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…
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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…
Systemic and damaging health inequities have been increasingly on the policy agenda across the world in the last decade. A number of European countries have Continue Reading…
Over recent months, there has been much conversation about the possibility of a casino being built in the City of Toronto. The debate has largely focused on the Continue Reading…
Budget decisions have a profound impact on our daily lives. From garbage collection, to public transit, to the safety of our neighbourhoods budgets are at the Continue Reading…
Addressing systemic health disparities and their underlying social determinants are complex and challenging social and policy problems. One increasingly 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…
The role of the health care sector in reducing disparities still must be defined and integrated into the system. This paper is a discussion and analysis of how Continue Reading…
This study was carried out in St. James Town using Photovoice to explore how multicultural youth in St. James Town perceive their neighbourhood to play a role Continue Reading…
This qualitative research study was conducted in St. James Town. It examined both “place-based” characteristics of SJT and individual-level factors, Continue Reading…
This study is unique and the first of its kind to consider the use of photographs as the input material for concept mapping. Two participatory research Continue Reading…
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