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Bob Gardner

POWER: A Vital Ingredient for Equity-Driven Health Reform

The POWER (Project for an Ontario Women’s Health Evidence-Based Report) study has been an amazing source of data and evidence on population health, the persistent and damaging nature of health inequities and their underlying social determinants of health.  But it has also played a vital role in identifying key directions and opportunities for innovation and improvement.  The concluding chapter has now been released.

Lead investigator Dr. Arlene Bierman will be discussing the concluding chapter of POWER at a Wellesley Health Equity Roundtable.  She will set out key levers for reform; showing how addressing enhanced primary care, chronic disease prevention and management, patient-centred care and improved coordination, enhanced performance measurement and management, and upstream social determinants of health can drive action on health equity.

Join Dr Bierman and other health leaders and practitioners in conversation on moving forward:
July 17 from 2-4 at the Wellesley Institute
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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.