Wellesley Institute

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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Wellesley Institute Launches Healthy Budget Builder TO

Healthy Budget Builder TO is an interactive tool that allows users to build their own City of Toronto budget. Users get to make the decisions on what programs to fund and what taxes to use to pay for them.

With the release of the Budget Builder, Wellesley Institute intends to help contribute to a more informed conversation on the City budget. This tool also aims to provide evidence on policy and program options available to the City. We believe that informed and evidenced-based conversations are a necessary foundation for making better decisions, and ultimately a healthier and more equitable city.

Every week we will release tallies on Twitter and Facebook so you can see how your fellow Torontonians have budgeted.

Start building your own budget here!

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.