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Wellesley Institute works in research and policy to improve health and health equity in the GTA through action on the social determinants of health.

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El impacto de la pandemia del COVID-19 en la salud de la población latinoamericana de habla hispana en Toronto: Un análisis de desigualdades

Irma Molina, Sarah Sanford, Raul Oyuela, Brenda Roche, Frank Sirotich |

Latin American man hanging out with friends wearing masks during the COVID-10 pandemic.

La pandemia del COVID-19 ha tenido un profundo impacto en las comunidades de toda el área metropolitana de Toronto (GTA), exacerbando las desigualdades existentes en servicios de salud, sociales y factores económicos. Entre los más afectados se encuentran las poblaciones históricamente marginadas, incluyendo comunidades racializadas, inmigrantes, refugiadas y personas recién llegadas. Los Latinoamericanos en Toronto, en particular, […]

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Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Toronto’s Spanish-speaking Latin American population

Irma Molina, Sarah Sanford, Raul Oyuela, Brenda Roche, Frank Sirotich |

Latin American man hanging out with friends wearing masks during the COVID-10 pandemic.

This report presents the results of a needs assessment on the impact of COVID-19 on Spanish-speaking Latin Americans residing in the Greater Toronto Area. The need for this research was first identified by members of the Toronto Latin American COVID-19 Task Force in 2021 while advocating for the needs of communities most affected by the […]

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Canada can be a leader in safe long-term care: Submission highlights

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An Asian woman wraps her arm around her mother's shoulders, who is sitting in a chair smiling while holding a red flower.

More than 200,000 older adults and persons living with a disability live in long-term care homes in Canada. Recognizing that provinces and territories are primarily responsible for managing  long-term care, the federal government invited input in summer 2023 on the development of a Safe Long-Term Care Act to help ensure care residents get the care […]

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Policy paper: Health care experiences of people with long COVID in the GTA

Rishika Wadehra |

Woman Wearing Pajamas Suffering With Depression Sitting On Bed At Home

There is an urgent need to improve the support of people living with long COVID in the GTA. Initial government action should focus on increasing the capacity of health and social care systems to offer appropriate treatment and supports, ensuring equity in access to treatment and outcomes of treatment. For our response to be fair, […]

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Federal budget 2024: COVID highlights need for health equity

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Wellesley Institute’s Pre-Budget Written Submission Canada has significant inequities in the social determinants of health, including housing, income, education, discrimination and access to health and social care. We also continue to see these inequities played out through the ongoing disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and long COVID on Black, Indigenous and other racialized communities, low-income […]

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Impact Report 2022/2023

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As pandemic restrictions lifted in Toronto, people reconnected in person with family, friends, and colleagues. Torontonians welcomed the idea of new beginnings while remaining masked in public spaces. However, while people embraced the slackening of COVID-19 restrictions, the threat of infection still loomed. Additional challenges that had been exacerbated by the pandemic persisted. Older adults […]

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Mayoral platform analysis: Transit

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A TTC Toronto city bus in the Covid-19 era. People considering social distancing and mask protection.

Wellesley Institute recently published a series examining how mayoral candidates can show leadership and deliver Toronto the Bold. We called for a city that takes wellness, health, and equity seriously to build a better future for every Torontonian, and a city takes the lead on doing so. Leading into election day we are providing analyses […]

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Work experiences of people with long COVID in the GTA

Sarah Sanford, Brenda Roche |

A previous paper by Wellesley Institute on the healthcare experiences of people with long COVID in the Greater Toronto raised the importance of healthcare providers in supporting workers to access benefits, sick leave and income supports when needed. Reviews of qualitative research on long COVID have also identified financial hardship as a challenge for many […]

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Mayoral platform analysis: Housing

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Recently, Wellesley Institute published a series examining how mayoral candidates can show leadership and deliver Toronto the Bold. We called for a city that takes wellness, health, and equity seriously to build a better future for every Torontonian, and a city takes the lead on doing so.   Leading into election day we are providing analyses […]

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Toronto mayoral election series: Poverty

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Wellesley Institute is publishing a series examining how mayoral candidates can show leadership and deliver Toronto the Bold—a city that takes wellness, health, and equity seriously to build a better future for every Torontonian. Our first three in the series examined housing, transit, and mental health. Finally, we’re examining how candidates can improve health equity by […]

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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.