…and social infrastructure, such as housing and childcare, along with universal income supports. The document makes the important links between poverty, inequality and poor health – themes that inform our work at the Wellesley Institute. The CCPA is not alone in its views on the economic and social impacts of…
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Impacts Of The Physical Environment On Health And Well-Being
This policy brief is one in a series that analyzes the implications of the research findings from the St. James Town Initiative and sets out recommendations and options for action. …
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Voices Of Multicultural Youth: Impact Of Urban Neighbourhood On Health And Well-Being Policy Brief
This is the first of a series of policy briefs that analyzes youth-related policy implications from the St. James Town Initiative’s Voices of Multicultural Youth report and sets out recommendations and options for action.
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Video: Mental Health & the Megacity
On September 6th 2017, Wellesley Institute and CAMH hosted Professor Nikolas Rose, an international expert on the role of cities in Mental Health from King’s College London. This talk explores the impact of urban environments on the brain and the role of the city in mental health and mental illness…
Business meets community in London PSiB social enterprise tour
…Clean Works, a full-service commercial cleaning company that provides employment to people who have been shut out of conventional jobs; Youth Opportunities Unlimited, a multi-service agency for youth that includes housing, education and health services, along with a social enterprise café; and Impact Junk Solutions, which provides employment for people…
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Staying (dis)connected? Toronto’s digital divides under COVID-19
…difficult to manage the social and economic impacts of the pandemic. Difficulties accessing relief funds, as well as barriers to online education and health information have come to the forefront during COVID-19 and has called attention to one of our most urgent health equity issues – Toronto’s digital divides. Technological…
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How did COVID-19 impact your mental health and well-being ?
…ਤੋਂ ਜਾਣਨਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਾਂ (Punjabi) Usap tayo! (Tagalog) நாங்கள் உங்களிடமிருந்து கேட்க விரும்புகிறோம் (Tamil) We want to hear from you! This project has been reviewed and approved by the Ryerson Research Ethics Board (REB 2020-533) and is funded by Mental Health Commission of Canada. Project team members include Dr. Brenda Roche,…
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Work experiences of people with long COVID in the GTA
A previous paper by Wellesley Institute on the healthcare experiences of people with long COVID in the Greater Toronto raised the importance of healthcare providers in supporting workers to access benefits, sick leave and income supports when needed. Reviews of qualitative research on long COVID have also identified financial hardship…
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Naheed Nenshi: Canada’s new-age urbanism guru
…environment, which includes land development, transportation and urban design, has a profound and lasting impact on population health. Our interactions with elements of the built environment shape our psychological and social health as well as our physical health, thus warranting a departure from compartmentalized conversations about taxes, service provision and…
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Modelling the social determinants of health and simulating short-term and long-term intervention impacts for the city of Toronto, Canada
There is a substantial body of evidence highlighting the importance of the social determinants of health in shaping the health of urban populations in Canada. The low socio-economic status of marginalized, disadvantaged, and precarious populations in urban settings has been linked to adverse health outcomes including chronic and infectious disease,…