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Supports for Success: Summary Report

 

 

In 2016, Wellesley Institute embarked on a journey to investigate how youth in Ontario could
have the best chance to reach their potential. The motivation behind this was the fact that not
all children and youth receive the supports they need to get a fair shot in life – especially not
racialized, Indigenous, immigrant or low-income youth. When youth are supported to reach
their full potential the economy improves, crime rates go down and our communities grow
stronger.

This report summarizes what we found and demonstrates the need for change in each of
the communities but also their strengths and their engagement. This foundational work
indicates that adopting Supports for Success could improve the lives of all children, families
and youth especially those most vulnerable.

Watch our summary video now. Download the report below.

Supports for Success: Summary Report

Download Supports for Success: Summary Report

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.