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Poverty Is Making Us Sick: A Comprehensive Survey Of Income And Health In Canada

Ernie Lightman, Andrew Mitchell and Beth Wilson |

Authors: Ernie Lightman Ph.D, Andrew Mitchell, MA and  Beth Wilson, MES Released: December, 2008 Summary: This is the conclusion of powerful new tipping-point research released today by the Wellesley Institute and the Community Social Planning Council of Toronto. Poverty is making Canadians sick, robbing hundreds of thousands of their health and leading to widespread preventable […]

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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.