Wellesley Institute works in research and policy to improve health and health equity in the GTA through action on the social determinants of health.
The discussion I have heard about Expo 2025 encapsulates one of the things that still bemuses me about Toronto. Other cities I have lived in would have been all over this sort of opportunity, doing everything they could to make sure we got the chance to move on this. From an economic perspective the facts […]
When trying to decrease suicide most countries focus on identifying high risk groups and developing targeted approaches. Within a country different groups have different rates of suicide. Men have higher risks of suicide than women (apart from in China), married people have lower rates than those who are unmarried and those with mental health and addictions […]
Continue ReadingIncreasing awareness that suicide is preventable, linking people to care
A man standing on the banks of a river sees a child in the water crying for help. He takes off his clothes dives in and pulls the kid out. No sooner has he done that when he sees another child in the river near to drowning. Again he dives in and heroically saves a […]
Continue ReadingThe affect of social change on suicide rates could be solved upstream
At the end of last year Mayor Tory and city council unanimously approved Toronto’s Poverty Reduction Strategy. In it they herald a new vision for the City: “By 2035, Toronto is a city with opportunities for all: a leader in the collective pursuit of justice, fairness and equity. We want to be renowned as a […]
Like many people I came to Canada because of its international reputation for fairness. I came to Toronto from London, UK, because Toronto is more multicultural and has a reputation as a place where people from ethnically diverse groups can live side by side and flourish. Toronto is a social project that the world needs […]
The 1 percent of greatest users of services in Ontario consume nearly 30 percent of health spending. To fix this, Ontario set up Health Links in 2012. The aim was to identify heavy users, make sure they get the services they need, improve their outcomes and decrease needs for services and costs. Coordinated, timely, appropriate […]
Continue ReadingHealth Links: Why Services & Needs Must Align
One of the main uses of history is to help us do better in the future. For my black history talk for Toronto Public Health I focused on initiatives that have been put in place elsewhere to decrease the impact of racism on health. If you read a good idea here, steal it. The scientific […]
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.