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Rethinking Refugee Rights on Refugee Rights Day
April 4, 2013 by
April 4th is the anniversary of a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision in 1985: Singh v. Minister of Employment and Immigration. The Singh decision Continue Reading…
“Sanctuary City” means a healthier Toronto for everyone
February 22, 2013 by
By David Leacock, Policy and Research Intern at the Wellesley Institute Yesterday Toronto City Council took an important step toward improving access to the Continue Reading…
New Federal Changes to Refugee Healthcare Make a Bad Situation Far Worse
December 14, 2012 by
The federal government today released its list of Designated Countries of Origin The dangerous health impact will be that refugee claimants from these Continue Reading…
Dealing with the impacts of refugee health cuts
November 30, 2012 by
The health impacts of the federal government’s decision to cut health benefits to many refugees are becoming increasingly apparent. In our analysis, Continue Reading…
Health Equity Impact Assessment as a Policy Tool
September 11, 2012 by
The Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) and the National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy publish a Public Policy and Health Continue Reading…
Actions to address the impact of cuts to refugee health benefits
July 23, 2012 by
As we have previously blogged, the federal government recently cut health benefits for many refugees. In The Real Cost of Cutting Refugee Health Benefits, the Continue Reading…
Refugees are feeling the real cost of cuts to health benefits
July 12, 2012 by
Nearly two weeks have passed since the federal government cut health benefits for many refugees, and the real costs are beginning to show. Dr. Anna Banerji, Continue Reading…
The real costs of cutting refugee health benefits are coming
June 28, 2012 by
Canada is now just a few days away from cutting health benefits for refugees. The cuts will substantially reduce, and in some cases completely eliminate, Continue Reading…
Toronto Board of Health sees the real cost of cutting refugee health benefits
May 29, 2012 by
Yesterday afternoon, the Wellesley Institute’s Steve Barnes made a deputation to the Toronto Board of Health about the upcoming changes to the Interim Continue Reading…
