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Media Advisory
June 25, 2008
ATTN: NEWS / HEALTH / LIFE / DIVERSITY EDITORS
Celebrating Canadian Multiculturalism Day at Trillium Health Centre on Friday
Mississauga/West Toronto - Trillium Health Centre’s Diversity Services and Health Information and Wellness Centre are promoting awareness of health information and other community-based services available to enhance the health care experience of our diverse patient population.
Please join us at Multiculturalism Day on Friday, June 27 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Several community partners will be on hand to offer information to Trillium staff and patients about diversity issues and community services that could help Trillium patients.
As part of the festivities, we will have a sampling of ethnocultural food and Trillium’s cafeteria will have a special multicultural menu. Health centre staff are being encouraged to wear traditional garments to work to celebrate diversity.
| WHAT: | Multiculturalism Day at Trillium Health Centre |
| WHEN: | Friday, June 27, 2008 |
| WHERE: | Cafeteria at Trillium Health Centre - Mississauga 100 Queensway West, Mississauga |
Multiculturalism Initiatives at Trillium - new Halal Diet Option
Trillium’s Diversity Services, which produces an extensive Diversity Tool Kit to help staff understand their patients’ cultural norms and values, worked in consultation with external partners and Trillium’s Nutrition and Food Services to respond to the dietary needs of Muslim inpatients by introducing a new Halal Diet Option.
Trillium offers Muslim patients halal entrées from a provider who uses meat suppliers certified by the Islamic Society of North America.
Trillium’s Courtyard Cafeteria also offers Halal entrée options daily for staff and visitors - in addition to special daily Multiculturalism Week menus all this week. For more information, visit: www.trilliumhealthcentre.org/about/accessibility.html.
Health Information in Chinese and South Asian Languages
Trillium has enhanced its diversity services by launching free Multilanguage Health Information Helplines for clients who speak Mandarin and Cantonese (905-848-7398) or Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu (905-848-7377). For more information on Trillium Health Information and Wellness Centre, or to find find health information in different languages,visit: www.trilliumhealthcentre.org/health/index.html
Community Partner Displays
&Training, Vision Project, Peel Public Health and Peel Police Diversity Relations Unit, along with Trillium’s Diversity Services, Health Information & Wellness Centre, and Kailo - our workplace wellness program.
About Trillium Health Centre
Trillium Health Centre is one of Canada’s largest community hospitals with regional programs in cardiac, stroke, neurosurgery, orthopaedic, and sexual assault and domestic violence services. Housing a model ambulatory care centre and the largest free standing day surgery centre in North America, Trillium serves over one million residents in Peel and West Toronto and from other communities across Ontario. With the continued support of the Trillium Health Centre Foundation, the hospital’s fundraising arm, the two-site facility is attracting international attention for its innovative approach to providing health care services and has received numerous national awards for quality and- 30 -
NOTE: Members of the media should report to the information desk at the main entrance at Trillium Health Centre - Mississauga. A Trillium Media Relations representative will escort you to the Cafeteria.
Media Contact:
Larry Roberts
Media Relations Consultant, Trillium Health Centre
office: 905-848-7580 ext. 3832
mobile: 416-358-7201
lroberts@thc.on.ca