Wellesley Institute works in research and policy to improve health and health equity in the GTA through action on the social determinants of health.
…real toll of this crisis and the impacts of the political and public health decisions that have been made. There are 4528 lives lost that may have been saved. We can and should do better. Number of lives that could have been saved if each country’s response was the same…
Continue ReadingComparative lives lost analysis: A lens on the adequacy of our COVID-19 response
…of concern that there would be a clinician backlash. The energy that could have propelled the NHS and the police to a new level of fairness in services was lost to introspection and infighting. The political system also lost interest as they looked for a more certain way to improve…
Continue ReadingRethinking the definition of institutional racism
…of women like her across Canada, were thrown into lives of deep poverty in the mid-1990s when the federal and provincial governments became concerned about their bottom lines and cut services from Victoria to St. John’s. They saved money but destroyed people, especially women and children. “I lost everything. I…
Continue ReadingVoices from the Street: Canada’s homeless women
…one essential enabler of equitable access to high-quality health care and support. His talk set this in the context of other enablers and drivers of a comprehensive health equity strategy. Here is the presentation: Not Lost in Translation: Interpretation and other drivers for health equity View more documents from WellesleyInstitute….
Continue ReadingNot Lost in Translation: Interpretation and other drivers for health equity
…It is not surprising that when Canadians do not have drug coverage and cannot afford medications, they’re more likely to go without the prescription medications they need. Given that 5.5 million Canadians have since lost their jobs or have had hours reduced due to pandemic, we can expect that many…
Continue ReadingPharmacare: essential to our health and economy
…often provided through employers, raised even greater concerns as Canadians experienced significant job and income loss as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Between February and April 2020, over 3 million Canadians lost their jobs and an additional 2.5 million Canadians had lost over half of their hours due to…
…shared identity for Britain that transcends race and class. While recently in the UK I heard that advances made over the last decades have been lost. Numerous programs, community groups and laws that promoted equity and unity have been cut. If Canada is to learn anything from this, it is…
…to affordable and safe housing. Toronto lost more than 130,000 rental units available at under $1,500 per month In the past 5 years alone, the GTA lost 27% of its private rental apartments that were affordable to households earning less than $60,000 a year. While apartments under $1,000 dominated the…
Continue ReadingErosion of affordable rental housing in Toronto: Findings from the 2021 census
It has been a week of high political drama with attendant political uncertainty and instability. It is the kind of week where it’s easy for other issues to get lost. But one that cannot get lost is the city budget that will be introduced today. Whatever the results of the…
Continue ReadingGetting Past Zero: Maintaining City Services And Balancing Toronto’s Budget
…alone. Uninsured residents include individuals who have lost their identification, people in the three month OHIP wait period, temporary visa holders (ex. students, visitors), some refugees and undocumented residents. Presently, essential health care services are extremely limited and inadequate for uninsured residents. Research indicates that priority health needs include obstetrical,…
We wish to acknowledge this land on which the Wellesley Institute operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.
Revised by the Ceremonial Committee at the University of Toronto Office of Indigenous Initiatives in April 2021.