Wellesley Institute

Wellesley Institute works in research and policy to improve health and health equity in the GTA through action on the social determinants of health.

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Adriel Weaver

Board Member

Adriel Weaver is a litigator at Goldblatt Partners, with a particular focus on criminal, constitutional, and administrative law matters.  Her clients include criminal defendants, immigration detainees, human rights claimants, unions and professional associations, and public interest advocacy organizations. In addition to an LL.B. (Osgoode), Adriel also holds a B.A. in Urban and Environmental Studies (Toronto) and a Master’s in Environmental Studies (York), and has a longstanding interest in urban health and health equity. Adriel was called to the Ontario Bar after clerking at the Court of Appeal for Ontario. She teaches several courses in the Criminology and Sociolegal Studies program at the University of Toronto, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF), and the Prisoners with HIV/AIDS Support and Action Network (PASAN).

Acknowledgement of Traditional Land

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.