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Renovictions, demovictions, landlord’s own-use evictions, and more

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Toronto, ON. A view of an older Parkdale building with a large apartment building looming in the background.

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the urgency surrounding residential evictions. Evictions have the potential to disrupt the public health responses to COVID-19, magnify the associated recession, and disrupt tenants’ lives. All of these outcomes would have negative impacts on population health and well-being. Data shows that over 10 per cent of rental units in Toronto […]

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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.