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Agenda Spotlight: Placemaking and Health
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This article is part of a series on the many issues that converge in public space leading up to the Placemaking Leadership Forum (September 14–17, 2016), where practitioners will chart the future of the placemaking movement, and share concrete strategies...
This is the least healthy city in America
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Your city could be hurting your health. Detroit came in last in a quality-of-life study of the 150 most populated U.S. cities. The study, by personal finance site WalletHub, rated Brownsville, Texas and Memphis, Tenn. just above Detroit. Researchers...
Hawaii named healthiest state, but officials note room for improvement
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Hawaii is the healthiest state in the nation. That’s according to a report released Wednesday by the United Health Foundation, 2016 America’s Health Rankings®: A Call to Action for Individuals & Their Communities. The report offers a state-by-state...
Draconian Neoliberalism
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With the new Republican Congress being seated in January 2015 there is no doubt that there will be efforts to further expand neoliberal policies at the expense of us all. In fact, the rightwing has been trying to erode the government’s “collective” benefits...
Why reconcilliation is must for SDGs
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At the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015, world leaders adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which includes a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice...

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Crisis team expansion a welcome step

The recently approved City of Toronto budget, which nearly doubled funding to the Toronto Community Crisis Service (TCCS), is a welcome step to better support people experiencing crisis. TCCS is a non-police-led mental health crisis response that some...
Needed: A national approach to race-based data for health equity

Canadian healthcare institutions have rarely asked about the race or ethnicity of the people they serve. Contrary to popular belief, this is not because it’s illegal. Canadian institutions have simply been hesitant to openly discuss race and their role...
Communities must own their health data

Canadians are increasingly expressing worries about the collection and use of their data. Institutional and legislative measures exist to offer protection for our personal information. But traditional data governance practices have gaps that we will...
Learning from the pandemic experiences of Latin Americans in Toronto

The unequal impact of COVID-19 on low-income and racialized groups became very evident during the first 18 months of the pandemic. A new study of the experiences of one of the hardest hit communities in Toronto – Spanish-speaking Latin Americans – is...
Getting to the root of the mental health crisis

Bell Let’s Talk’s 2024 campaign, “Let’s create real change” opens a crucial conversation about taking lasting action to address the mental health crisis. Worrisome mental health trends are being observed globally and in Toronto. According to Toronto...