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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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Jurisdictional scan of COVID-19 income transfer programs in Canada

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The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have left many without a job, or with reduced hours of work and income. Many of those who had lost their jobs were already working lower-paying jobs, which translated into lower-income communities being disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. The pandemic has exacerbated existing socio-economic inequality and this will translate into […]

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Prevalence and Predictors of Everyday Discrimination in Canada: Findings from the Canadian Community Health Survey

Ilene Hyman, PhD, Patricia O'Campo PhD, Donna L. Ansara, PhD, Arjumand Siddiqi, ScD, Tonia Forte, Janet Smylie, Deb Finn Mahabir, Kwame McKenzie, MD |

National research on discrimination in Canada has been slim. Discrimination impacts many areas of life including health, social and economic participation. This paper reports the prevalence of everyday discrimination experienced by Canadians and uses multivariate regression analysis to explore its socio-demographic and health related predictors. The implications of these findings for social policy are discussed. […]

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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.