Resources
- Report
Shadow Economies Economic Survival Strategies Of Toronto Immigrant Communities
This study looks at how newcomers survive poor labour market access, adverse working conditions, and the broader conditions that make them vulnerable to exploitation. It also looks at the resiliency...
- Report
Poverty Is A Health Issue: Wellesley Institute Submission On The Ontario Poverty Reduction Strategy
Living on a low income affects people’s lives in many ways. Living in poverty can mean having fewer opportunities to fully participate in important day-to-day activities like work and education....
- Report
Equitable Access to Rehabilitation: Realizing potential, Promising Practices, and Policy Directions
This discussion paper is the outcome of a think tank session the Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation hosted in March 2011. It outlines issues of access to rehabilitation...
- Community Plan
The blueprint to end homelessness in Toronto 1998-2006
Builders use a detailed blueprint to guide them from a good idea to a finished structure. That’s the idea behind the Blueprint to End Homelessness in Toronto.Our blueprint starts with...
- Q&A
Research can contribute to ending homelessness – Interview with Michael Shapcott
Research can contribute to ending homelessness Michael Shapcott is Director, Affordable Housing and Social Innovation at the Wellesley Institute, an independent, non-profit research and policy dedicated to advancing urban health....