There was colour, music and tears at the joint presentation of UforChange, a youth arts project for immigrant and newcomer youth, which shared preliminary findings at the Migration and the Global City conference yesterday at Ryerson University. A graduate youth from East Africa spoke about how the project had changed her life, exposing her to the world […]
Archives for November 2010
Presentation: International housing rights a powerful tool to secure good homes for all
International housing rights can be a powerful tool to identify housing issues and practical solutions, engage communities and leverage solutions. The Wellesley Institute presentation to the 2010 National Association of Housing and Renewal Organization national affordable housing conference sets out issues and strategies, and our information sheet provides on-line links to additional resources.
Presentation: Town Hall Forum On Federal Role In Affordable Housing
Federal funding for housing, along with federal funding for social expenditures in general, is eroding. The Wellesley Institute’s short presentation to the town hall forum on the federal role in affordable housing provides a quick overview and sets out a key question for Olivia Chow, Bob Rae and the other federal politicians at the forum.
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UK group takes government to court over gender-biased budget
Wellesley does a great deal of work on building equity into policy and program development. One way to do this is through equity focused planning tools such as Health Equity Impact Assessment and gender-based analysis. In a recent example from the UK, a gender-based analysis of the coalition government’s emergency budget revealed that nearly three-quarters […]
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A Wellesley Institute Presentation To Cities Centre Forum On Toronto’s Tower Neighbourhoods
Toronto has the second highest number of high-rise communities in all of North America – but many of the structures are decaying and the neighbourhoods are distressed. Inclusionary housing is a zoning tool that could help to ensure that redeveloped Tower neighbourhoods are healthy and inclusive. Here is the WI’s presentation to the University of […]
Feds confirm three-year homeless funding extension; freeze dollars at 1999 level
The federal government has officially confirmed $134.8m annual funding for the national homelessness program over the next three years. In September of 2008, the feds promised to extend the funding for five years, but said they would review funding practices at year two (fiscal 2010), so the decision to honour the 2008 promise is good news. Human Resources […]
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Health Care Innovation: But Not Without Equity
The Globe and Mail has been running a week-long series on the potential of innovation and private health care delivery. A Nov 9 article focused on private firms providing second opinions and health system navigation is in danger of missing the key point about this innovation: the point is not that the innovations they describe […]
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Home Care Through an Equity Lens
An article in a Globe and Mail series on innovation in health care delivery highlighted the potential of home visits from family physicians to helping people live independently in their own homes. This can both reduce overall system costs through avoiding or delaying institutionalization and significantly improve the quality of people’s lives. But let’s think a […]
“Get Real: ” For-Profit Care is the Wrong Prescription
Karen Selick of the Canadian Constitution Foundation, who are challenging the Ontario government for its “monopoly” health system in court, advises us to “get real” about profit and health care delivery in a Globe and Mail article. Of course, part of getting real may be recognizing that it was precisely the unbridled drive for profit […]
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Maytree’s Alan Broadbent: Canada’s urban areas need more power, autonomy
Canada is an urban nation – 80% of Canadians now live in urban areas, a big change from our founding in 1867 when 80% of Canadians were in rural areas. But while the nation has changed, our governing structures remain stuck in the 19th century. Municipalities are, according to the Constitution, “creatures of the provinces” – […]
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