Thomas Granofsky

Social policy researcher
Future Fellow @MacFutureCanada
Founder of Rådhus Consulting
(he/him)

[Thomas Granofsky @granofsky]

The affordability crisis is everything.

@OnLivingwage puts the living wage for Toronto at $26/hr ($9 more than the current min wage). Similarly, @wellesleyWI estimates someone in Toronto needs between $61,654 and $83,680 to "thrive."

https://t.co/VZME6MZlrR

#TOpoli #onpoli

[IRPP @IRPP]

🇨🇦 🩺 Canada’s crises in health care, homelessness, mental health & addictions are too often treated in separate silos.

@granofsky has a prescription for social medicine: Integrating health care with housing & other social supports for better outcomes.
https://t.co/LlddJrUrlq

[Thomas Granofsky @granofsky]

Hospitals may be ideally suited to integrate health and housing. 1) They serve a manageable population size and 2) Can identify the patients with the greatest need, avoiding the privacy concerns of other integration efforts.

See paper for more detail📰

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[Thomas Granofsky @granofsky]

Ever heard of the wrong pocket problem? In my latest for @IRPP I argue that @UHN's new housing initiative hints at the way to overcome policy silos and transform the way we deliver social programs.

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https://t.co/QjJVc2TKHH

#onpoli #healthcare #AffordableHousing

[Thomas Granofsky @granofsky]

This incentivizes the hospital to shift resources from more expensive acute care to less expensive supportive housing resulting in improved health outcomes for patients and cost savings for hospitals.

So how do we scale this model and what's the most appropriate setting?

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[City of Toronto 🇨🇦 @cityoftoronto]

🏘️ Important Supportive Housing Milestone! 🏘️

Today, we’re proud to celebrate the official opening of 90 Dunn Avenue, Toronto’s first-of-its-kind Social Medicine Initiative implemented in a supportive housing project!

This incredible achievement is the result of collaboration between the City of Toronto, @UHN, @UWGreaterTO, and @FredVictorTO

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

The cure for homelessness is housing. We wrote this @CMAJ editorial as physicians encountering the pathologies of poverty from primary care to the emergency department to palliative care.

There is no universal health care without housing for all.
https://t.co/R9OzcVmuB5

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

#StarExclusive: The mercury poisoning Grassy Narrows First Nation was supposed to go away over time.

A new study has found current sulphate emissions from a paper mill are exacerbating the impact of the old mercury still in the river system. https://t.co/Ndz61I3L3z

[Thomas Granofsky @granofsky]

Thanks to @MacFutureCanada and @thewalrus for having me on the latest episode of the Imagine 2080 podcast.

This ep looks at the importance of equity in building better societies and cities that work for the many, rather than the few. 📷 Listen: https://t.co/aSsvBlkdsf

[IRPP @IRPP]

Social programs should unite, not divide, Canadians.

As Thomas @Granofsky explains, while universal programs like medicare are expensive and inefficient, they also serve a subtle, critical role in strengthening the national fabric.

https://t.co/OmFAxkVTSQ

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

Housing for all is a matter of human dignity and sound health economics.

1 month in hospital: ~$30,000
1 month in prison system: ~$14,000
1 month in shelter: ~$6,700
1 month in supportive housing: ~$3,500

There is no health without housing.

We have partnered with the City of Toronto and community to launch Social Medicine Housing — “prescribing” housing for people who need it most.

[Thomas Granofsky @granofsky]

@shawnmicallef Damn another classic gone. We lost the Black Forest steakhouse recently too

[Future of Canada Project @MacFutureCanada]

What is the future of Canada's social safety net?

Future Fellow @granofsky is exploring how to best design social programs so they are ready for the challenges ahead.

https://t.co/jsG8eYP2EZ

#futureofcanadaproject

[Thomas Granofsky @granofsky]

I'm very honoured to have been selected to research and write on the future of Canada's social safety net.

[Future of Canada Project @MacFutureCanada]

We are excited to announce the 2023 Future Fellowship recipients! Congrats to @JayneEngle, @granofsky, Julius Lindsay, @matterssamantha, @mordenm, @maddyjorr & @cnvlahos.

We can't wait to see the impact your work will have on the future of Canada.

https://t.co/jsG8eYP2EZ

[Thomas Granofsky @granofsky]

@Diana_C_McNally Brutal

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

In the global North, 55% of all material consumed comes from the global South.

In the global South, only 6% of all material consumed comes from the global North.

Who's dependent on whom?