Wellesley Institute works in research and policy to improve health and health equity in the GTA through action on the social determinants of health.
Delivering equitable long-term care (LTC) for Toronto’s diverse population is an emerging issue in the GTA with long wait lists across the region. Your ethnicity, your income, and where you live matters when it comes to not just waiting for services, but also quality of care. Those with financial and language barriers wait much longer, […]
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When it comes to where you live, culture matters. Growing media and public attention is shining a light on how long-term care (LTC) is structured and delivered right now in Ontario. And while there is a growing understanding about the need to reform Ontario’s LTC services there has been less discussion about how to ensure […]
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Moving toward a healthy retirement for all Ontarians An adequate income is the key to a healthy retirement. Right now many retired Torontonians are struggling to meet their basic needs for housing, healthcare, food and security, and it’s going to get worse. Poverty among seniors has increased in recent years and among today’s working Canadians, only six […]
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Principal Organizations: Alternative Planning Group Partner Organizations: Council for Agencies Serving, South Asians; Chinese, Canadian National Council, Toronto Chapter; African, Canadian Social Development Council Principal Investigators: Professor Ka Tat Tsang To increase awareness of the challenges faced by immigrant seniors and to elucidate the structural realities that condition their lives, a series of focus group sessions were organized between January […]
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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.