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Wellesley Institute works in research and policy to improve health and health equity in the GTA through action on the social determinants of health.

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Non-Profit Sector Innovation

Wellesley Institute works with the third sector – individuals, groups, and organizations – to foster new ideas and relationships that strive to improve social, cultural, economic and environmental challenges for the benefit of people and communities. We can develop a thriving social sector of the economy, based on applying innovative business strategies to generate social value, and thereby create a society that is more sustainable, abundant, and inclusive. An effective and innovative community sector can help to shape opportunities for good health and can, in particular, play a role in addressing health disparities experienced by vulnerable populations.

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Acknowledgement of Traditional Land

We would like to acknowledge this sacred land on which the Wellesley Institute operates. It has been a site of human activity for 15,000 years. This land is the territory of the Huron-Wendat and Petun First Nations, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River. The territory was the subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement between the Iroquois Confederacy and Confederacy of the Ojibwe and allied nations to peaceably share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes.

Today, the meeting place of Toronto is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work in the community, on this territory.

Revised by the Elders Circle (Council of Aboriginal Initiatives) on November 6, 2014

In the spirit of equity and inclusion, if we can improve on this statement, please contact us. Thank you.