The Wellesley Institute, along with researchers, representatives from Community Health Centres (CHCs), Toronto Public Health, Women’s College, Association of Ontario Midwives, and frontline physicians and midwives were at City Hall yesterday to address the Toronto Board of Health on a Toronto Public Health report on medically uninsured residents. The tone of the meeting was set […]
Archives for April 2013
Realizing The Potential Of Health In All Policies: Lessons From Finland
Health in All Policies (HiAP) is an increasingly common approach to address the social determinants of health, recognizing that the determinants of health are affected by sectors well beyond health care and so, the implications for health must be embedded in policy development and implementation across different government ministries. Finland has been one of its […]
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Full house in London for business-community roundtable on mental health and employment
A full house of 50 business and community leaders packed the boardroom of the London (ON) Chamber of Commerce for that community’s first-ever business-community roundtable on mental health and employment on April 26. The event was co-hosted by Pillar Non-Profit, the London Chamber of Commerce, the United Way of London and Middlesex, Prince’s Charities Canada […]
Closing The Health Council Of Canada: Another Missed Opportunity
By Bob Gardner and Emily Wong The federal government’s decision to stop funding the Health Council of Canada as of March 2014 had prompted an outcry from the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and other health care organizations, which fear the loss of an independent voice to monitor health system performance and reform. CMA president, Dr. […]
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The Millennial Movement: An Urban Force To Be Reasoned And Reckoned With
As the fourth installment of the Big City Big Ideas lecture series, U of T’s Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG) hosted a panel discussion exploring the role of Millennials in reshaping the urban landscape. For those of you who are not hip to this terminology, Millennials are quite simply the children of the […]
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Housing And Homelessness In Ontario’s Budget: 5 Things To Look For
The Ontario government has an opportunity in its next provincial budget to make a substantial down payment on a much-needed provincial affordable housing plan. Housing and homelessness experts will be looking for progress in at least five key policy areas in the May 2nd provincial budget: Immediately commit the funds for cost-sharing of the federal […]
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Confronting Inequality In Ontario With A Public Service Budget
In yesterday’s speech, Finance Minister Sousa pledged to keep taxes at their current levels, and hold government spending growth to 1 percent. This was a profoundly disappointing announcement. There is no fiscal or economic reason for this policy stance and a different approach will have both economic and social benefits. The Fiscal Situation Minister Sousa […]
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Why We Need To Strengthen Toronto’s Fair Wage Policies
Read our submission to Executive Committee. Tomorrow, City Council’s executive committee will be considering proposals to strengthen the City’s fair wage policy and ensure health, safety, and fair wages in custodial services contracts. These proposals arose from Councillors’ concerns about contracting out cleaning services at police stations last year. This resulted in secure jobs that […]
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Connecting the determinants of children’s well-being in Canada’s disappointing UNICEF ranking
A new report, Child well-being in rich countries: A comparative overview, was released yesterday by UNICEF. In a comparison of 29 advanced economy countries, Canada ranks in 17th place. When children’s views of their life satisfaction are taken into account, Canada’s ranking drops even further to 24th place. The report measures well-being using five broad dimensions of […]
Integrated Breast Cancer Care: Building Equity Into Innovation
A new breast cancer centre opened at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre last week, becoming the largest of its kind in Canada. The Louise Temerty Breast Cancer Centre adopts the integrative model of housing the whole spectrum of breast cancer care under one roof, including direct access to screening, rapid assessments and diagnosis, and tailored treatment […]
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