…tackle the underlying foundations of pervasive health disparities and to identify the necessary policy changes that can build towards greater health equity. In 2009, the Wellesley Institute’s Bob Gardner presented a 12-point action plan to a Senate of Canada subcommittee. Most of the action will be at the local level…
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Health Equity Into Action: Planning and Other Resources for LHINs
This resource supports driving health equity strategy into practice. It provides a range of tools, techniques, briefing notes, research findings and other resources LHINs, and the providers and stakeholders they partner with, can use to implement health equity strategies and initiatives in the most effective ways for their regions and…
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Transit: HEIA in the 2014 Mayoral Election
…that may result in poor health over time. People who commute tend to spend less time on physical activity, food preparation, eating with their family, and sleeping.8 Long commutes may erode time spent with family and friends, which can affect social satisfaction and may contribute to poor physical and mental…
Institutional racism: what we can learn from London
…for a public inquiry. When it was completed six years later, the head Justice Lord MacPherson concluded that the investigation was poor. He said this was not because of the actions of one person but because of systematic failings of the London Metropolitan Police which he called institutional racism. “The…
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New Australian National Compact recognizes, values, supports a vibrant non-profit sector
…sets out eight “priorities for action” that could well be a strong foundation for the non-profit sector in Canada. The Australian priorities for action are: 1. Document and promote the value and contribution of the Sector. 2. Protect the Sector’s right to advocacy irrespective of any funding relationship that might…
Health Equity Strategy Into Action for Public Health
The Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion has a vital role in supporting an innovative and effective public health system. The Agency has highlighted equity in its strategic priorities. I presented a workshop there on how to build equity into practice through planning, priority setting, resource allocation and performance…
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Health system transformation must focus on health equity
…the prosperous, new immigrants and racialized groups from long-time residents and European descendants, Francophones from Anglophones, and Aboriginal peoples from non-Aboriginal populations. The divide also isolates and disadvantages many populations such as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered from accessing the care we need. The need for action is urgent. Consider…
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“Now is the Season for Action”: Some Thoughts on President Obama’s Speech to the Joint Session of Congress
…and appropriately defiant when confronting the misinformation that has been directed at the bill (and him) over the last few months. In a Clarus Research poll immediately after the speech, Democrats, Independents and Republicans gave Obama high praise for his presentation. (2) It was widely believed that President Obama needed…
Acting on the Social Determinants of Health: the Potential of Intersectoral Collaboration
…expedited systematic review. To register for the webinar. The NCCDH has also enabled a very valuable virtual community of practice where public health and other practitioners, researchers and equity advocates can discuss such complex challenges. A discussion thread on Health Equity Clicks: Community is available for any advance questions for…
TO’s new housing plan: A Charter is great, but people can’t live in a Charter
…half the amount previously adopted by Toronto City Council in 1999 following the year-long review by the Mayor’s Homelessness Action Task Force. The current target is less than one-quarter of the 4,500 new homes annually set out in the Wellesley Institute’s Blueprint to End Homelessness in Toronto. The city’s new…
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