Resources & Publications

  1. Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change Fact Sheets

    Posted on: October 21, 2019
    Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change is a campaign made up of individuals and organizations working to build community-based capacity to address the growing racialization of poverty and the resulting increased levels of social exclusion and marginalization of racialized communities (both Indigenous Peoples and peoples of colour) across Ontario....
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    Made in Canada: Growing Canada’s Value-Added Food Sector

    Posted on: October 8, 2019
    The untapped potential of Canada’s value-added food sector presents an opportunity to increase international and interprovincial trade, inspire innovation, and break down barriers to economic growth across the country. While the food processing sector is already one of the country’s largest employers, there is plenty of room to grow. Published...
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Community Calendar

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Oct
20
Sun
Unified Mobility Summit @ Crowne Plaza Hotel Kitchener-Waterloo
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Oct 20 – Oct 23 all-day

Canada’s Unified Mobility Summit will be held in Waterloo from October 20 to 23, 2019, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

The Unified Mobility Summit brings together participants from across the country and internationally to address how communities are moving to smart, future-ready connected transportation. The Summit offers a productive environment to learn, network, collaborate, all while focused on improving transportation options for people living in Canadian communities.

Unified Mobility is sustainable, multimodal, integrated and connected. It is all about choice and how every individual should be able to choose the best way to get around through the unified delivery of all modes, services, tools and information. It is the foundation for an autonomous future, where ridesharing through carpooling, vanpooling and transit can be dynamically booked, scheduled and paid for all within this unified delivery concept. Further, it integrates and is the aggregator for carsharing, bike sharing, ride-hailing and supportive services like emergency ride home, parking and more.

This event is hosted by ACT Canada Sustainable Mobility Network.

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Categories: Transportation and Mobility Tags: Training and Learning Transportation
Oct
22
Tue
Community Strategies to Support the Zero Suicide Initiative @ Carmen's Banquet Centre
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Oct 22 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

This event will highlight practical applications for preventing suicide in your community and improving collaboration with primary care, community care services and hospital transitions.

Target audience:

  • Health care providers
  • Public health representatives
  • Community agency staff
  • Mental health providers
  • University/college staff and learners
  • Counsellors
  • School and educational staff

Keynote speakers:

  • Implementing the Zero Initiative in London – Dr. Sandra Northcott, Chief, Mental Health Care, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London
  • Men’s Suicide: What’s Going on? – Dr. Raj Bhatla, Psychiatrist-in-Chief and Chief of Staff, Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre
  • WHO – Brief Intervention and Consult Program – Dr. Zena Samaan, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University

This event is hosted by the Suicide Prevention Community Council of Hamilton.

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Categories: Health and Wellness Tags: Acute Care Community Care Mental Health Training and Learning
Workshop for Educators: Tinkering With Wood @ ECCDC
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Oct 22 @ 6:00 pm

Have you been hearing about ‘Tinkering’, ‘Tinker Labs’, ‘Tinker schools’ and so on, and wondered what all this Tinkering is about? Well if so, this three-part ‘Tinkering Series’ is for you.

The series will provide opportunities for educators to explore what tinkering is (chances are that you are already doing it) and how educators can intentionally incorporate tinkering into your early learning and child care programs.

This session will focus on reviving the ‘lost art’ of utilizing wood and woodworking in early learning and child care programs, and how educators can ‘bring it back’ into their practice.

This session will take place off-site in a dedicated woodworking environment and will include using real tools and consider health and safety, and risk benefit analysis.

This event is hosted by the Early Childhood Community Development Centre (ECCDC).

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Categories: Learning and Education Tags: Teachers Training and Learning
Networking Event: Banter With Bigwigs @ Brock University
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Oct 22 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Join United Way on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 for the first Banter with Bigwigs in Niagara in the Goodman Atrium at Brock University.

Presented by the Verge Insurance Group, this event will bring young professionals together with c-suite executives, offering a unique opportunity to network and gain insight into various professional industries. Enjoy a fun evening of networking, food, drinks, prizes & more!

Tickets are free and come with:

  • An exclusive opportunity to sit down with high-caliber executives (network and receive essential career advice)
  • A professional LinkedIn headshot
  • Complimentary food with cash bar
  • A networking template with key questions
  • An opportunity to win prizes

This event is hosted by United Way Niagara.

