isolation

Moderator Ian Skelly from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) joins Dr.… En savoir plus

Mary Jordan from The Washington Post joins Patience Mokgadi, Sandra Thandi Twala and Elizabeth Maki Khumalo from the Othandweni Children’s Home.

They work with Johannesburg Child Welfare, an organization in South Africa that works with marginalized children and members of society.

This informative panel presentation share stories of practical experience from those engaged in community engagement activities that support community resilience.

In this session, hosted by Matthew Bishop of the Economist, Zainab Salbi and Ovide Mercredi share their experiences with isolation.

Social isolation significantly impacts individual and community health, well-being, livelihoods, and resilience, and yet few programmes and policies currently address this issue directly.

In this session moderated by Matthew Bishop of The Economist, Florence and Kluane Adamek (Jane Glassco Northern Fellowship, Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation) share what sums up their feelings of greatest isolation, and when in their lives have they felt most isolated.

Filmed at the Overcoming Isolation and Deepening Social Connectedness Symposium held in Toronto, October 2014.

Social isolation significantly impacts individual and community health, well-being, livelihoods and resilience, and yet few programs and policies currently address this issue directly.

The symposium Overcoming Isolation and Deepening Social Connectedness was the first global gathering on this topic.