Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been blogging about the submission to the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario that the Wellesley Institute wrote as part of a collaboration of health leaders. So far, I’ve blogged about the submission itself and about how the social assistance system causes poor health. This […]
Health systems and Health equity
Importance Of Accessible Community Recreation Services
This is the second of a series of policy briefs that analyzes youth-related policy implications from the St. Jamestown Initiative’s Voices of Multicultural Youth report and sets out recommendations and options for action.
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How the Social Assistance System Causes Poor Health
Income and health are inextricably linked. It is well documented that people with low income more likely to have poor health, whether measured by self-reported health, mental health, prevalence of chronic conditions, or many other indicators. In Ontario: Over three times as many people in the lowest income group report their health to be only […]
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Canada’s Colour Coded Labour Market: Health Implications
Barriers to good jobs and the resulting racialized income gap has a profound impact on the health and well-being of racialized Canadians.
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Reviewing Social Assistance in Ontario
In 2010, the province the established Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario, led by Commissioners Francis Lankin and Munir A. Sheikh. The Commission’s Terms of Reference are to: Establish an appropriate benefit structure that reduces barriers and supports people’s transition into, and attachment within, the labour market Place reasonable expectations on, and […]
The Real Cost Of City Cuts
In the City of Toronto’s drive to address the budget deficit, a number of proposals for service cuts have been brought forward. Unfortunately, many of the proposed service cuts have health implications that would disproportionately affect vulnerable populations in Toronto. An enormous body of research demonstrates that adequate housing, income, child care, social safety nets, […]
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Community-Based Participatory Research Approaches (SAMI)
Presented at the Social Aetiology of Mental Health Illnesss (SAMI) program of CAMH, this presentation is an overview of community based participatory research methodologies. It draws on examples from work in St. James Town to illustrate the range of information that could be drawn using arts-based participatory research method. Illustrates how participatory research methodologies can […]
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Measuring Equity – Lessons and Tools
Last week the Wellesley Institute shared a booth at the Health Achieve conference with MAgIC (Measuring and Managing Access Gaps in Care). MAgIC is a research collaboration focused on developing ways to measure inequities in access to the health care system, with a particular focus on gender. MAgIC was developed under a grant funded by […]
Wellesley Institute Forum on Health Equity
with special guest Cory Neudorf Tackling Health Inequities: Lessons Learned from A Leading Health Region Cory Neudorf, Chief Medical Health Officer for Saskatoon Health Region, will be making a special lecture and leading a discussion on addressing health inequities at a local community level. Saskatoon has led the way in Canada in sophisticated research […]
Living In Auspicious Times: health as a human right
World Conference on Social Determinants of Health Rio de Janeiro, October 19-21, 2011 World Health Organization (WHO) Margot Lettner “We live in very auspicious times for participation. It sails the winds of history.” Among the many papers I picked up at the Rio Conference is one authored by Bernardo Kliksberg, Honorary Professor, University of Buenos […]
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