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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…

Learning From Others: Health Equity Strategies and Initiatives From Canadian Regional Health Authorities

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Denise Kouri, Kouri Research Commissioned by the Wellesley Institute Health disparities are a topic of increasing importance in Canada. In the last two Continue Reading…

Equitable access to good health and health care for uninsured residents

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On April 29, I had the opportunity to present to the Toronto Board of Health recommendations and policy changes needed to ensure equitable access to good health 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…

Learning From Others: Comprehensive Health Equity Strategies In Europe

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Systemic and damaging health inequities have been increasingly on the policy agenda across the world in the last decade. A number of European countries have 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…