Wellesley Institute works in research and policy to improve health and health equity in the GTA through action on the social determinants of health.
Colleen MacDonald is a writer and a communications professional. She holds a BA in Creative Writing from Concordia University and an Advanced Diploma in Public Relations from Nova Scotia Community College. She has previously worked in the Faculty of Health at Dalhousie University and as a writer for various Toronto marketing agencies. Colleen currently volunteers as a creative writing literacy tutor for Parkdale Project Read and as an events coordinator for The 519.
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.