment and retention of healthcare workers in rural and remote locations can be challenging. The struggle of maintaining a strong...
Apr 8, 20243 min read


Walker, Gateway CERH Research Chair of AI Enabled Rural Health Research
Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) is proud to announce that Dr. Leslie Walker defended their PhD thesis on Artificial...
Apr 4, 20241 min read


Be Aware of Bonus Virtual Lecture in April
Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health is eager to announce the first BONUS virtual lecture series event. On Tuesday, April 23rd,...
Mar 25, 20241 min read


Announcing Mental Health First Aid
The vast farmland, small towns, and big lake that dominate Huron County is home to 61,000 residents. The neighbouring county of Perth,...
Mar 19, 20244 min read


Hiring: Part-time High School Student
We are hiring high school students! Are you or someone you know a high school student interested in the health sciences, social sciences,...
Mar 15, 20241 min read


AI and Healthcare: Impacts, Inequalities, and Policy Imperatives
The mass proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has uncovered an interesting paradox: although emerging technologies have...
Mar 6, 20242 min read


Summer Camp Adventures: Features Video
Homegrown, Huron County, high school students learned about healthcare at the Discovery Healthcare Camp. In the summer of 2023, Gateway...
Mar 6, 20242 min read


Welcome back, Student Joel!
Gateway CERH welcomes back Joel Hordijk to the team. Joel is a recent health science graduate from the University of Ottawa, and starting...
Feb 12, 20241 min read


Gateway CERH’s Lecture Recap: Enhancing Emergency Management in Rural Northern Ontario
By: Amanda Mongeon The lecture hosted this month by Gateway Centre of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) brought the...
Feb 12, 20243 min read


Winter 2024 Newsletter
The Gateway CERH team is enthused to show our Winter Newsletter on our website. Learn all about the Gateway CERH Team, the activities,...
Feb 12, 20241 min read
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