By David Leacock, Policy and Research Intern at the Wellesley Institute Yesterday Toronto City Council took an important step toward improving access to the Continue Reading…
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Youth, social policy, and health: making the connections
March 2, 2012 by
Currently, when a Crown ward turns 21, they are no longer eligible for provincial assistance through the Children’s Aid Society. Caseworkers are faced with Continue Reading…
Youth graduates of UforChange get cheers from enthusiastic audience
May 16, 2010 by
About 200 enthusiastic fans crowded into the Isabel Bader Theatre on May 15 for the VivaCity talent showcase. The showcase featured the talents of the almost 50 Continue Reading…
YongeStreet: New on-line urban magazine…
February 6, 2010 by
The Wellesley Institute is partnering with YongeStreet, a new on-line urban magazine that focuses on health, equity and innovation - three of our top Continue Reading…
World AIDS Day
December 1, 2010 by
HIV/AIDS is above all else shaped by the social determinants of health. Incidence -- and inequitable access to vital treatment and support services -- is Continue Reading…
Will promise of riches overwhelm analysis of social and health impacts of proposed casino?
January 22, 2013 by
A casino will bring increased health and social costs for Toronto, warned two leading experts at a community forum hosted by the Wellesley Institute on Jan 22. Continue Reading…
Wilkinson says that equality is still better for everyone, and it’s time to act
May 4, 2012 by
Many of us today at the Wellesley Institute were fortunate to catch Richard Wilkinson’s lecture, courtesy of MASS LBP and the Dalla Lana School of Public Continue Reading…
WI team joins senior business leaders in private audience with Prince of Wales
January 30, 2013 by
The Wellesley Institute was honoured to join with senior Canadian business leaders in a private audience with HRH The Prince of Wales at Clarence House in Continue Reading…
WI CEO on social finance / social infrastructure study tour to UK
March 29, 2009 by
Rick Blickstead, the CEO of the Wellesley Institute, is on a study tour to Britain that includes community, business and government innovators. At the WI, Continue Reading…
Why we must address the social determinants of health to truly reduce childhood obesity
October 16, 2012 by
Over the summer, I participated in the Centre for Environmental Health Equity’s Knowledge Leaders in Children’s Environmental Health program. The program Continue Reading…
