The Wellesley Institute is thrilled to welcome three new researchers to our team. We look forward to the ideas and energy they will bring to the Institute and the contributions they will make to improving health in the GTA. Seong-gee Um Seong-gee Um will be joining our team following a postdoctoral fellowship affiliated with the Canada […]
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Your #stopracism15 Ideas
A couple weeks ago Wellesley Institute CEO Dr. Kwame McKenzie shared 15 ideas to reduce the impact of racism on health. Then we asked you to join the conversation by taking to Twitter with #stopracism15 and your ideas. Here’s a taste of what you contributed as well as some resources and media we’ve explored thanks to your participation: @kwame_mckenzie […]
15 ideas for decreasing the impact of racism on health
You’ve read the 15 ideas collected here (and if you haven’t yet, please do) – now what are some of your ideas to end racism? We invite you to join the conversation on decreasing the impact of racism on health. All of the ideas that we have shared have been put into play in other cities around […]
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Health Links: Why Services & Needs Must Align
The 1 percent of greatest users of services in Ontario consume nearly 30 percent of health spending. To fix this, Ontario set up Health Links in 2012. The aim was to identify heavy users, make sure they get the services they need, improve their outcomes and decrease needs for services and costs. Coordinated, timely, appropriate […]
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Racism, Health & What You Can Do About It
One of the main uses of history is to help us do better in the future. For my black history talk for Toronto Public Health I focused on initiatives that have been put in place elsewhere to decrease the impact of racism on health. If you read a good idea here, steal it. The scientific […]
Update On Researcher Hiring
We are happy to announce that Wellesley Institute has had an overwhelmingly positive response to our recent job postings for Researcher – 4 posts. We’ve had over 850 applicants, and because of this it is taking us longer than normal to wrap up the hiring process. Here at Wellesley Institute we value equity and fairness […]
Racism, Health & Resilience
Join Toronto Public Health and Wellesley Institute’s Dr. Kwame McKenzie on February 12th for a discussion on strategies for closing health inequities, as part of the City of Toronto’s Black History Month events. Racism makes people sick. A 2013 Toronto Public Health (TPH) report shows that racism results in increased rates of depression, work and life stress, as well […]
Does Upholding The Right To Health Decrease Inequities?
In 1976 Canada became a State Party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, an international document that recognizes “the right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.” Since then, Canada has also signed and ratified numerous other international treaties that recognize the right to health and make […]
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Do Canadians Have A Right To Good Health?
What happens when the biggest barrier to health isn’t a lack of medicine or access to care but income? On February 4th, MASS LBP, along with Upstream and Wellesley Institute will be convening three of Canada’s newest physician-activists who are challenging Canadians and their governments to think differently about how we build a healthy society. Please […]