Our History – In 1911 Dr. Herbert Bruce, a Toronto Physician, founded the Wellesley Hospital. Today, the Wellesley Institute continues to build on a century-long tradition of tackling the real health issues of Torontonians.
Wellesley Institute works in research and policy to improve health and health equity in the GTA through action on the social determinants of health.
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.