…recreation facilities, which can lead to poor health. This is particularly concerning for children as a lack of opportunities to be active can lead to a lifetime of health problems. The irony is that reducing childhood obesity is supported by enormous research and is a significant provincial priority. The short-sighted…
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OECD confirms deep insecurity in Canada's ownership housing market; underlines need for national plan
…housing strategy that targets precariously housed Canadians who are finding it increasingly difficult to find a good place to call home in either the ownership or the private rental housing markets. The Wellesley Institute’s Precarious Housing in Canada 2010 sets out current and research research and provides a policy prescription….
WHO On The Social Determinants of Health
The World Health Organization’s European Office continues to provide comprehensive research and analysis on how a social determinants of health approach can be better incorporated into state policy. It supports a WHO Collaborating centre for Policy Research on Social Determinants of Health at the University of Liverpool in England. Recent…
Effecting Policy Change In The Fight Against HIV/AIDS Among African Communities Living In Toronto
Principal Organization: Africans in Partnership Against AIDS Principal Investigator: Edith Jacobet Wambayi This project was designed to inform people about AIDS/HIV in African communities in Toronto. The researchers focused on the barriers people face when accessing information and treatment for HIV/AIDS. A workshop brought 34 participants together, including representatives from…
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Homelessness in Canada: New (free) e-book
Finding Home is a new (free) e-book on homelessness in Canada with 29 chapters (so far) on justice, Aboriginal people, immigrants and refugees, women, children and youth, health, and – of course – housing. A section on housing rights is being planned. The e-book includes summaries of recently completed research…
So Who Says Inclusionary Housing is a Good Thing?
…Opportunities Toronto (HOT) Action Plan 2010-2020, adopted by Toronto City Council onAugust 5, 2009, lays out a 10-year affordable housing strategy. It contains a number of recommended actions for the city as well as the federal and provincial governments, including the following: “The provincial government [should] provide Toronto with new…
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Community Sector Transitional Jobs For Individual With Barriers To Employment
Principal Organization: Downtown East Community Development Collective Principal Investigators: Paul Chamberlain and Tom Zizys The original intent of the project was to propose a transitional job program in Toronto that would offer temporary paid positions to people who find it difficult to maintain regular employment. Researchers met with government officials…
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Who cares for the undocumented and uninsured?
…Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing University of Toronto convened the first-ever “Research Conference on Healthcare for the Undocumented and Uninsured”. Innovative research was presented that identified the most vulnerable groups, analyzed the harmful impact on their health of being denied access, and set out organizational and policy directions to…
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Wellesley Institute Forum on Health Equity
…in Canada in sophisticated research that identifies the nature and foundations of systemic health inequities between neighbourhoods in the city; developing comprehensive multi-pronged strategies to tackle those inequities; and driving these strategies into action through focussed programs engaging with local communities and building effective cross-sectoral collaborations. Dr Neudorf is a…
Wellesley Institute and York U looking for research participants for St. James Town study of immigrant women’s pathways to health care services
…services among immigrant women to help program planners and policy-makers identify effective interventions to improve access to health services. Immigrant women from St. James Town are invited to participate in this study by sharing their experiences with health care services and supports with researchers. For more information, please visit: http://sjtinitiative.com/blog/immigrant-womens-pathways-to-health-care-utilization…