Founded In 1912 by Dr. Herbert Bruce, the Wellesley Hospital was as a private-paying hospital[1]: 1 in Toronto, Ontario, later becoming publicly operated in 1942.[1]: 61 On August 25, 1948, the hospital underwent a formal amalgamation with Toronto General Hospital becoming the Wellesley Division of the Toronto General Hospital.[2]: 200 In 1998 The Wellesley Division of Wellesley Central Hospital was closed by the Ontario government on the recommendation of the Ontario Health Services Restructuring Commission and the bulk of its programs were transferred between 1998 and 2002 to St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto.[3] In its place, the Wellesley Central Health Corporation was established issuing a transition from a health service provider to a leader in urban health championing.[3]: 430 The WCHC also oversaw the site transformation of the closed hospital to a long-term care facility, non-profit supportive housing complex, for-profit housing and the Wellesley Central Park.[3]: 429
In 2006 the WCHC changed its name to Wellesley Institute to reflect its evolution from developer into a think tank.
On March 24, 2014, Dr. Kwame McKenzie was appointed the new CEO of Wellesley Institute.[4][5]
^ abcGoyette, David; Dennis William Magill; Jeff Denis (2006). Survival Strategies: The Life, Death and Renaissance of a Canadian Teaching Hospital. Toronto, ON: Canadian Scholars' Press Inc. p. 322. ISBN1-55130-304-3.
