“Civil society is fantastic in the sense that they push us” World Conference on Social Determinants of Health Rio de Janeiro, October 19-21, 2011 World Health Organization (WHO) Guest post by Margot Lettner With not one but two Declarations on the floor as the Conference closed, Marie-Paule Kieny, Assistant Director-General, WHO, described the […]
Alternative Civil Society Declaration on Protecting the Right to Health through action on the Social Determinants of Health
With the WHO Conference on the Social Determinants of Health wrapping up today, the official Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health has just been released. While this will likely garner the most media attention, it is also important to take note of the Alternative Civil Society Declaration on Protecting the Right to Health […]
Housing, homelessness and Ontario’s provincial election: Presentation notes
The Wellesley Institute’s Director of Housing and Innovation, Michael Shapcott, presented to lawyers and community legal workers at a meeting of Toronto legal clinics on October 20 on challenges and opportunities arising from the provincial election. Legal Clinics October 2011 View more presentations from Wellesley Institute.
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Plan to sell-off TCHC homes an 'act of desperation'
As the board of Toronto Community Housing Company meets today to consider a plan to sell-off more than 700 of its homes, leading housing experts – including the Wellesley Institute’s Michael Shapcott – are urging the public housing board, and Toronto City Council, to consider better options. In an article in today’s Globe and Mail, […]
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"Why should a Japanese cow enjoy a higher income than an African citizen?"
World Conference on Social Determinants of Health, Rio de Janeiro, October 19-21, 2011 Guest post by Margot Lettner “Why should a Japanese cow enjoy a higher income than an African citizen?” This is how Dr. David Sanders of the People’s Health Movement contrasted subsidies available to livestock and people while launching Global Health Watch 3: […]
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Health Equity Impact Assessment Template
Increasingly, Health Impact Assessments are being used by policy makers to understand and influence how policies, projects, plans, and programs affect health inequities. One of the widely understood benefits of conducting Health Equity Impact Assessments (HEIAs) is the increased understanding of equity issues that arise by making equity a key consideration in policy or program […]
Housing, Homelessness, Income and Health: Presentation Notes
The Wellesley Institute’s Director of Housing and Innovation, Michael Shapcott, sets out the links between housing, homelessness, income and health and draws housing and homelessness lessons in this presentation to York University health policy students on October 19, 2011. York University Housing Presentation October 2011 View more presentations from Wellesley Institute. York University […]
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Tiny financial savings from cutting Toronto community grants comes with big potential cost
While the financial savings to taxpayers from cutting any or all of the City of Toronto’s grants to community groups is very small, the impact of the loss of that funding would be widespread. Recent research from the Wellesley Institute shows that strong and resilient community networks have a positive impact on individual and population […]
Homes For Toronto: Presentation On What We Can Learn From Our History
The history of housing in Toronto – and Canada – has been a series of ups and downs. We’ve had many successes, but we’ve also had periods of drought, when precarious housing and homelessness has grown worse. Michael Shapcott, the Wellesley Institute’s Director of Housing and Innovation, scanned the past century in a presentation to […]
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Canada, show up for health at the World Conference on SDoH
The World Conference on Social Determinants of Health is a very important global forum and the Wellesley Institute has contributed in a modest, but important way, to some of the documentation that forms a base for this event. More than 60 Ministers of Health and other senior Ministers are already scheduled to attend the conference, […]
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