The Wellesley Institute, along with researchers, representatives from Community Health Centres (CHCs), Toronto Public Health, Women’s College, Association of Ontario Midwives, and frontline physicians and midwives were at City Hall yesterday to address the Toronto Board of Health on a Toronto Public Health report on medically uninsured residents. The…
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The Millennial Movement: An Urban Force To Be Reasoned And Reckoned With
…Canadian research shows that despite the allure of cities as hubs for economic growth and socio-cultural diversity, many are like Toronto are suffering from rampant income equality, polarized neighbourhoods and growing precariousness of work. This leaves Millennials susceptible to the harsh realities of urban life with little or no social…
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Housing And Homelessness In Ontario’s Budget: 5 Things To Look For
…government made substantial cuts to several housing and homelessness programs, and passed those cuts along to municipalities. In late December, the province partially restored – on a transitional basis – some of the funding. The Wellesley Institute, along with our partners, has been tracking the health and social impacts of…
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Confronting Inequality In Ontario With A Public Service Budget
…The Fiscal Situation Minister Sousa stated that Ontario is ahead on its deficit reduction plan, and the deficit will be $9.8 billion for this fiscal year, $5 billion lower than forecast in the budget. The table below shows interest payments as a share of revenues and the accumulated deficit as…
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Why We Need To Strengthen Toronto’s Fair Wage Policies
…than the $28,900 average for the rest of the population. Since 1982 inflation-adjusted average income of the top 10 percent rose by 39 percent, while they fell by 6 percent for everyone else. Research from The Three Cities within Toronto shows the impact of this increasing divide: rising neighbourhood segregation…
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Austerity Is Not Only A “Dangerous Idea,” It’s Bad For Our Health
…getting on the path not only to economic recovery, but economic equality? Canadians, and Torontonians, have a long way to go to end poverty, says the new report from World Vision Canada. If we really think about the implications of the numbers of Torontonians living in poverty, really think about…
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Time for Ontario to take leadership on housing and homelessness: 2013 pre-budget submission
The Ontario government should take leadership on housing and homelessness: That’s the key recommendation from the Wellesley Institute’s 2013 pre-budget submission to the Ontario Legislature’s Standing Committee on Finance. The WI submission sets out three practical fiscal moves that the province can take to restore full funding for provincial housing…
First glance: 2013 federal budget extends housing and homelessness programs
Thursday’s federal budget includes three specific measures on housing and homelessness: A renewal of the national homelessness strategy and the affordable housing initiative, and a new housing fund for Nunavut in Canada’s north. First, a five-year commitment to the national homelessness strategy that was due to expire in 2014. Funding…
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Time for independent review of Toronto homeless services
…the adequacy and capacity of the city’s homeless services to meet the current and future needs of people who are homeless. Full Wellesley Institute submission Street Health report on health status of homeless people City of Toronto staff report on Toronto homeless services Social Planning Toronto survey of community shelters…
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Good news for TCHC tenants and all of Toronto: Refinancing deal yields big gains
Toronto City Council’s Executive Committee will consider a detailed financing plan at its March 20, 2013, meeting to generate $94 million in funding as part of a long-term strategy to restore financial stability to Toronto Community Housing Corporation. The plan would inject much-needed dollars into long-overdue capital repairs. The financing…
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