LET’S MAKE THE FUTURE FAIR FOR EVERYONE
TOGETHER,
LET’S START
SOMETHING
BETTER.
TOGETHER, LET’S START
SOMETHING BETTER.
WE BELIEVE EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE.
WITH YOUR SUPPORT, WE CAN EVEN THE ODDS.
In Canada, our household income, education, and experiences of discrimination strongly affect our odds of staying healthy.
That’s why Staples and MAP – Canada’s largest health equity research centre, based at St. Michael’s Hospital – have joined forces to Even the Odds. Through evidence-based solutions from MAP’s scientists and community partners across Canada, we’re working to help end childhood health inequities, break down barriers to care and disease prevention, and create pathways out of chronic homelessness.
How we’re building communities
that work for everyone.
Ending Chronic Homelessness
A future without homelessness in Canada is possible. Through Even the Odds, we are helping people each and every day to get housed, stay housed, and regain their health and wellbeing. Even the Odds proudly funds MAP’s Navigator program: an outreach program that helps unhoused patients recover after a hospitalization, by connecting them with healthcare and social services in the community. The ultimate goal is to help people exit homelessness for good. Read a Globe and Mail profile.
Thanks to Even the Odds fundraising, we have been able to bring this innovative program to St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, with plans to expand further to Quebec. Learn about the St. Pauls’ program
Also supported by Even the Odds: MAP’s Transitioning Youth Out of Homelessness coaching and rent subsidy program for young people who have experienced homelessness in Ontario. Watch a short film on this incredible program.
A future without homelessness in Canada is possible. Through Even the Odds, we are helping people each and every day to get housed, stay housed, and regain their health and wellbeing. Even the Odds proudly funds MAP’s Navigator program: an outreach program that helps unhoused patients recover after a hospitalization, by connecting them with healthcare and social services in the community. The ultimate goal is to help people exit homelessness for good. Read a Globe and Mail profile.
Thanks to Even the Odds fundraising, we have been able to bring this innovative program to St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, with plans to expand further to Quebec. Learn about the St. Pauls’ program
Also supported by Even the Odds: MAP’s Transitioning Youth Out of Homelessness coaching and rent subsidy program for young people who have experienced homelessness in Ontario. Watch a short film on this incredible program.
Creating a Healthy Start for Kids
Every child should have the opportunity to thrive, regardless of economic background. With Even the Odds, we are working to end childhood health inequities in Canada through science-based programs with lifelong impacts. Even the Odds proudly funds APPLE Schools: an award-winning health promotion project for children in underserved communities. Kids that grow up in disadvantaged neighbourhoods have a much higher risk of diabetes and heart disease in adulthood. APPLE Schools has been proven to help considerably reduce this risk by helping students move more, eat better, and feel happier - learning healthy habits that last a lifetime. Learn more
Thanks to Even the Odds fundraising, we have been able to launch this evidence-based program at elementary schools in Ontario, and we are piloting a tailored version of APPLE Schools at more schools in Alberta.
In a country where one in five kids live in poverty, the need across Canada is enormous. Our goal is to keep scaling up to reach as many students as we can.
Every child should have the opportunity to thrive, regardless of economic background. With Even the Odds, we are working to end childhood health inequities in Canada through science-based programs with lifelong impacts. Even the Odds proudly funds APPLE Schools: an award-winning health promotion project for children in underserved communities. Kids that grow up in disadvantaged neighbourhoods have a much higher risk of diabetes and heart disease in adulthood. APPLE Schools has been proven to help considerably reduce this risk by helping students move more, eat better, and feel happier - learning healthy habits that last a lifetime. Learn more
Thanks to Even the Odds fundraising, we have been able to launch this evidence-based program at elementary schools in Ontario, and we are piloting a tailored version of APPLE Schools at more schools in Alberta.
In a country where one in five kids live in poverty, the need across Canada is enormous. Our goal is to keep scaling up to reach as many students as we can.
Improving Access to Care and Disease Prevention
Healthcare and healthy food are two of our most basic needs – yet in Canada, some have easy access and others are left behind. Through Even the Odds, we’re investing in innovative ways to create healthier communities across the country. Even the Odds proudly funds MAP’s Our Healthbox program: “Smart” vending machines that dispense free HIV self-tests and other essential health supplies such as naloxone and condoms. Healthboxes reach people where they are at, without stigma or judgement. Read a Toronto Star profile.
Thanks to Even the Odds fundraising, we have been able to bring Healthboxes to communities across New Brunswick, with more planned in Nova Scotia, PEI and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Also supported by Even the Odds:
• OurCare, the largest-ever initiative to engage people across Canada about the future of primary care.
• Healthy Food Prescription, a research trial to understand the potential of food vouchers (prescribed by physicians) to prevent chronic disease complications among people with low incomes.
• Prenatal Testing Outreach, mobilizing community and public health partners to launch culturally appropriate rapid testing and treatment programs in remote First Nations communities in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
• Clinique Mauve, a first-of-its-kind health clinic in Montreal designed to meet the needs of racialized and migrant patients who are 2SLGBTQI+.
Healthcare and healthy food are two of our most basic needs – yet in Canada, some have easy access and others are left behind. Through Even the Odds, we’re investing in innovative ways to create healthier communities across the country. Even the Odds proudly funds MAP’s Our Healthbox program: “Smart” vending machines that dispense free HIV self-tests and other essential health supplies such as naloxone and condoms. Healthboxes reach people where they are at, without stigma or judgement. Read a Toronto Star profile.
Thanks to Even the Odds fundraising, we have been able to bring Healthboxes to communities across New Brunswick, with more planned in Nova Scotia, PEI and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Also supported by Even the Odds:
• OurCare, the largest-ever initiative to engage people across Canada about the future of primary care.
• Healthy Food Prescription, a research trial to understand the potential of food vouchers (prescribed by physicians) to prevent chronic disease complications among people with low incomes.
• Prenatal Testing Outreach, mobilizing community and public health partners to launch culturally appropriate rapid testing and treatment programs in remote First Nations communities in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
• Clinique Mauve, a first-of-its-kind health clinic in Montreal designed to meet the needs of racialized and migrant patients who are 2SLGBTQI+.
DID YOU KNOW?
Big-picture research and
real-world
solutions.
MAP is Canada’s largest research centre focused on health equity and the social determinants of health. Internationally recognized for groundbreaking science and innovation, MAP develops and implements real-world, evidence-driven program and policy solutions that disrupt cycles of socioeconomic exclusion and poor health. For more than 25 years, MAP has partnered with communities and policy makers across the country to take on complex issues such as homelessness, intimate partner violence, inequitable access to healthcare and the prevention of opioid-related harms. MAP is based at St. Michael’s Hospital (Unity Health Toronto), a fully affiliated University of Toronto teaching and research-intensive hospital and hub for care in downtown Toronto. MAP’s impacts span from local to national and beyond. MAP’s vision is a healthier future for all.
Learn More about MAP and their impact on communities.
Learn More about MAP and their impact on communities.
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