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1 1. Statistics Canada 2015, Sense of Community Belonging CANSIM Table no Statistics Canada 2015, Sense of belonging to local community, somewhat strong or very strong, by age group and sex (Percent), CANSIM table , Catalogue no, X. 3. Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology 2013, In from the Margins, Part II: Reducing the barriers to social inclusion and social cohesion, Senate, Ottawa, ON. 4. Hystad, P & Carpiano, R 2010, Sense of community-belonging and health-behavior change in Canada, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health vol 66, pp Mikkonen, J & Raphael, D 2011, Social Determinants of Health: The Canadian Facts York University School of Health Policy and Management, Toronto, ON. 6. Galabuzi, G-E 2009, Social Exclusion, in D Raphael (ed.), Social Determinants of Health, 2nd ed, Canadian Scholars Press Inc., Toronto, ON. 7. Shields, J 2004, No safe haven: Markets, welfare, and migrants, Policy Matters, no. 7 pp. 1-11, viewed 6 October 2015, 8. Statistics Canada 2013, The education and employment experiences of First Nations living off reserve, Inuit, and Métis: Selected findings from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey, The Daily, viewed 6 October 2015, Wilson, D & Macdonald, D 2010, The income gap between Aboriginal peoples and the rest of Canada, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Ottawa, ON. 10. Statistics Canada 2008, Employment Income Statistics in Constant (2005) Dollars, Aboriginal Identity, Registered Indian Status and Aboriginal Ancestry, 2000 and % Sample Data, Catalogue no XCB

2 1. Pathways to Education n.d., About us, online video, viewed 13 October 2015, ca/en/about-us 2. Richards, J 2014, Are we making progress? New evidence on Aboriginal education outcomes in provincial and reserve schools, Commentary No.408, C.D. Howe Institute, Toronto, ON. 3. Pathways to Education n.d., About us, online video, viewed 13 October 2015, ca/en/about-us 4. McMullen, K 2011, Postsecondary education participation among underrepresented and minority groups, Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada, vol. 8, no. 4, Statistics Canada, viewed 13 October 2015, 5. Shaker, E & Macdonald, D, 2014, Tier for two: managing the optics of provincial tuition fee policies, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Ottawa, ON.

3 1. Toronto Public Health 2015, Toronto Food Strategy: 2015 Update, June These mobile markets are a joint initiative between FoodShare Toronto, Toronto Public Health, United Way Toronto, and the Food Policy Research Initiative. 3. This initiative is led by Toronto Public Health s Food Strategy in partnership with convenience store owners, landlords, community agencies, retail experts and academic advisors. 4. Tarasuk, V, Mitchell, A & Dachner, N 2014, Household Food Insecurity in Canada, Research to Identify policy options to reduce food insecurity (PROOF), Toronto, viewed 15 October 2015, 5. Tarasuk, V, Mitchell, A & Dachner, N 2014, Household Food Insecurity in Canada, Research to Identify policy options to reduce food insecurity (PROOF), Toronto, viewed 15 October 2015, 6. Medical Officer of Health 2012, Student Nutrition Program Proposed Expansion in High Needs Schools , Report to the Board of Health, City of Toronto, October 12, Sorhaindo, A & Feinstein, L 2006, What is the relationship between child nutrition and school outcomes?, Wider Benefits of Learning Research Report No. 18, Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning, London, UK.; Saskatchewan Ministry of Education 2012, Towards Comprehensive School Community Health: Nutrition Policy Development in Saskatchewan Schools, viewed 15 October 2015, 8. Council of Canadian Academies 2014, Aboriginal Food Security in Northern Canada: An Assessment of the State of Knowledge, The Expert Panel on the State of Knowledge of Food Security in Northern Canada, Council of Canadian Academies, Ottawa, ON. 9. McIntyre, L, Connor, S, & Warren, J. 2000, Child hunger in Canada: Results of the 1994 National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 163, pp McIntyre, L, Connor, S, & Warren, J. 2000, Child hunger in Canada: Results of the 1994 National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 163, pp Tarasuk, V, Mitchell, A & Dachner, N 2014, Household Food Insecurity in Canada, Research to Identify policy options to reduce food insecurity (PROOF), Toronto, viewed 15 October 2015, lamp.utoronto.ca 12. Vozoris, N & Tarasuk, V 2003, Household food insufficiency is associated with poorer health, Journal of Nutrition vol. 133 pp Tarasuk, V, Cheng, J, de Oliveira, C, Dachner, N, Gundersen, C & Kurdyak, P 2015, Association between household food insecurity and annual health care costs CMAJ Published online August 10, 2015 doi: /cmaj Examples of food initiatives in Toronto include Food Forward, FoodShare, Evergreen, The Stop, Live Green, Greenest City, North York Harvest Food Bank, or Community Food Centres Canada.