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Categories: Work and Employment Tags: Employment
Mental Health Speaker Series: Loneliness, Isolation and Associated Mental Health Disorders @ Peach King Centre
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Oct 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

GBF Community Services presents a free Mental Health Speaker Series. Have your questions answered by leading health care professionals.

Topic: Loneliness, Isolation and Associated Mental Health Disorders

Presenter: Heather Gillespie, Director, Service Quality and Capacity, Canadian Mental Health Association

Light refreshments will be provided.

This event is hosted by GBF Community Services.

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Categories: Health and Wellness Tags: Mental Health
Oct
23
Wed
Niagara Food and Beverage Summit @ Niagara College - Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus
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Oct 23 @ 8:00 am – 5:30 pm

Organized by the Niagara College Canadian Food & Wine Institute Innovation Centre, this unique and intimate event provides a platform to explore current and future trends in the food and beverage industry while sharing key findings and learnings in a collaborative environment.

This event is an opportunity for thought leaders, experts, product developers, marketers, entrepreneurs, innovators, and ideators in the food and beverage space to learn from each other in a dynamic and comfortable setting.

This event also focuses on one of the hottest subjects in the food product development world at the moment – the integration of cannabis into the food chain in preparation for legal status in Canada. Experts will discuss Cannabis 101 and different views on how it will shape the future of what the cannabis edibles industry could look like in the not too distant future!

Who Should Attend:

  • Food and beverage innovators
  • Research and development teams
  • Marketing teams and trendologists
  • F&B strategy and consulting firms
  • Food and beverage industry
  • Cannabis industry and product developers
  • Growers/producers looking for new revenue streams

You will learn/grow/discuss:

  • Explore trendsetting concepts including past, current, and forecasted trends and fads from industry experts
  • Discuss the evolution of language, marketing, and environmental imperatives and their ties to food and innovation with marketing experts
  • Discuss the lasting impact of Gen Z and millennial generations, how they overlap, how they differ, and how to differentiate your market space appropriately
  • Explore barriers and potential solutions when infusing cannabis into edibles
  • Discuss and learn the regulatory difficulties from experts who helped the USA legalize edibles
  • Grow your product from idea, to concept, to marketing, to product development utilizing marketing experts and concept-shelf thinking
  • On-trend workshops in plant-based alternatives, de-risking product introductions, taste the modifications, and exploring cannabis

This event is hosted by the Canadian Food and Wine Institute Innovation Centre.

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Categories: Economic Prosperity Environment Tags: Business Training and Learning
Enhancing Team Dynamics Through Inspirational Leadership @ ECCDC
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Oct 23 @ 9:00 am – 3:30 pm

An invitation to those on a journey of Pedagogical Leadership to reflect on your experiences, share your thoughts, provoke thinking and expand practice. Participants will have an opportunity to engage in conversations, share experiences and enhance opportunities that support both the pedagogical leadership team and their practices.

This series will continue the conversation of how pedagogical leadership has impacted your staff team, reigniting the community of practice, empowering and enabling pedagogical leaders to move to the next step and provide opportunities for self care, mindfulness and team building.

This event is hosted by the Early Childhood Community Development Centre (ECCDC).

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Categories: Learning and Education Tags: Teachers Training and Learning
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Partners & Projects

  1. Data Professionals of Niagara

    Posted on: October 19, 2018
    DPN (Data Professionals of Niagara) is an informal association for professionals, students, and enthusiasts of Data-related subjects. DPN is focused on community building, education, and advocacy. The group currently hosts a monthly event called Data Cafe where members can network and learn from each other. Membership is free. Maira Bay de...
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    Spark Technical Academy

    Posted on: October 12, 2018
    Spark Technical Academy in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada offers non-accredited skills training in Cybersecurity and other emerging technology areas, in partnership with Stratford University. This skills training academy has been created by the team of Spark Niagara Innovation Centre whom have an extensive background in both the academic and innovation sector....
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Community Blog

  2. Community Health and Wellbeing Week: Register to Attend a Niagara-focused webinar to Learn about Collaboration Lessons from the Urgent Service Access Team (USAT)

    Posted on: October 17, 2019
    Between October 21st and October 27th, Quest Community Health Centre will take part in the annual celebration of Community Health and Wellbeing Week. We will be joined by more than 100 community-governed primary healthcare organizations across Ontario. The 2019 theme is Connected Teams, Connected People, Connected Communities. This week-long festivity...
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