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Images of the drug toxicity crisis in Canada are harrowing. In 2023, an average of 22 people died every day from opioid toxicity. It’s a crisis that has captured the attention of Canadians, and almost everyone agrees something needs to be done. The Ontario government announced last month they would commit $378 million dollars over […]
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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.