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The Struggle To Eat Well: The Report Of The Concurrent Disorder Nutrition Project

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Principal Organization: Toronto Western Hopsital Partner Organization: St. Stephen’s Community House Principal Investigator: Berit Dellerud Researchers interviewed 29 people living with concurrent mental health and substance use issues to identify what obstacles they faced in accessing food. Over one-third of respondents were homeless or staying with family. Common barriers to access included lack of income, […]

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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.