The Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation (CERA) has launched a new web site devoted to housing rights in Canada called Canadian Housing Equality Resources . It's full of interesting and important information, and is designed for everyone from the person (or household) that is experiencing housing discrimination to the housing advocate. Lawyers and legal […]
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Primary Prevention to Fight Inequalities – The German Experience and Lessons Learned
Rolf Rosenbrock is Head of the Research Group on Public Health at the Social Science Research Centre in Berlin (WZB), Professor for Social Sciences and Public Health Policy at the Technical University of Berlin and is a member of key advisory bodies. He visited the Wellesley Institute and gave a presentation titled: Primary Prevention to Fight […]
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Blueprint for Health Equity
Presentation to the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions Conference by Bob Gardner, Director of Public Policy. August 2007.
LHINs, Health Reform and HIV/AIDS Care
Presentation to the Ontario Society of Physicians in HIV Care by Bob Gardner, Director of Public Policy. November 28th, 2006. Here is the presentation: LHINs, Health Reform and HIV/AIDS Care View more documents from WellesleyInstitute.
Health Reform and HIV/AIDS
The HIV community and service providers are vitally interested in the implications of Local Health Integration Networks, primary care reform, alternative practice structures and other key changes. This is a presentation made by Bob Gardner, Director of Public Policy, outlining the possible implications of major reform directions, and arguing that community groups need to be proactive […]
Community Engagement and Regional Planning
Presentation by Bob Gardner, Director of Public Policy at the International Union for Health Promotion and Education in Vancouver. June 2007.
Homelessness – coming to a region near you!
Homelessness – it's a problem just in the inner city, right? Wrong! And to prove it, the York Region Alliance to End Homelessness has just re-launched its web site with background info and action tips on homelessness for the region north of Toronto. Check it out here .
Winnipeg Integrated Health and Social Services
While the fundamental social determinants of health will only be fully addressed with major shifts in government policy and action, there are many innovative and effective ways in which their impact on health disparities can be tackled more immediately in front-line service delivery. One direction is where regional health authorities, community health centres and social […]
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Policy Frameworks to Enhance Health Equity
Presentation by Bob Gardner, Director of Public Policy at the International Union for Health Promotion and Education in Vancouver. June 2007.
Go big AND go home!
The new UK government of Gordon Brown announced on Monday that it will invest £8 billion (that’s more than $17 billion in Canadian dollars) over the next three years for new affordable homes. That’s a 50% increase over current housing spending and will fund about 70,000 new homes annually when the programme is fully rolled […]