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Time for Ontario to make some tough choices: poverty and inequality are not inevitable
December 4, 2012 by
Important progress toward a health-enabling social assistance system, but more work is required
October 24, 2012 by
The release today of the final report of the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario recommends a number of important steps toward improving Continue Reading…
Growing health inequalities are ‘public health emergency’ warns Sir Michael Marmot
May 30, 2012 by
The growing gap in health between rich and poor in Canada and around the world is a “public health emergency,” warned global health equity expert Sir Continue Reading…
Review of Social Assistance in Ontario: Health & Health Equity Overview
March 19, 2012 by
In 2010, the province of Ontario established the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario, led by Commissioners Francis Lankin and Munir A. Continue Reading…
Response to the Social Assistance Review discussion paper
March 19, 2012 by
The Response to the Social Assistance Review Discussion Paper is the second formal submission that the Wellesley Institute, in partnership with a number of Continue Reading…
Towards a Social Assistance System that Enables Health and Health Equity
November 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
People with low incomes and on social assistance face a daunting range of challenges to their well-being — one of which is systemic and damaging health Continue Reading…
Is your life 31 percent better than it was in 1994? Analyzing the Canadian Index of Well-Being
October 20, 2011 by
Since the 1940s, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been the primary measure for how economies are performing. The trouble is that GDP is a blunt instrument. GDP Continue Reading…
Tiny financial savings from cutting Toronto community grants comes with big potential cost
October 17, 2011 by
While the financial savings to taxpayers from cutting any or all of the City of Toronto’s grants to community groups is very small, the impact of the loss of Continue Reading…
UK bill sets out legal duty on gov't to reduce inequalities
January 12, 2010 by
The British government wants to make reducing health and other inequalities between richer and poorer people a central consideration in the policy-making Continue Reading…
Canada to UN: We'll decide what rights we will choose to observe…
June 8, 2009 by
Canada has signed a significant number of international human rights treaties that are legally binding in international law, but the federal government believes Continue Reading…
