Although the City of Toronto 2024 budget takes bold steps toward supporting residents and advancing equity in key areas, there is much more work that needs to be done to build a city that is resilient, mentally healthy and equitable for all.
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Ontario Budget 2024: Urgent need to address homelessness
Wellesley Institute’s submission in advance of the provincial budget Wellesley Institute works in research and policy to improve health and health equity through action on the social determinants of health. We urge the government of Ontario to deliberately address and report upon many of the social determinants of health that are so costly in terms of […]
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Canada can be a leader in safe long-term care: Submission highlights
More than 200,000 older adults and persons living with a disability live in long-term care homes in Canada. Recognizing that provinces and territories are primarily responsible for managing long-term care, the federal government invited input in summer 2023 on the development of a Safe Long-Term Care Act to help ensure care residents get the care […]
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Federal budget 2024: COVID highlights need for health equity
Wellesley Institute’s Pre-Budget Written Submission Canada has significant inequities in the social determinants of health, including housing, income, education, discrimination and access to health and social care. We also continue to see these inequities played out through the ongoing disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and long COVID on Black, Indigenous and other racialized communities, low-income […]
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Canada needs a health equity plan: 2023 federal budget submission
Canada has significant health inequities. Wellesley Institute research has shown that social factors such as housing, income, education, discrimination, and access to social supports are vital for individual health, community health, and Canada’s economic growth. To build back better, to establish a new normal, inequities in the social determinants of health are our most important […]
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Moving forward on a national health data system
Canada’s federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal governments agree that we need to rebuild and improve our health systems. The dream of access to high quality comprehensive effective health systems is alive and well in Canada, but only for the minority. Today, timely preventative care, barrier-free access to necessary tests, short surgery wait times and after […]
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Proposed amendments to the Greenbelt Plan: Consultation submission
December 6, 2022 As a non-profit and non-partisan research institute, Wellesley Institute works on research and policy to improve health and health equity across the Greater Toronto Area. Our mission is to advance population health and reduce health inequities through applied research, effective policy solutions, knowledge mobilization and innovation. This submission provides feedback for the […]
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