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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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Gideon Quaison

Practicum Student
gquaison@wellesleyinstitute.com

Gideon Quaison holds an undergraduate degree in Health Studies and is a graduate student at the University of Toronto. He is currently enrolled in the Dalla Lana’s Master of Public Health program. He describes himself as an advocate for healthier cities and a health equity researcher. Gideon is passionate about social change and how it can influence the lives of marginalized groups in Toronto. In addition, the concept of Physical Literacy and how this relates to youth is an area of interest to him.

Gideon has recently joined the Wellesley Institute as a summer practicum student. He is working on a project that aims to improve the educational, economic and social outcomes for marginalized youth in 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.