In the few weeks since the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario released its discussion paper, we at the Wellesley Institute have been busy analyzing and preparing our response. We’re working with our partners to provide advice to the Commission about promising suggestions, and where they need to rethink their approach to […]
Archives for February 2012
Systems Thinking
Systems thinking is a broad framework towards understanding and managing complex systems from a holistic perspective, drawing on various approaches and methodologies. It holds that problems are emergent properties of a system and they cannot be understood and addressed by simply reducing the system to its constituent components, but by focusing on their interconnections and […]
Dr. Camara Jones on Race, Racism and Canadians’ Health: Video
Dr. Camara Jones from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention gave a lively talk to an engaged audience about the trend of racism in health care in the United States. A national conversation on racism in health care is still lacking in the United States, she argues, and certainly in Canada this is also […]
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MP Marie-Claude Morin introduces Bill C-400, National Housing Act legislation, in Commons
A detailed plan to create a long-overdue national housing plan for Canada was introduced in the House of Commons on Thursday. The Wellesley Institute’s Michael Shapcott joined other national housing leaders, along with MPs Marie-Claude Morin and Andrew Cash, for the introduction of the draft legislation, which is called Bill C-400, An Act to Secure […]
Toronto Exec calls for TCHC task force as Drummond report calls for increased federal / Ontario housing support
Toronto City Council’s Executive Committee has rejected a request from its Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) Board of Directors to sell off 740 homes in 675 buildings, and is instead calling on Councillor Ana Bailao, chair of Council’s Affordable Housing Committee, to chair a special task force. The Wellesley Institute joined TCHC tenants and others […]
Work and Health: Building Assets
The idea of building assets is something that we typically associate with our financial well-being. But a new report from the Health Action Partnership International and the Government of Scotland highlights the connections between “health assets,” work, and health. The report, Working for Equity in Health, argues that approaches to public health almost always focus […]
Misdiagnosis: Drummond’s Health Care Prescription Misses Equity
The Drummond Report’s emphasis on reform and innovation in the way health care is organized and delivered is vital. The objectives of long-term planning, a shift to home and community care, prevention, and integration of health services are right on the mark. But a huge element is missing: equity. Equitable access to services, equitable outcomes […]
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Concept Mapping of Photovoices – York University
Presented at the York University campus to graduate students in the Social Work Department. Concept Mapping of Photovoices – York University from Wellesley Institute
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Levers for Change: Hospital Health Equity Plans
Addressing pervasive health inequities is an incredibly complex challenge. Valuable population health research has been done, comprehensive health equity strategies have been developed — but how to drive these strategies into action? One vital way is identifying the key levers that will most effectively support the needed policy, program, investment and service changes, and identifying […]
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Looking deeper into racism and health care in Canada
Sheryl Nestel, Guest Blogger The launch last week of Colour Coded Health Care: The Impact of Race and Racism in Canadians’ Health, was, by all measures a tremendous success. Clearly, that the issues raised by the report are of immense interest to health researchers, health care workers, social scientists and community activists. One of the […]
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