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Impacts Of The Physical Environment On Health And Well-Being

Stephanie R. Montesanti |

This policy brief is one in a series that analyzes the implications of the research findings from the St. James Town Initiative and sets out recommendations and options for action.  

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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.