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.

Home About Board of Directors Jane Pyper
Jane Pyper

Jane Pyper

Board Member

Jane Pyper is the Chief Operations and Service Officer for the YMCA of Greater Toronto, an organization dedicated to making our communities home to the healthiest children, teens and young adults. Jane oversees a wide variety of programs including child care, camps, health and fitness, employment, immigration, housing and youth outreach and leadership. Previous to this role, Jane was the Chief Executive Officer for the Toronto Public Library, one of the largest and busiest public libraries in the world.

She is particularly interested in the social determinants of health and the role of public policy and community institutions in creating positive change.

Jane holds a BA, Master’s in Library Science and Diploma in Public Administration from the Universities of Toronto and Western Ontario.

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.