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Steve Barnes, Sheila Block, Bob Gardner and Michael Shapcott

Poverty Is A Health Issue

Poverty Is A Health Issue: Wellesley Institute Submission On The Ontario Poverty Reduction Strategy Living on a low income affects people’s lives in many ways. It can mean having fewer opportunities to fully participate in important day-to-day activities like work and education. But living on a low income can also contribute to having poorer health than those who are better off. Poverty is a health issue, but poverty and poor health are not inevitable. Ontario is currently working on a new five-year Poverty Reduction Strategy. This new Wellesley Institute report details how the province can improve the health of all Ontarians by reducing poverty.

Download Poverty Is A Health Issue: Wellesley Institute Submission On The Ontario Poverty Reduction Strategy

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.