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Bob Gardner

Health as an Equity Issue – and as a Union Issue

I was really pleased to speak at an OPSEU symposium on equity over the weekend.  Unions have long played a central role in the broad community coalitions that are so vital to addressing the underlying social determinants of health inequalities.  And OPSEU and other union members work on the front-lines of health and are vital players in the innovative solutions needed to build equity into all service delivery and planning.

This talk sets out a comprehensive health equity strategy, and some ideas on how community mobilization can help win it.

Driving Health Equity Into Action
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Bob Gardner

Bob Gardner

Bob Gardner was the Director of Policy at Wellesley Institute, 2006-2014. His expertise was in health equity policy working with governments, LHINs, service provider networks, and community partners to develop effective strategies and action plans to enhance health equity. He served on many health policy advisory forums, working groups and boards. Bob has a Ph.D. in sociology; has been an academic, public sector executive and consultant; and has been a community activist on HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, and other issues

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.