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Toronto City Council Recommends Improving Access to Health Care for Medically Uninsured Residents

Toronto City Council passed recommendations from the Board of Health building on a Toronto Public Health report on medically uninsured residents. The Wellesley Continue Reading…

Health Equity Impacts of Public Funding Cuts: British Research

Regardless of place, cuts to community and social services tend to disproportionately impact those who are already the most disadvantaged. For individuals with Continue Reading…

Toronto City Council Debates Equitable Access to Good Health and Health Care for Uninsured Residents

City Council will be considering  recommendations from the Toronto Board of Health regarding health care for uninsured residents of Toronto.  We and a number Continue Reading…

“Ferociously” Acting On Equitable Access And Health Of Medically Uninsured Residents In Toronto

The Wellesley Institute, along with researchers, representatives from Community Health Centres (CHCs), Toronto Public Health, Women’s College, Association of Continue Reading…

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 Continue Reading…

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 Continue Reading…

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, Continue Reading…

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 Continue Reading…

The Role of Physicians in Advancing Health Equity

A recent report by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), Physicians and Health Equity: Opportunities in Practice, argues that physicians can and have been Continue Reading…

What the Health Sector Can Do To Reduce Health Inequities

The Institute of Health Equity in London, led by Sir Michael Marmot, has published a major report on what the health sector can do to address health inequities Continue Reading…