The Wellesley Institute, in its formal submission to Toronto City Council’s Executive Committee on Jan. 24, 2012, commends the City of Toronto as it considers the allocation of $108 million in federal and provincial affordable housing dollars. The Wellesley Institute supports the overall approach proposed by city staff, which is to divide the housing funds among […]
Don’t sell-off 740 affordable homes as wait list hits 82,138 households: WI submission to Exec
The Wellesley Institute, in its formal submission to Toronto City Council’s Executive Committee on Jan 24, 2012, joins with four former Mayors of Toronto, leading urban researchers at the University of Toronto and, perhaps most importantly, a great many tenants of Toronto Community Housing in recommending that Executive Committee reject the proposal for the unprecedented […]
CBC Marketplace investigation probes many complaints against big private landlord
A good place to call home is one of the most fundamental determinants of health. Research from the Wellesley Institute and others draw strong links between poor housing and homelessness, and increased illness and early death. CBC Marketplace has investigated numerous complaints from tenants at one of Canada’s largest private landlords – and their powerful […]
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Supportive Housing Helps
Supportive housing is a proven component of the range of services that can help people facing health challenges to continue to live in the community. But it has occasionally faced local opposition. In 2008, Wellesley Institue funded research on the impact of supportive housing on neighbourhoods as a way to provide answers to people’s questions. […]
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Toronto faces human rights legal hearing on city’s restrictive zoning rules
The City of Toronto has been ordered to face a full legal hearing at the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal regarding city zoning rules that restrict the location of supportive housing for people with physical or mental health needs. The Dream Team, a group of psychiatric consumer / survivors, launched legal action against Toronto, alleging that […]
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People care about the kind of city they live in: Toronto City Budget
Thanks to the powerful interventions of many groups and individuals across the city, Toronto has a municipal budget that preserves many critical programs and services that had been targeted for deep cuts by the Ford administration. However, these programs and services should never have been on the chopping block in the first place given the […]
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Toronto Budget 2012: Overview
In our efforts to improve population health, the Wellesley Institute has been working alongside countless inviduals and organizations over the past few months to inform budget-related decision-making at Toronto City Hall. The cuts and modifications to city-funded programs and services currently being debated both inside and outside city hall have critically important health and health […]
Race, Racism and Canadians’ Health
You are invited to attend: Tuesday, February 7, 2012 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Join us for a conversation on the relationship between race, racism and health with Dr. Camara Jones and Dr. Sheryl Nestel. Dr. Jones, from the National Centres for Disease Control, will bring her knowledge and expertise on the impacts of racism on health and […]
Canada’s Colour Coded Labour Market: Overview
The last available Census data before the federal government cancelled the country’s mandatory long form census reveals that despite years of unprecedented economic growth, and an increasingly diverse population, a colour code is still at play in Canada’s labour market.
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Toronto’s proposed housing and homelessness cuts threaten health, lives of many people
A transitional shelter slated for closure under current Toronto budget plans has had a positive impact on the health and lives of homeless men. “Without the Dells, I wouldn’t be where I am at today… it saved my life,” says David Oliver in a powerful story in today’s Toronto Star by reporter Brendan Kennedy. In […]