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 Advance 2021 – Post-event

In the fall of 2021, we held Wellesley Institute’s 2nd biennial symposium, Advance 2021: Building the new normal. The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we live, work, and connect. Our virtual symposium series brought together experts from across Canada and the US to explore how to prioritize health equity as we build a new normal. 

Advance 2021 panelists

  • Carol Hopkins, O.C., MSW, LL.D (hons.)
  • Dr. Carole Estabrooks
  • Ichiro Kawachi, MB.Ch.B., Ph.D. 
  • Sam Tsemberis, Ph.D. 
  • Abi Bond
  • Angela Robertson
  • Dr. Sean Kidd
  • Evelyn Forget
  • Nick Saul
  • Sarah Jama
  • Elliott Cappell

Highlights

Didn’t get a chance to attend?

Full recordings and transcripts of our Advance 2021 sessions are available below.

COVID-19 community impacts – October 20, 2021

Housing and health – October 27, 2021

Income inequality and health – November 3, 2021

Climate change and health – November 10, 2021

 

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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.