Partners In Health Canada

Partners In Health Canada We are a social justice and global health organization striving to make health care a human right. We refuse to accept that any life is worth less than another.

Partners In Health (PIH) was founded in 1987 to support a one-room health clinic serving a destitute squatter settlement in rural Haiti. PIH’s founders believed the conditions in the settlement — the crushing poverty, absence of modern health care and pervasive poor health — were not inevitable. These were social conditions subject to human intervention and so could be changed — in Haiti or anywhe

re in the world. PIH Canada opened our offices in 2011 to strengthen the work and add our voice to the Canadian movement for health as a human right. We bring the benefits of modern medicine to those who have suffered from the overt and subtle injustices of the world, in the past and in the present.

You don’t need a megaphone, a law degree, and a laminated five-year plan to be an advocate.Maybe you’re the person who c...
04/27/2026

You don’t need a megaphone, a law degree, and a laminated five-year plan to be an advocate.

Maybe you’re the person who can turn one story into a room full of people who care.
Maybe you’re the strategist with 14 tabs open and a plan by Tuesday.
Maybe you’re the group chat general.
Maybe you’re the one asking, “Okay, but who is this actually helping?”

There are four kinds of social justice advocates. Which one are you?
Take the quiz. Find your type. Then go make some good trouble.

🔗 Comment QUIZ to get the quiz link in your DMs!

Things have advanced to a concerning degree. Please be mindful of the language you use. /s
04/15/2026

Things have advanced to a concerning degree. Please be mindful of the language you use. /s

04/14/2026

Our digital world just got an upgrade.
Welcome Laura Hagglund, Specialist, Digital Design & Engagement 🎉
Joining forces with Nimanthie Ariyasinghe, Senior Manager, Development and Digital Strategy, I’d say we’re in very good hands 🙌

What does it mean to choose hope—again and again—when the world gives you every reason not to?In this powerful reflectio...
04/13/2026

What does it mean to choose hope—again and again—when the world gives you every reason not to?

In this powerful reflection from his latest trip to Partners In Health Rwanda and University of Global Health Equity, Ryan Meili writes about accompaniment, solidarity, and the quiet, persistent work of showing up in the face of injustice.

It’s a reminder that hope is a discipline. A long series of building blocks through people, relationships, and the refusal to look away.

Read the full piece:
https://ryanmeili.substack.com/p/a-thousand-hills-of-hope

04/04/2026

Only one right answer. Chatting about power, mistrust and justice in global health. Link for sign ups is in the bio or through this link: pihcanada.org/reading-club

Stephen Lewis was a towering voice in global health and social justice — leading with moral clarity, urgency, and an unw...
03/31/2026

Stephen Lewis was a towering voice in global health and social justice — leading with moral clarity, urgency, and an unwavering refusal to accept that some lives should matter less than others. He insisted that because injustice is constructed, it can be dismantled. As he once said: “We must rise and fight — not just for the lives at risk today, but for the future we are determined to save.”

At PIH, we often return to the idea that the most important decisions in global health are not technical, but moral. Stephen Lewis carried that truth into every room he entered.

We extend our deepest condolences to the Lewis and Landsberg family, to our colleagues at the Stephen Lewis Foundation, and to the many communities and movements shaped and supported by his leadership. A friend of Partners In Health and our co-founder Dr. Paul Farmer for decades, Stephen’s passion helped define a generation of global health advocacy, and his example will continue to guide the work ahead.

03/30/2026

When systems collapse, survival becomes a question of who can still be reached.

Across Haiti, health care teams are navigating insecurity, fuel shortages, and broken infrastructure to reach children who cannot wait. Care doesn’t pause for crisis. It adapts to it.

What this reveals is something deeper: treating malnutrition has never been just about food. It depends on systems that can move, respond, and reach people where they are. Community health workers, mobile clinics, locally produced treatment are the backbone of this model.

And still, even with all of this effort, too many children are left out of reach.

👉 In the final video, we’ll unpack why and what it would actually take to change it.

03/26/2026

We mourn the passing of John Tracy Kidder, an esteemed author and longtime friend.

A Pulitzer Prize–winner, Kidder died on March 24 in Boston at the age of 80, surrounded by loved ones. His 2003 book Mountains Beyond Mountains introduced millions to the fight for global health justice and helped inspire a new generation to carry that work forward.

Since joining the PIH Board of Trustees in 2012, Kidder stood with us through moments of both growth and challenge, always a steadfast advocate for the rights and dignity of the poor.

We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and all those touched by his remarkable life and work: https://www.pih.org/press/partners-health-mourns-passing-john-tracy-kidder

03/24/2026

Right now, as war dominates headlines, a slower crisis is undoubtedly spreading underneath it: malnutrition.

In Haiti, over 5.9 million people are facing acute hunger. That’s half the country. And children are the first to pay the price. This is the direct result of systems breaking, what Paul Farmer called structural violence.

This is the first video in a series breaking down what’s really happening, and what it takes to change it.

👉 Follow along to understand what malnutrition actually looks like for a child, and why food alone isn’t enough.

03/23/2026

An invitation to our friends and supporters in the Guelph area. Join us tonight at 7:00pm for a one-time screening of Bending the Arc at The Bookshelf Cinema. This powerful film that tells the story of Partners In Health and a decades-long movement to advance health as a human right.

Following the film, PIH Canada and Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment will host a panel discussion reflecting on the progress made since the film first aired, and the work that still lies ahead.

March 23rd, Monday at 7:00 PM
📍 The Bookshelf, Guelph

Reserve your seat in advance: https://bit.ly/47FzuEK

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