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"All Cuts Aren't Created Equal": Wellesley Weighs In On the Core Service Review with an Editorial in The Toronto Star
July 30, 2011 by
We’re all about health equity… to the back teeth
July 29, 2011 by
Over the past couple of weeks we’ve seen a lot of discussion around Toronto about the value of a range of services that the City provides and how we should Continue Reading…
Rushed Policy Process Leaves No Opportunity For Due Diligence
July 28, 2011 by
While we understand the City’s fiscal pressures, the Wellesley Institute has concerns about the compressed nature of this year’s budget cycle. Typically, Continue Reading…
Gutting Toronto’s Affordable Housing Office undercuts ‘housing first’ approach to ending homelessness
July 27, 2011 by
While Toronto’s Core Services Review report recognizes the value to individuals and the City of Toronto in a housing-first approach to homelessness, that Continue Reading…
A letter for a leader
July 25, 2011 by
Dear Friends, Regardless of your political stripe, this is a time for all of us to pray to whichever entity in which we believe for the safe recovery of Jack Continue Reading…
Poverty is major health risk: Primary health care providers need to take action
July 22, 2011 by
Primary health care providers should take “significant action on poverty as a health risk, while simultaneously working toward higher level systemic changes Continue Reading…
Just imagine: A city that ‘lifts the lives of all’
July 22, 2011 by
Fairness, opportunity and equity can serve as the defining feature in a new era of urbanization. The Just City is an amazing video from the Ford Foundation that Continue Reading…
The Impact of Climate Change: Through a Health Equity Lens
July 21, 2011 by
One of Wellesley's themes is that the complex and inter-dependent nature of the social determinants of health require comprehensive policy and community Continue Reading…
Housing first to end homelessness, but first Toronto needs homes
July 20, 2011 by
A good and healthy home, with proper supports, is better than a bed in a homeless shelter. That's the main observation in the City of Toronto's Core Service Continue Reading…
Killer heat is triggering premature deaths; Toronto can take action
July 19, 2011 by
The City of Toronto and its agencies, boards and commissions, have taken significant actions against the deadly heat this summer, but a number of these Continue Reading…
