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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Liz Janzen

Liz Janzen, Co-Chair

Board Member

Liz Janzen is a former Toronto Public Health Director. Her 30-year-career was built on a strong belief in social justice. She advocated for health equity and community needs both locally ad internationally. Her advocacy, policy development and program management responsibilities included homelessness, mental health promotion, substance misuse prevention,  sexual health promotion and community development. She led the development of the City of Toronto Drug Strategy, was a founding member of the Gerstein Center and the Toronto Woman Abuse Council.

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.