The City of Brampton continues to invest in a stronger future for local health care, with Brampton City Council approving $2.5 million in funding to support Sheridan College’s new Centre for Healthy Communities.
To provide better care for people living with chronic diseases and help fuel Peel Region’s critical need for medical professionals, the Centre for Healthy Communities will:
- Train the next generation of nurses and allied health professionals in Brampton to look after the people of Brampton, Peel and Ontario; and support a shared vision for culturally competent care.
- Be a living lab of innovation and partnerships between students, academics, medical professionals, technology innovators, social service providers and residents.
- Help address hallway health care by addressing chronic disease management through interprofessional, preventative care.
- Propel economic growth locally and regionally through an estimated 200 to 500 new jobs in construction, maintenance, education, health care and administration, industry partnerships and enhanced transit connections for the area.
- Increase postsecondary options in Brampton by adding graduate certificates in Clinical Kinesiology, Regulatory Affairs and Clinical Research, and, pending provincial approval, Bachelors of Nursing and Osteopathy.
The City’s funding complements Sheridan’s $20 million investment and will support planning and consultation toward a new building at the Davis campus in Brampton. Some of the new programming will begin as early is fall 2022, while the rest will become available pending approvals and development of the new spaces.
Fair Deal for Brampton
On January 22, 2020, the City of Brampton declared a health care emergency and launched its advocacy campaign, “Fair Deal for Brampton” – requesting additional funding from the Province to bridge Brampton’s health care gap. The City continues to take steps to address the health care emergency in Brampton and to ensure that the next generation of health care practitioners can train locally in the city.
For more information on the Fair Deal for Brampton campaign visit Brampton.ca.
