Here are a few places providing more information about and examples of equity-focused health impact assessment:
Archives for December 2010
Independent Hunger Panel Calls For Quick Passage Of National Housing Legislation
The Toronto Recession Relief Coalition’s Hunger Inquiry has added its voice to the growing number across the country calling on federal Parliament to quickly pass Bill C-304 – legislation to create a national housing act for Canada. The coalition assembled an independent panel of community leaders – from Bruce McLeod, former Moderator of the United […]
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Growing Divide In Incomes Triggering Health Crisis: Latest Three Cities Research
Toronto’s 35-year income polarization trend is not only dividing the city into rich and poor neighbourhoods, but it is also triggering a city-wide health crisis. The latest Three Cities research from Prof David Hulchanski of the University of Toronto’s Cities Centre paints a devastating picture of growing segregation across the city. The report notes that […]
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Got The message? Income Inequality Causes Poor Health: Richard Wilkinson
The stunning new Three Cities research on growing income inequality in Toronto underscores the urgency of the message delivered by UK epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson during his recent Canadian tour: Inequality is bad for everyone. Poor health is a direct result of income inequality, says Wilkinson in an on-line interview that was conducted during his visit […]
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Good research critically important to ending homelessness: Video interview
Good research is key to ending homelessness in Canada. It helps us understand the scale and scope of homelessness, design adequate and fully-funded housing policies and programs, set realistic targets and timelines and measure accountability for results. The research table must include people who have experienced homelessness. These are some of the observations by Michael Shapcott, the Wellesley Institute’s Director […]
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Gender inequity is at the heart of the HIV/AIDS crisis
Last week, I attended a talk by the always-wonderful Stephen Lewis on the Give a Day initiative, a grassroots response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Give A Day challenges each Canadian to recognize World AIDS Day – today – by giving one day’s pay to the Stephen Lewis Foundation in their fight against what Lewis describes […]
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End homelessness in Canada in ten years: First glimpse at plans for powerful new national voice
Plans are underway for a powerful new national voice in Canada to end homelessness. Tim Richter from the Calgary Homeless Foundation recently delivered a presentation that provides an overview of the new organization. Stay tuned for more details in the new year. Alberta’s Seven Cities Partnership has been effective in developing community plans to end homelessness, […]
Current Welfare Rules Create Perfect Trap: Powerful New Report
A powerful, new report from the National Council of Welfare shows that welfare can be harder to get today than 20 years ago. This means more people were forced into destitution to qualify for welfare in 2009, when the recession’s casualties were mounting. NCW Chairperson John Rook explained that the current set of welfare rules […]
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CMHC Survey Confirms Ontario Tenants Face Rising Rents, Shrinking Supply; Underlines Need For Comprehensive Housing Plan
One major gap in Ontario’s draft long-term affordable housing strategy is the lack of policy on critical issues in the private rental market, including unaffordable rents and lack of adequate supply of rental units. Many low and moderate and middle-income households live in private rental housing. The latest Ontario private rental market report from Canada Mortgage and […]
Canada’s Non-profit Sector Tops $100 Billion In Economic Activity: Big And Growing Even Bigger
Canada’s non-profit sector – already the second largest in the world – now tops $100 billion in annual economic activity, according to the latest satellite account of non-profit institutions and voluntering, released this morning by Statistics Canada. The non-profit sector’s contribution to Canada’s Gross Domestic Product grew by 6% in 2008 – a faster rate of […]