I have several thoughts regarding President Obama’s speech to the joint session of Congress: (1) As John King stated on CNN afterwards, “the man can certainly give a speech.” Obama’s delivery and presentation were outstanding throughout his 45 minute presentation. Obama was clear, articulate, compassionate when he needed to be and appropriately defiant when confronting […]
‘Scary’ income inequality on rise in Canada and other rich economies: New OECD report
Research from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released earlier this week indicates that income inequality continues to grow rapidly in Canada and in most of the world’s other rich economies.
Youth Voices: Linking New Technologies With Participatory Action Research
Principal Organization: University of Toronto Partner Organization: York University, Toronto Public Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Beat the Street and Regent Park Focus Principal Investigator: Harvey Skinner, PhD Youth Voices is an initiative if Teen Net project, based in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto. Youth are integrally involved in […]
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Youth Engagement in a Digital Age
The St. James Town Initiative was invited to present at the Toronto Neighbourhood Centres’ Youth Workers Forum: Youth Engagement in a Digital Age. Research assistant Estelle Sun presented on behalf of the St. James Town Initiative and Wellesley Institute. Estelle discussed our experience with using a variety of technological tools for engaging youths. Our tools, cameras […]
Your home, Your Health: Presentation to Canadian Federation of Medical Students
The Wellesley Institute’s Director of Housing and Innovation, Michael Shapcott, presented to the Canadian Federation of Medical Students on Feb 2 at their national conference in Ottawa. He focused on the links between good housing and good health, and the critical role that federal investments play in assuring that all Canadians have access to good […]
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Your #stopracism15 Ideas
A couple weeks ago Wellesley Institute CEO Dr. Kwame McKenzie shared 15 ideas to reduce the impact of racism on health. Then we asked you to join the conversation by taking to Twitter with #stopracism15 and your ideas. Here’s a taste of what you contributed as well as some resources and media we’ve explored thanks to your participation: @kwame_mckenzie […]
Working towards equality in Toronto
Toronto City Hall’s Council Chambers was the site for a public forum on June 26th sponsored by economicinequality.ca that brought together a variety of experts from a range of social policy fields including taxation, childcare, employment and income support. The Wellesley Institute’s Director of Housing and Innovation, Michael Shapcott, gave a presentation on housing and inequality. His presentation […]
Working Together: The Paloma-Wellesley Guide To Participatory Program Evaluation
The need for rigorous program evaluation in the non-profit sector continues to grow as agencies and service providers strive to meet the needs of accountability to funders and clients about effective use of resources and improving program excellence and outcomes. Participatory Program Evaluation (PPE) is a model that provides an opportunity to build an agency’s […]
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Working together: Is it working out for non-profit groups?
Collaboration – everyone’s talking about it, but does working together really help non-profit agencies operate more effectively and efficiently; and, even more importantly, does it lead to better services for clients? The Wellesley Institute, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary of advancing urban health, is pleased to announce the release of the latest report in […]
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Working Rough, Living Poor
The Wellesley Institute has a long been committed to strengthening community-based research and, as part of this commitment, we fund a number of CBR initiatives by grass-roots organizations across the city of Toronto. One such initiative is Access Alliance’s income security, race and health research work out of which “Working Rough, Living Poor: Employment and […]
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