Recent reports from the Wellesley Institute on Mental Health Equity including a Mental Well-being Impact Assessment and other resources for LHINs.
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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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Recent reports from the Wellesley Institute on Mental Health Equity including a Mental Well-being Impact Assessment and other resources for LHINs.
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Barriers to good jobs and the resulting racialized income gap has a profound impact on the health and well-being of racialized Canadians.
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Steve Barnes, Bob Gardner and the Social Assistance Review Health Working Group |
The Response to the Social Assistance Review Discussion Paper is the second formal submission that the Wellesley Institute, in partnership with a number of health sector leaders, has made to the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario. In this paper, we argue that: The Commission must further specify a comprehensive vision of a […]
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Steve Barnes, Le-Ann Dolan, Bob Gardner, Marianne Stevens and Elisse Zack |
This discussion paper is the outcome of a think tank session the Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation hosted in March 2011. It outlines issues of access to rehabilitation services for people living with complex chronic and episodic conditions, promotes discussion on appropriate and timely services, and identifies opportunities for policy-makers and clinicians to […]
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Rebecca Haber and Emily Wong |
Systemic and damaging health inequities have been increasingly on the policy agenda across the world in the last decade. A number of European countries have been leading the way in developing comprehensive health equity strategies. This paper highlights the great potential of comprehensive strategies to ground and connect the kinds of policy, investment, program and […]
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Ron Wray |
Inequitable access to transportation reinforces the systemic social exclusion and economic inequalities that underlie health inequities. Transportation that better connects those communities facing a “spatial trap” could enhance access to employment and other opportunities, and contribute to better health for those facing exclusion and inequality. Health equity needs to be brought into policy debate and […]
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The Ontario Ministry of Labour has been holding public consultations, The Changing Workplaces Review, to consider how labour laws can be updated to best protect workers while supporting businesses in our changing economy. In this joint submission, Wellesley Institute and Toronto Public Health provide health and health equity analysis and advice, and evidence-based recommendations. Employment […]
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Seong-gee Um, Laura Anderson as Wellesley Institute for Health Quality Ontario |
Jurisdictions across the world have adopted strategies to enhance health equity. Some have developed approaches to promote health equity within their health systems while others have developed intersectoral approaches to tackle social determinants of health within and beyond the health sector. This report reviews these international health equity strategies.
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Mental Health and Addictions Leadership Advisory Council’s Supportive Housing Working Group |
Supportive housing is a foundation of stability for people who live with mental illness or addictions. The combination of affordable housing and support staff enables people to live in the community, with improved health outcomes and reduced use of health and emergency services. Supportive housing is a key to achieving Ontario’s goal of ending chronic […]
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Frank Sirotich, Anna Durbin, Greg Suttor, Seong-gee Um and Lin Fang |
Supportive housing is the key to ending chronic homelessness, and provides a stable foundation for people living with mental illness or addictions. In Toronto, people apply for this housing through The Access Point, a community agency that works with housing providers. More than 14,000 people are on this waiting list. What are the characteristics of […]
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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.