Federal budget 2024: COVID highlights need for health equity
Wellesley Institute’s Pre-Budget Written Submission Canada has significant inequities in the social determinants of health, including housing, income, education, discrimination…
Mayoral platform analysis: Housing
Recently, Wellesley Institute published a series examining how mayoral candidates can show leadership and deliver Toronto the Bold. We called…
Removing language barriers for older adults in social housing: Turning research into action
In Canada, 31 per cent of older adults are immigrants, and up to 50 percent are not fluent in either…
Toronto mayoral election series: Housing
Wellesley Institute is publishing a series examining how mayoral candidates can show leadership and deliver Toronto the Bold—a city that…
Toronto mayoral election series
As Canada’s largest city, Toronto has enormous promise and possibility—and enormous challenges. Torontonians do not need “Toronto the Good” or…
Canada needs a health equity plan: 2023 federal budget submission
Canada has significant health inequities. Wellesley Institute research has shown that social factors such as housing, income, education, discrimination, and…
Enhancing eviction prevention supports for older adults in social housing
Evictions are a key source of housing instability for low-income older renters. This community is particularly vulnerable to evictions due…
2023 Ontario budget
In advance of last year’s provincial budget, we called for important, necessary public strategies to build a New Normal in…
Toronto Housing Action Plan: Who will it be for?
Toronto has significant, and worsening, health inequities. Wellesley Institute research shows that social factors such as housing, income, education, and…
“Fighting to keep your home in a community”: Understanding evictions through service provider and community leader perspectives in North York communities
A previous Wellesley Institute study on formal eviction applications in Toronto found that areas with higher proportions of low-income households…
Policy position: Housing
We can build a future in which everyone in the Greater Toronto Area [GTA] has the opportunities and resources they…
Wellesley Institute Policy Position – Housing
VISION We can build a future in which everyone in the Greater Toronto Area [GTA] has the opportunities and resources…