Wellesley Institute works in research and policy to improve health and health equity in the GTA through action on the social determinants of health.
In our recommendations to the province on the 2024 Ontario Budget, Wellesley Institute called for a focus on homelessness. We urged the province to: put in place a plan to end homelessness in 10 years, make sure their general housing targets will lead to affordability and to lifting Ontarians out of homelessness, invest in enough […]
Wellesley Institute’s submission in advance of the provincial budget Wellesley Institute works in research and policy to improve health and health equity through action on the social determinants of health. We urge the government of Ontario to deliberately address and report upon many of the social determinants of health that are so costly in terms of […]
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In advance of last year’s provincial budget, we called for important, necessary public strategies to build a New Normal in Ontario. Our focus was around poverty, homelessness, race, healthcare, mental health and well-being, while leading the fight against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, we have not seen the progress we hoped to on those measures. […]
The Wellesley Institute recently made a submission to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs about what needs to be included in Ontario’s 2014 Budget. We made a range of recommendations, including increasing social assistance rates, changing the rules around child support for people receiving social assistance, raising and indexing minimum wage, and reinstating a […]
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Although a good, affordable home is one of the most important social determinants of health and investing in housing not only takes pressure off of the health care system but is good for the economy, federal and provincial housing funding continues to be insufficient to meet the province’s need for new affordable housing and maintain […]
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Budgets are always complex balancing acts, however the task facing Minister Dwight Duncan this year is particularly daunting. The short-term impact of budget decisions on financial market sentiment, financing costs, and economic performance only scratches the surface of the decisions he faces. This budget raises more fundamental questions. Will he embark on a road of […]
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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.