The Wellesley Institute hosted the 117th American Psychological Association pre-conference workshop on August 5th. The day was action-packed, informative and fun, combining historical tours of Black Creek/Jane-Finch and St James Town communities with presentations
Gaps in provincial healthcare: not just a matter of fees but a matter of coverage
Today’s article in the Globe and Mail series on Canadian healthcare highlights how a gap in fees among provinces has lead to reduced access to care for Quebec patients in other provinces. While certainly this speaks to a lack of portability of Medicare, a perhaps greater concern is the population in Canada of individuals with […]
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Wellesley Institute and York U looking for research participants for St. James Town study of immigrant women’s pathways to health care services
Wellesley Institute and York University’s Faculty of Health are partnering in a study of the health care needs (physical and emotional) of immigrant women living in low-income neighbourhoods and the pathways they pursue for accessing formal and informal health care services. The goal of the study is to gain in-depth information on the pathways to accessing health […]
Health Equity Impact Assessment as a Policy Tool
The Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) and the National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy publish a Public Policy and Health Newsletter. As with previous issues, the current newsletter provides a great deal of information on health impact assessment, including the just completed international conference on HIA. It also links to a […]
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Rethinking Refugee Rights on Refugee Rights Day
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 recognized that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protected the fundamental rights of refugees. International migrants make up approximately 3% of the world population (191 million in 2005). The […]
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Poverty in Toronto: Moving Toward Elimination
Almost a quarter of Torontonians live in poverty, and an even larger share of recent immigrants and youth. Poverty creates real problems at the municipal level. David Hulchanski’s Three Cities Within Toronto report showed that poverty is creating an unequal and divided city. Ontario has had a Poverty Reduction Strategy in place since 2008 and […]
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Health summit talks have an opportunity to turn to health equity
When health ministers meet in Vancouver this week they will discuss what a new national health accord will look like. In this discussion, the federal government has a powerful lever to improve health and health equity in Canada. The health accord is an opportunity to set out conditions that provinces and territories must meet in […]
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Building Community Leadership For A Healthier Toronto
The places in which we live, work, and play affect our health. Neighbourhoods that have options for active transportation like walking and cycling, opportunities for physical activity like recreation centres, green spaces to be active and socialize in, and places to access healthy and nutritious food, tend to have greater opportunities for good health. But […]
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Low Earnings, Unfilled Prescriptions
The assumption that working age Canadians receive health benefits through their employers is based on outdated beliefs about the labour market. Our study Low Wages, No Benefits showed that one-third of working Ontarians do not have employer-provided health benefits. Among our findings: • One-third of working Canadians do not receive employer-provided health benefits • There are inequities in access to […]
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Community Voices: Research Release and Photo Exposition
On Tuesday, November 17, the Wellesley Institute’s signature research project, the St James Town Initiative, presented our latest in unique community based research methodology to a crowd of over 100 people at Ryerson University.
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