Wellesley Institute recently published a series examining how mayoral candidates can show leadership and deliver Toronto the Bold. We called for a city that takes wellness, health, and equity seriously to build a better future for every Torontonian, and a city takes the lead on doing so. Leading into election day we are providing analyses […]
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Mayoral platform analysis: Housing
Recently, Wellesley Institute published a series examining how mayoral candidates can show leadership and deliver Toronto the Bold. We called for a city that takes wellness, health, and equity seriously to build a better future for every Torontonian, and a city takes the lead on doing so. Leading into election day we are providing analyses […]
Toronto mayoral election series: Poverty
Wellesley Institute is publishing a series examining how mayoral candidates can show leadership and deliver Toronto the Bold—a city that takes wellness, health, and equity seriously to build a better future for every Torontonian. Our first three in the series examined housing, transit, and mental health. Finally, we’re examining how candidates can improve health equity by […]
Toronto mayoral election series: Mental health and well-being
Wellesley Institute is publishing a series examining how mayoral candidates can show leadership and deliver Toronto the Bold—a city that takes wellness, health, and equity seriously to build a better future for every Torontonian, and that takes the lead on doing so. Previously, we have examined housing and public transit. Below, we discuss how the […]
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Toronto mayoral election series: Transit
Wellesley Institute is publishing a series examining how mayoral candidates can show leadership and deliver Toronto the Bold—a city that takes wellness, health, and equity seriously to build a better future for every Torontonian. The first in the series examined housing. Now, we’re examining how candidates can improve health equity through Toronto’s public transit system. […]
Toronto mayoral election series: Housing
Wellesley Institute is publishing a series examining how mayoral candidates can show leadership and deliver Toronto the Bold—a city that takes wellness, health and equity seriously to build a better future for every Torontonian, and that takes the lead on doing so. First, we examine housing, an issue we expect candidates will spend a great […]
Toronto mayoral election series
As Canada’s largest city, Toronto has enormous promise and possibility—and enormous challenges. Torontonians do not need “Toronto the Good” or “Toronto the Good Enough.” What we need from our leaders is a vision for Toronto the Bold: a city that builds a better future for every Torontonian. A city that leads rather than follows and […]
2023 Ontario budget
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. […]
Toronto Housing Action Plan: Who will it be for?
Toronto has significant, and worsening, health inequities. Wellesley Institute research shows that social factors such as housing, income, education, and access to social supports, are vital for individual and community health as well as Canada’s economic growth. Eliminating inequities in the social determinants of health must be our priority. We can build a future in […]
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