4 1. Asanin, J & Wilson, K 2008, I spent nine years looking for a doctor : Exploring access to health care among immigrants in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, Social Science and Medicine, vol. 66, no. 6, pp Tjepkema, M 2008, Health care use among gay, lesbian and bisexual Canadians, Health Reports vol. 19, no. 1, pp Bauer G et al. 2009, I don t think this is theoretical; this is our lives. How erasure impacts health care for transgender people, Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, vol. 20, no. 5, pp Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre 2015, Choosing a Long-term Care Home, viewed 15 October 2015, 5. Canadian Medical Association 2015, A Policy Framework to Guide a National Seniors Strategy for Canada, viewed 15 October 2015, 6. Pollock, G, Newbold, KB, Lafrenière, G & Edge, S 2014, Discrimination in the Doctor s Office: Immigrants and Refugee Experiences, Critical Social Work, vol. 13, no. 2, pp Tang, S & Browne, A 2008, Race matters: racialization and egalitarian discourses involving Aboriginal people in the Canadian health care context, Ethnicity & Health, vol. 13, no. 2, pp Allan, B & Smylie, J 2015, First Peoples, Second Class Treatment: The role of racism in the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples in Canada, The Wellesley Institute, Toronto, ON, viewed 15 October 2015, 9. Tarasuk, V, Mitchell, A & Dachner, N 2014, Household Food Insecurity in Canada, 2012, Research to Identify policy options to reduce food insecurity (PROOF), Toronto, viewed 15 October 2015, utoronto.ca 10. Statistics Canada 2014, Access to a regular medical doctor, 2013, viewed 15 October 2015, gc.ca/pub/ x/ /article/14013-eng.htm 11. Olah, M, Gaisano, G & Hwang, S 2013, The effect of socioeconomic status on access to primary care: an audit study, CMAJ, vol. 185, no. 6, pp. e263-e Harrington, D, Wilson, K, Rosenberg, M & Bell, S 2013, Access granted! Barriers endure: determinants of difficulties accessing specialist care when required in Ontario, Canada, BMC Health Services Research, vol. 13, p Barnes, S, Abban, V & Weiss A 2015, Low Wages, No Benefits: Expanding access to health benefits for low income Ontarians, The Wellesley Institute: Toronto, ON, viewed 15 October 2015, Law, M, Cheng, L, Dhalla, I, Heard, D & Morgan, S 2012, The effect of cost on adherence to prescription medications in Canada, CMAJ, vol. 184, no. 3, pp

5 1. City of Toronto 2013a, 2011 National Household Survey backgrounder: income and shelter costs, viewed 13 October 2015, Administration/Shared%20Content/Demographics/PDFs/Reports/nhs-backgrounder-income-shelter.pdf 2. Coley, RL, Leventhal, T, Lynch, AD, & Kull, M 2013, Relations between housing characteristics and the well-being of low-income children and adolescents, Developmental Psychology, vol. 49, no. 9, pp Public Health Action Support Team 2011, The health problems associated with poor housing and home conditions, inadequate water supplies and sanitation, viewed 13 October 2015, 4. Hulchanski, D 2007, The three cities within Toronto: income polarization among Toronto s neighbourhoods, , University of Toronto, Cities Centre, Toronto, ON, viewed 15 October 2015, utoronto.ca/pdfs/curp/tnrn/three-cities-within-toronto-2010-final.pdf 5. Housing Connections 2015, Housing Connections Statistical Reports, viewed 13 October 2015, housingconnections.ca/information/reports.asp 6. Shapcott, M 2014, Toronto faces more housing funding cuts, viewed 13 October 2015, The Wellesley Institute, Toronto, ON, viewed 15 October 2015, 7. City of Toronto 2015, Close the Housing Gap campaign, viewed 13 October 2015, portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=282b52cc vgnvcm d60f89rcrd 8. City of Toronto 2014, Shelter, support and housing administration: 2015 operating budget overview, viewed 13 October 2015, 9. The Homeless Hub 2015, Canadian definition of homelessness, viewed 13 October 2015, City of Toronto 2013, Street Needs Assessment: results, viewed 13 October 2015, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health & Children s Aid Society of Toronto 2014, Hidden in our midst: homeless newcomer youth in Toronto uncovering the supports to prevent and reduce homelessness, viewed 13 October 2015, Abramovich, A 2015, Homeless LGBT youth face discrimination, violence in shelter system, viewed 13 October 2015,

