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 literature review identifies numerous resources and guides that can propel the City of Toronto’s efforts to address inequities and promote equity.
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Canadians are increasingly expressing worries about the collection and use of their data. Institutional and legislative measures exist to offer protection for our personal information. But traditional data governance practices have gaps that we will need to close if we want to be able to use data to improve the fairness of health systems. As […]
Canada’s federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal governments agree that we need to rebuild and improve our health systems. The dream of access to high quality comprehensive effective health systems is alive and well in Canada, but only for the minority. Today, timely preventative care, barrier-free access to necessary tests, short surgery wait times and after […]
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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.