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Dr. Kwame McKenzie is the CEO of the Wellesley Institute and a professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto.

If we want immigrants, refugees, and racialized groups to thrive, we need our policies on social determinants of health and mental health services to evolve

Immigration is the main driver of population growth in Canada. Our prosperity is linked to attracting smart immigrants who will help our economy grow.

Opinion | BY KWAME MCKENZIE | October 7, 2019

Studies have shown that when immigrants come to this country, they are two times less likely to have poor health than a white Canadian. The immigration screening process ensures that we have healthy recruits. However, by seven years, immigrants are two times more likely to have poor health. More than 10 per cent of an immigrant’s health has deteriorated in that time. This is an incredible waste of potential. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

If we want immigrants, refugees, and racialized groups to thrive, we need our policies on social determinants of health and mental health services to evolve

Opinion | BY KWAME MCKENZIE | October 7, 2019

Immigration is the main driver of population growth in Canada. Our prosperity is linked to attracting smart immigrants who will help our economy grow.

If we want immigrants, refugees, and racialized groups to thrive, we need our policies on social determinants of health and mental health services to evolve

Opinion | BY KWAME MCKENZIE | October 7, 2019

Immigration is the main driver of population growth in Canada. Our prosperity is linked to attracting smart immigrants who will help our economy grow.

Studies have shown that when immigrants come to this country, they are two times less likely to have poor health than a white Canadian. The immigration screening process ensures that we have healthy recruits. However, by seven years, immigrants are two times more likely to have poor health. More than 10 per cent of an immigrant’s health has deteriorated in that time. This is an incredible waste of potential. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

If we want immigrants, refugees, and racialized groups to thrive, we need our policies on social determinants of health and mental health services to evolve

Immigration is the main driver of population growth in Canada. Our prosperity is linked to attracting smart immigrants who will help our economy grow.

Opinion | BY KWAME MCKENZIE | October 7, 2019

Studies have shown that when immigrants come to this country, they are two times less likely to have poor health than a white Canadian. The immigration screening process ensures that we have healthy recruits. However, by seven years, immigrants are two times more likely to have poor health. More than 10 per cent of an immigrant’s health has deteriorated in that time. This is an incredible waste of potential. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

If we want immigrants, refugees, and racialized groups to thrive, we need our policies on social determinants of health and mental health services to evolve

Opinion | BY KWAME MCKENZIE | October 7, 2019

Immigration is the main driver of population growth in Canada. Our prosperity is linked to attracting smart immigrants who will help our economy grow.

If we want immigrants, refugees, and racialized groups to thrive, we need our policies on social determinants of health and mental health services to evolve

Opinion | BY KWAME MCKENZIE | October 7, 2019

Immigration is the main driver of population growth in Canada. Our prosperity is linked to attracting smart immigrants who will help our economy grow.

Studies have shown that when immigrants come to this country, they are two times less likely to have poor health than a white Canadian. The immigration screening process ensures that we have healthy recruits. However, by seven years, immigrants are two times more likely to have poor health. More than 10 per cent of an immigrant’s health has deteriorated in that time. This is an incredible waste of potential. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia