RESOURCE - Using Maps to Promote Health Equity

Social injustice and exclusion are shaped by place and space. For example, Toronto Public Health's Unequal City report reveals that men living in Toronto's highest income areas are expected to live 4.5 years longer than men living in the lowest income areas.

Mapping is a powerful tool that can be used to illustrate how inequities shape our communities and lives. The Opportunity Agenda and the Joint Centre for Political and Economic Studies have put together excellent resource on how mapping can be used to promote health equity.




Visit http://opportunityagenda.org/mapping for excellent links to information, articles, and resources about how mapping technology can be used in health equity work.