The Wellesley Institute promotes community engagement in various areas, as it is essential for effective reform of public policy. It is crucial that community engagement reflect the diversity of the population, including marginalized groups. HIA could benefit enormously from a community engagement component since the purpose of HIA is to consider how policies and programs […]
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Can't find a home? Discrimination in housing fueled by recession
The Ontario Human Rights Commission has released its latest annual report, with a strong focus on discrimination in housing. While everyone is affected by the current recession, not everyone is affected equally. Even before the recession, discrimination in housing was being fueled by a province-wide affordable housing crisis, and all indications are that the problems […]
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Bad economy equals bad health: New CMA survey underlines urgent need for national strategy to reduce health inequalities
A bad economy means poor health, according to a new survey of Canadians released today by the Canadian Medical Association. The national report card on health care surveyed slightly more than 1,000 Canadians – and made front page news in The Globe and Mail. The survey confirms research by the Wellesley Institute, including Poverty Is Making […]
A Critical Element of U.S. Health Care Reform That is Being Ignored
With round-the-clock coverage of U.S. health care reform and thousands of journalists, commentators, “experts” and bloggers who dissect every word that key policymakers say or write about the issue, it is amazing that any part of the proposed reforms could be ignored altogether. But that is indeed what has happened with a key element of […]
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