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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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Jemal Demeke

Researcher

Jemal Demeke is a researcher at the Wellesley Institute. He has consistently used his community organizing experience to inform his public health research approaches. His research spans infectious disease epidemiology, implementation science, and equitable health interventions.

African, Caribbean, and Black communities have a continued presence in his professional focus. He has founded equity initiatives in large organizations, led workshops to healthcare providers, and built relationships between community stakeholders and health agencies. His work at the Wellesley Institute leverages these experiences to inform policy change for racialized communities across Canada

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.