Toronto City Hall’s Council Chambers was the site for a public forum on June 26th sponsored by economicinequality.ca that brought together a variety of experts from a range of social policy fields including taxation, childcare, employment and income support. The Wellesley Institute’s Director of Housing and Innovation, Michael Shapcott, gave a presentation on housing and inequality. Housing and […]
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The Spirit Level Documentary Film Campagin
There is only one week left to help support the Spirit Level Documentary Film. Bringing the groundbreaking work by Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson to the screen is an important way to keep up the momentum of our now global conversation about inequality. Inequality impacts everyone, regardless of political stripe. This is truly an area […]
From Neighbourhood to Community: Health and Social Supports North of the Danforth
The Wellesley Institute supported South Riverdale Community Health Centre, the Toronto East Local Immigration Partnership (LIP) based out of WoodGreen Community Services, and the Massey Centre for Women to paint a portrait and deliver solid analysis of the social struggle and shortcomings in the area coined North of the Danforth (NODA), also known as Pape Village. […]
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Reforming social assistance in Ontario: progress so far and an update
Recently, the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario announced that their report would be delayed until September. Since submitting our formal responses– one on how to build a social assistance system that enables health equity and the other a response to the Commission’s second discussion paper – the Wellesley Institute has been […]
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Health Reform Through an Equity Lens: Access to High Quality Rehabilitation
The Wellesley Institute works to identify how to embed equity in health system priorities, drivers, planning and service delivery to ensure that all have equitable access to high quality health care. We and the Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation (CWGHR) have been working together. We both see access to high-quality rehabilitation as one […]
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Don’t wait for facts and evidence! Ontario hits reverse and okays quick sell-off of scarce affordable homes
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford appears to have succeeded in snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory. Rather than wait less than three months for the facts and evidence about the best use of the city’s scarce affordable homes, the Mayor is determined to press ahead with an immediate sell-off – which will foreclose the […]
Ontario to Toronto: No quick sell-off of TCHC homes will be allowed
Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Kathleen Wynne is using her power under provincial legislation to reject plans for a quick sell-off of some Toronto Community Housing Corporation single family homes that are currently vacant, according to a news report in The Globe and Mail. In her letter to Toronto Mayor Ford on 30 May 2012, […]
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Why Toronto’s rich and poor are hospitalized for different reasons, and what we can do about this
Earlier this week, the Centre for Research on Inner City Health released a report linking patient incomes to types of admissions to hospitals in the Toronto Central LHIN. The report found that people with low and high incomes in Toronto are hospitalized for different reasons: More high income patients received same-day surgeries than low income […]
For the health of all, Ontario needs to reverse its cuts to housing investments
For the health of all Ontarians, the provincial government needs to maintain critical investments in affordable housing. That is the key message delivered by the Wellesley Institute in our written submission to the Ontario Legislature’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs during its hearings on the provincial budget. The Wellesley Institute’s submission focuses on […]
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Ryan Meili on his new book ‘A Healthy Society’ at the Wellesley Institute
Ryan Meili on his new book A Healthy Society at the Wellesley Institute from Wellesley Institute on Vimeo.
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