Ontario Budget 2025: Our response
Wellesley Institute provided advice to all parties throughout the course of the recent provincial election, making recommendations on ensuring everyone…
In any given year, one in five people in Canada will experience a mental health problem or illness. Mental well-being is affected by the social determinants of health. Inequalities such as racism, poverty and homelessness can contribute to poorer mental well-being. Access to safe and affordable housing, meaningful education and employment, leisure activities, the support of a community, good access to healthcare and mental health services all support good mental well-being.
City of Toronto Budget 2025: Our recommendations
Residents across the City of Toronto experience significant disparities in housing, income and mental health and well-being. These inequities create…
Healthcare for substance use is supported by evidence
Images of the drug toxicity crisis in Canada are harrowing. In 2023, an average of 22 people died every day…
Federal Pre-Budget 2025 Submission: Time for vision and leadership on health equity
Wellesley Institute submitted the following recommendations last week for Federal Budget 2025. Introduction Canada has significant inequities in the social…
Mississauga’s mayoral byelection: Our position
Mississauga’s Mayoral byelection will be held on June 10, 2024. Regardless of who is elected, the next Mayor of Mississauga…
Federal Budget 2024: Positive steps, but still no targets
This year’s proposed federal budget takes some important steps forward on issues that are crucial to population health and health…
Crisis team expansion a welcome step
The recently approved City of Toronto budget, which nearly doubled funding to the Toronto Community Crisis Service (TCCS), is a…
Thriving in the City: Single, working-age adults
What does it cost to live a healthy and thriving life in the GTA? If you’re a single, working-age adult,…
City of Toronto Budget 2024: Our input
Although the City of Toronto 2024 budget takes bold steps toward supporting residents and advancing equity in key areas, there is much more work that needs to be done to build a city that is resilient, mentally healthy and equitable for all.
Getting to the root of the mental health crisis
Bell Let’s Talk’s 2024 campaign, “Let’s create real change” opens a crucial conversation about taking lasting action to address the…
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…
Toronto mayoral election series: Mental health and well-being
Wellesley Institute is publishing a series examining how mayoral candidates can show leadership and deliver Toronto the Bold—a city that…