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 Briefing to Standing Committee on Health: Canada’s COVID-19 response

Briefing to Standing Committee on Health: Canada’s COVID-19 response

Wellesley Institute was invited to present to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health (HESA). HESA studies issues that relate to Health Canada, and has oversight of four health-related agencies, including the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the Public Health Agency of Canada.

On July 7, 2020 Wellesley Institute CEO, Kwame McKenzie presented on Canada’s response to
COVID-19. Our briefing paper and comments are below.

Briefing to Standing Committee on Health

Comments to Standing Committee on Health from Kwame McKenzie

 

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.