Wellesley Institute works in research and policy to improve health and health equity in the GTA through action on the social determinants of health.
This paper offers a framework to measure thriving in the city, a measure that reflects the physical, mental, and social dimensions of health.
The case for income-related health disparities has been made clear. Meeting a basic standard of living, through providing enough income for housing, food, and transit, will lift people out of poverty but a life where one can pay off debt, save for the future, pursue training and education, and thrive requires more than a bare minimum.
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.