…her intimate partner. With such disturbing figures and trends, today’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women and the recent International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women provide a welcome opportunity to focus our attention on this issue and give us the chance to have…
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A Snapshot of Equity Initiatives on LHIN Websites–North East LHIN
Links http://www.nelhin.on.ca FLS HAPS: “Toward Equitable Services in French” 2008/09 Operational Plan Equity Highlights The North East LHIN’s equity strategies focus almost entirely on increasing access for Francophones and Aboriginals IHSP NE LHIN has identified Francophone services as a priority Planning and research to address the needs of Francophones needs…
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Let freedom ring: Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s words continue to inspire decades on…
As our colleagues and friends in the United States mark January 17, 2011, as Martin Luther King Jr Day, Canadians can also take time to remember his call to action for equality and justice. “We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that…
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Implementing Mental Health Equity in Hospitals
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Mental health is a crucial part of health and health equity. I presented to Grand Rounds Psychiatry at a Toronto academic hospital on how to build equity into planning and delivering high-quality psychiatric treatment. Driving Health Equity Into Action: Hospital Planning and Delivery View more presentations from Wellesley Institute….
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Violence Against Women: The Importance of Housing
As we mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, it is important to consider whether women experiencing violence have supports available to help them to leave dangerous situations. For women experiencing violence, financial dependence on their abusive partner is often a reality. This means that…
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Driving Health on the Gardiner
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…in Toronto. Extensive research shows why we should consider health in transportation and urban planning. The connections between vehicle emissions and poor health are well established. Vehicle exhausts expel particulates that contribute to poor air quality and have serious health impacts, including the development of asthma. A 2014 Toronto Public…
Mental Well-Being Impact Assessment: A Primer
To drive health equity into action we need to understand the needs of health disadvantaged populations, identify barriers to equitable access to quality care, and build equity into priority setting, resource allocation and performance management. We need effective and useable equity-focused planning tools. One problem with the way health impact…
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Making The Connections on Human Rights Day
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…are realized. Human rights experts recognize that individual human rights cannot be separated (in legal terms, they are called “indivisible”) and that various rights are connected (“intersectionality” of human rights). The Wellesley Institute’s Making the Connections draws together a number of human rights to help demonstrate the powerful interaction. Much…
Health as an Equity Issue – and as a Union Issue
…of health and are vital players in the innovative solutions needed to build equity into all service delivery and planning. This talk sets out a comprehensive health equity strategy, and some ideas on how community mobilization can help win it. Driving Health Equity Into Action View more presentations from Wellesley…
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Snapshot: Social Inclusion in Toronto
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This is a synopsis of the report “Promoting Health and Well-Being Through Social Inclusion in Toronto: Synthesis of International and Local Evidence and Implications for Future Action” released by Toronto Public Health and the Wellesley Institute in July 2019. Read the full report here.
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