There has been a recent revitalization of Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) content on the WHO website. Since the 2011 World Conference on the Social Continue Reading…
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There has been a recent revitalization of Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) content on the WHO website. Since the 2011 World Conference on the Social Continue Reading…
International Women's Day is a time to reflect on the experience of women across communities in Canada, and internationally. Violence against women is a Continue Reading…
A recent story in the Hamilton Spectator describes Hamilton as one of the latest in a growing line of municipalities to jump on board the “active resident Continue Reading…
As the fourth installment of the Big City Big Ideas lecture series, U of T’s Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG) hosted a panel discussion Continue Reading…
The Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (IMFG), a U of T think tank that tries to demystify and improve municipal governance systems, has released a Continue Reading…
Despite the long history shared by city-building and health, one particularly important and interesting piece of the urban puzzle, the built environment, Continue Reading…
The Wellesley Institute joined about 300 other organizations and individuals who offered expert views on the implications to the City of Toronto of significant Continue Reading…
The Wellesley Institute deputed to the Board of Health in November 2012 about the population health impacts of problem gambling. Our health equity impact Continue Reading…
The Listening to Learn project was a community-based research project that engaged adults with physical disabilities in Burlington, Ontario in a meaningful Continue Reading…
Over the past eighteen months the WI has undertaken a four part series of research and policy papers dealing with the issue of collaboration in the NFP sector. Continue Reading…
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