6 1. United Way & McMaster University 2015, The precarity penalty: the impact of employment precarity on individuals, households and communities and what to do about it, viewed 13 October 2015, com/document.doc?id= Block, S 2015, A higher standard: the case for holding low-wage employers in Ontario to a higher standard, CCPA Ontario, Toronto, ON, viewed 15 October 2015, publications/ontario%20office/2015/06/higher_standard.pdf 3. Barnes, S 2015, Low wages, no benefits: expanding access to health benefits for low income Ontarians, Wellesley Institute, Toronto, ON, viewed 15 October 2015, 4. Block, S 2013, Rising inequality, declining health: health outcomes and the working poor, Wellesley Institute, Toronto, ON, viewed 15 October 2015, 5. United Way & McMaster University 2015, The precarity penalty: the impact of employment precarity on individuals, households and communities and what to do about it, viewed 13 October 2015, com/document.doc?id= Block, S 2010, Ontario s growing gap: the role of race and gender, CCPA, Ottawa, ON. 7. Block, S 2010, Ontario s growing gap: the role of race and gender, CCPA, Ottawa, ON. 8. Oreopoulos, P & Dechief, D 2011, Why do some employers prefer to interview Matthew, but not Samir? New evidence from Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, Metropolis British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. 9. City of Toronto 2015, TO Prosperity: Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy, viewed 13 October 2015, toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile pdf

7 1. Employment and Social Development Canada 2013, Snapshot of racialized poverty in Canada, viewed 13 October 2015, 2. Calgary Anti-Racism Education 2015, Racialization, viewed 13 October 2015, 3. Henry, F 2004, Concepts of race and racism and implications for OHRC policy, viewed 13 October 2015, Toronto Public Health 2013, Racialization and health inequities in Toronto, viewed 13 October 2015, toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2013/hl/bgrd/backgroundfile pdf 5. Pollock, G, Newbold, KB, Lafrenière, G & Edge, S 2014, Discrimination in the Doctor s Office: Immigrants and Refugee Experiences, Critical Social Work, vol. 13, no. 2, pp Allan, B & Smylie, J 2015, First Peoples, second class treatment: The role of racism in the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples in Canada, Wellesley Institute, Toronto, ON, viewed 15 October 2015, Treatment-Feb-2015.pdf 7. Allan, B & Smylie, J 2015, First Peoples, second class treatment: The role of racism in the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples in Canada, Wellesley Institute, Toronto, ON, viewed 15 October 2015, Treatment-Feb-2015.pdf 8. Allan, B & Smylie, J 2015, First Peoples, second class treatment: The role of racism in the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples in Canada, Wellesley Institute, Toronto, ON, viewed 15 October 2015, Treatment-Feb-2015.pdf 9. Tarasuk, V, Mitchell, A & Dachner, N 2014, Household Food Insecurity in Canada, Research to Identify policy options to reduce food insecurity (PROOF), Toronto, viewed 15 October 2015, utoronto.ca. 10. Egeland, G, Pacey A, Cao Z & Sobol, I 2010, Food insecurity among Inuit preschoolers: Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey, , Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 182, no. 3, pp De Schutter, O 2012, Mission to Canada: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food. United Nations General Assembly Human Rights Council, Twenty-second session, viewed 15 October 2015, org/images/stories/pdf/officialreports/ _canadafinal_en.pdf 12. Council of Canadian Academies Aboriginal Food Security in Northern Canada: An Assessment of the State of Knowledge, The Expert Panel on the State of Knowledge of Food Security in Northern Canada, Ottawa.

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