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…
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Ontario announces review of the not-for-profit sector
…sectors aiming to: Review the framework, both structural and legislative, within which the province’s not-for-profit organizations operate; Look at innovation and examine the most innovative methods and approached embraced by not-for-profit organizations; Examine research models of partnerships between the government and the not-for-profit organizations from other regions; Seek ideas and…
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD Services And The Chinese-Toronto Community: A Partnership
…ADHD and how to support for children at risk. A Chinese translation of an ADHD assessment tool was also developed. Researchers are building upon this research to create a template for other academics and agencies to help understand the needs of diverse populations when providing mental health services to children….
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Considerations for Compensating Research Participants Fairly & Equitably
As researchers, we often ask people to share their experiences through interviews, focus groups, and surveys. This think piece draws on existing literature to examine not only whether payment should be used, but how it should be used to ensure that research participants are compensated in a fair and inclusive…
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Why We Need To Strengthen Toronto’s Fair Wage Policies
…with international research that demonstrates that inequality has an impact on our health and well-being. In more equal countries people are healthier, live longer, and commit fewer crimes. These relationships hold among all income groups. Even for the highest income segment of the population, people are safer, healthier and live…
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Compensating Research Participants: A Survey of Current Practices in Toronto
Wellesley Institute conducted this survey to understand current payment practices among health researchers in the Greater Toronto Area with the aim of identifying good payment practices for equitable and ethical research.
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Older Women’s Perceptions Of And Responses To Abuse And Neglect In The Post-Migration Context
They are a minority within a minority and their very invisibility heightens their vulnerability to exploitation. Older immigrant women are not a group one would normally think of being victims of abuse or neglect, and not much Canadian research exists on these women’s experiences in a post-migration context. But new…
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Vertical Poverty: Setting out compelling evidence, offering pragmatic solutions
…in Canada 2010, which provides the most detailed current overview of housing and homelessness issues across Canada. There is a large body of evidence on inequality in Toronto and Canada, and its impact on the health of individuals and communities. Vertical Poverty makes an important new contribution to this research….
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Wellesley Institute joins reps from Europe, North America, Australia at international housing summit
…with the Homeless, Australian Housing andUrban Research Institute, US National Alliance to End Homelessness, Canadian Homelessness Research Network, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Calgary Homelessness Foundation; along with governmental representatives including the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, plus government reps from Alberta, the Australian national government…
Poverty Is Making Us Sick: A Comprehensive Survey Of Income And Health In Canada
…income almost inevitably ensures poor health and significant health inequity in Canada,” reports Dr. Ernie Lightman, lead researcher for the new study. Poverty is triggering a devastating health crisis among lower-income people, but the research shows that raising incomes leads to better health. “This important new research establishes in the…
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