Wellesley Institute works in research and policy to improve health and health equity in the GTA through action on the social determinants of health.
2020 was the year that changed everything. It changed the way we live, work, and connect.
While COVID-19 is a global story of health, housing, and employment, it is foremost a story of inequity. The pandemic shone a spotlight on historic and systemic inequities and challenged us to rethink our priorities.
Over the past year, we focused our research on responses to issues facing equity-seeking groups and explored ways to place health and equity at the forefront as we build a new normal.
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.