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Steve Barnes

Youth Community Voice – Photos

Thank you for joining us last night for our exhibition of photography and stories from St. James Town youth!  The display featured aspects of the neighbourhood that are perceived to play a role in multicultural youth health and wellbeing.  There was a great turnout and we received a lot of positive feedback from various community members, organizations, and people from outside of the community.

We would also like to give a special thanks to our interns, volunteers from UforChange, SJT youth photographers, staff at the Wellesley Community Centre, and friends and colleagues who contributed both directly and indirectly to help make this event a success!

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Steve Barnes

Steve Barnes

Steve Barnes was the Director of Policy at the Wellesley Institute 2015-2016, and a Policy Advisor 2010-2015. He holds a MA in political science from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and has published on political leadership and political socialization. Prior to joining the Wellesley Institute Steve worked as a policy advisor for the Government of Ontario. He has also held positions in the New Zealand public sector and at Victoria University. Steve’s policy interests include understanding how policy decisions made outside of the health sphere affect health outcomes and creating policy solutions that address unequal and unfair health outcomes. steveb_ON

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.