EVENT: 2026 Health Action Assembly

Posted: November 17, 2025

(November 17, 2025)

Ontario Health Coalition

Annual Health Action Assembly

In person: Central YMCA, 20 Grosvenor Street, Toronto

or by Zoom for those who want to participate virtually (from home by computer)

Saturday January 24 & Sunday January 25

10 am – 4:30 pm       9 am – 12:30 pm

Featuring keynote speaker: Author, journalist, social activist Linda McQuaig

A renowned journalist and social critic, Linda McQuaig is the author of a dozen books, including a number of national bestsellers. In her writing she challenges the dominant free-market economic ideology of recent decades. Her previous book, The Sport and Prey of Capitalists, shines a spotlight on the economic dogma of our times – privatization and makes the case that now more than ever, as we grapple with climate change and income inequality, we need to expand, not shrink, our public sphere. Her newest book, to be released soon, follows up on The Trouble With Billionaires, her 2010 book about the concentration of wealth and its impact. Always dynamic, always challenging and interesting, we are happy to have Linda with us at the Assembly.

Hotel Rooms: We have reserved a block of hotel rooms at a reduced rate at the Chelsea Hotel, 33 Gerrard St. W. The rate is at $179 + tax/night.

This block rate is available to all attendees of the Assembly from any organization. Please do not wait until the last minute in case all the rooms are gone. If you book early and the rooms go quickly, we have a chance of getting more. It is not possible to do so at the last minute.

To book your room, please use this link: https://tinyurl.com/OHCHotel26 or call 1 (800) 243-5732 and cite the Ontario Health Coalition Room Block to receive the reduced rate. Please book as soon as possible, as space is limited and the deadline to book your hotel room at the discounted rate is Thursday January 1.

Local Coalitions: We are happy to be able to fund up to two representatives from each active local health coalition. All subsidies must be pre-approved by Natalie Mehra, executive director. To be approved for a subsidy, you must be a designated representative from your local coalition, your local coalition must be active, and you must fill out a subsidy request form & email it to Natalie Mehra at natalie@ontariohc.ca. Subsidy request forms have been sent to local coalition co-chairs or you can contact Natalie to receive one.

REGISTRATION FORM

For those who will be joining by Zoom only:

If you are joining by Zoom, please register at this link https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/_fBmQHL4RQ-FY_E4CDB9hg only and indicate how you will be paying. You don’t need to fill out any other registration form (including the Google Form) if registering via Zoom.

It is a sliding scale, which means folks are asked to pay what they are able to. We ask that organizations that are able to, please pay the full amount so we can subsidize the cost of individuals and community groups. That’s how the Ontario Health Coalition works.

For all those who will be joining us in person, either fill in the online form here or fill in and email back the section below: