…the city has boomed and is richer than it has ever been, income inequality has increased and this is having an impact on health. Toronto public health produce a report called The Unequal City. It uses 34 indicators such as life expectancy and other health metrics to produce a…
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A Snapshot of Equity Initiatives on LHIN Websites–Erie St. Clair LHIN
…primary care services plus administrative support and a budget of $3.7 million Staffing includes physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, a dietitician, health promoters and other allied health professionals Priority populations include: seniors, the economically disadvantaged, children and youth, individuals with mental illness and addiction, First Nations, people with disabilities,…
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Don’t Forget Equity in Health Funding Reform
…simply adjusting historical budgets or allocating money in terms of numbers of procedures performed. But we need to ensure equity is built into the funding reforms: it isn’t just that’s some areas are growing, but some communities are poorer and poorer people tend to be less healthy and have greater…
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Mississauga’s mayoral byelection: Our position
…crisis service based on Toronto’s successful model, and modified for Mississauga’s unique community needs. Developing and expanding on programs that address youth mental health. Collaborating with the provincial government to ensure all students have access to mental health services and resources when needed, and that teachers, school staff and early…
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Violence Against Women: The Importance of Housing
…accessing funds to establish a new, safe home can be a huge barrier to escaping violence. One source of support is a YWCA Toronto program that provides interest-free loans of up to $750 to women escaping violence. The loan helps women to set up a new home by providing a…
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New Irish research sets innovative housing financing issues and options
…key informants for the Canadian portion of the new research. The Wellesley Institute’s Precarious Housing in Canada notes the steady erosion of affordable housing investments over the past two decades. The latest federal budget includes another $131 million in national housing cuts. The dismantling of Canada’s national housing program in…
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Mayors Issue Powerful Call For National Housing Plan
…and the nation-wide housing crisis is devastating most parts of the country. The most recent federal budget included three specific measures on housing and homelessness but the long-term trend over the past two decades has been erosion in funding and cuts in government housing programs. The Wellesley Institute’s Precarious Housing…
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Housing and housing benefits are necessary social infrastructure
…bad for health. Affordability is a concern for the roughly 1 in every 4 low-income renters who live in social or subsidized housing, and the 3 in 4 who live in private-sector rental. For social housing tenants, the federal government took an important step in its 2016 budget. It committed…
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The Real Cost Of Cutting CSUMB
In its 2012 budget, the Ontario government announced that it was eliminating the Community Start-Up and Maintenance Benefit (CSUMB) as of January 1, 2013. The CSUMB is designed to assist people receiving social assistance who have large or unexpected housing-related costs. Having access to this kind of immediate and flexible…
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The Healthy Torontonian
Our health care system is an important symbol of Canadian identity and health care policy and funding is at the top of mind during elections and budget season. But, when we think about health, all too often we lean heavily on assumptions of personal responsibility and the solutions are medical…
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