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Who’s missing out? COVID-19 Supports and Benefits Rapid Analysis

• Wellesley Institute, Stephanie Elliott, Vinusha Gunaseelan, Scott Leon and Kwame McKenzie

Wellesley Institute conducted a rapid analysis on the accessibility of recently announced COVID-19 income support programs and benefits. These included changes to child benefit, employment assistance and the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB). Access the report below.

 

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Wellesley Institute

Wellesley Institute

Wellesley Institute works in research and policy to improve health and health equity in the Greater Toronto Area through action on the social determinants of health.

Stephanie Elliott

Vinusha Gunaseelan

Scott Leon

Scott Leon was a research at Wellesley Institute from 2015 to 2022.

Kwame McKenzie

Kwame McKenzie

Dr. Kwame McKenzie is CEO of Wellesley Institute, which works in research and policy to improve health and health equity in the Greater Toronto Area. A practicing psychiatrist, he also holds positions as a full Professor at the University of Toronto and as the Director of Health Equity at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). As an international expert on the social causes of illness and the development of equitable social policy and health systems, Dr. McKenzie has advised health, housing, education and social services ministers in Canada and the U.K. and has authored more than 280 peer reviewed papers and six books. He is a member of the National Advisory Council on Poverty, and recently co-chaired Canada’s Expert Task Force on Substance Use. He has also worked as a consultant to the World Health Organization. Dr. McKenzie has been a columnist for The Guardian and The Times and a presenter for BBC Radio, and he is regularly published in the Toronto Star.