The release of the City of Toronto’s Mayor’s Budget 2024 proposes much-needed investments into areas that are key to advancing health equity in the city. Wellesley Institute welcomes the increased funding towards improving and expanding access to critical services for tenants, preserving affordable housing units, and speeding up the development…
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Ontario Budget 2024: Urgent need to address homelessness
Wellesley Institute’s submission in advance of the provincial budget Wellesley Institute works in research and policy to improve health and health equity through action on the social determinants of health. We urge the government of Ontario to deliberately address and report upon many of the social determinants of health that…
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Federal budget 2024: COVID highlights need for health equity
…Indigenous and other racialized communities, low-income groups, people with disabilities and 2SLGBTQIA+ people. Wellesley Institute research shows these social determinants must be urgently and adequately addressed to reduce health disparities and advance health equity for individuals and communities. A National Health Equity Plan Our Budget Submissions in recent years proposed…
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Toronto mayoral election series: Poverty
…receipts and reduced social safety net costs this would produce, and seek to recover that money for the municipal budget. Puts in place a plan, in consultation with experts and community, to work towards a future Toronto in which every job is a Thriving job. This should include municipal bylaws,…
A Black Health Plan for Ontario
The Black Health Plan was developed jointly by Ontario Health, the Wellesley Institute and the Black Health Alliance as a call to action to reduce disparities and advance equity in Ontario. It provides a template to inform planning and action for other populations facing systemic disadvantages. The plan is built…
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Canada needs a health equity plan: 2023 federal budget submission
…of health. If we want to get through this ongoing crisis and be prepared for the next crisis, inequities in the social determinants of health are our most important issue. Now is the time for a health equity strategy for Canada. This 2023 Budget Submission, as did our submission last…
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2023 Ontario budget
In advance of last year’s provincial budget, we called for important, necessary public strategies to build a New Normal in Ontario. Our focus was around poverty, homelessness, race, healthcare, mental health and well-being, while leading the fight against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, we have not seen the progress we…
Factors that impact how Black youth access the mental healthcare system in Ontario
Pathways to Care is a community-driven project committed to transforming the mental healthcare system for Black children, youth, and their families. Their latest report details perspectives from participants about barriers to accessing mental healthcare for Black youth and multiple levels of the system and centres the perspectives of Black youth…
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Moving forward on a national health data system
…through the Anti-Racism Act for some public sector organizations (PSOs), including child and youth services, education, and correctional services, it does not mandate providers of health services, including PHUs, to collect race-based data. Specific guidance and standards for its collection and use should be selected and put in place. Integrated…
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Policy Brief: Ontario Portable Benefits Program
…References [1]. Ontario Workforce Recovery Advisory Committee. (2021). The Future of Work in Ontario. https://www.ontario.ca/files/2022-06/mltsd-owrac-future-of-work-in-ontario-november-2021-en-2021-12-09.pdf [2]. Government of Ontario. (2022). Consultation: Portable Benefits Program. https://www.ontario.ca/page/consultation-portable-benefits-program [3]. Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities. (2019). Precarious Work: Understanding the changing nature of…
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