Count us in! : Inclusion and homeless women in downtown East Toronto

The purpose of this project, called Count Us In!, was to investigate how health and social services in Toronto, and in the province of Ontario, can be made more inclusive, and in turn, promote the health and well-being of marginalized groups. [...] Homeless and underhoused women who live in Downtown East Toronto led the research and were actively engaged in all stages of the project, from collecting and analysing the data to developing the final recommendations. [...] Count Us In! investigated how health and social services in Toronto, and in the province of Ontario, can be made more inclusive and better promote the health and well-being of marginalized groups. [...] Count Us In! recognizes that the women who use health and social services want to play a role in addressing the barriers they face and in shaping the programs and policies that affect them. [...] Inclusion Research is a way to stress the importance of the determinants of health and promote inclusion (the feeling and reality of belonging).