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Electoral Reform Could Be Good For Your Health

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The Liberal Party promised that 2015 would be the last election conducted using the first-past-the-post (FPTP) electoral system. Electoral reform is an important opportunity for Canadians to reimagine how we interact with our democratic institutions. Fundamentally, electoral systems are about the role of citizens in shaping parliaments and how democratic institutions reflect our collective desires. But […]

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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.