Canada’s Food Price Report 2026
This report predicts that Canadian families will spend $994 more on food in 2026 than in 2025. It also states [...]
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12, 2025
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11, 2025
The Cost of Confusion: How Label Knowledge and Risk Attitude Shape Household Food Waste
This research aimed to better understand consumer perceptions of date labels and assessed how knowledge, attitudes, and personal values influence [...]
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11, 2025
2025 BC Active Transportation Summit Recap
This report highlights insights arising from taking an ecosystem approach to convene experts and affected parties across active transportation sectors. [...]
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11, 2025
‘Brain Drain’ in Niagara
Final Report #3 from the Wilson Foundation Project. This report explores the post-graduation experience of recent graduates in Science, Technology, [...]
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11, 2025
Changing the Narrative: Unlocking the Economic Assets of Niagara in a Changing World
Final Report #2 from the Wilson Foundation Project. This report aims to shed light on Niagara’s evolving economy by investigating [...]
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11, 2025
The Next Frontier of Economic Development in Niagara
Final Report #1 from the Wilson Foundation Project. This report is the final part of a two-year project with a [...]
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11, 2025
2025 Living Wage Calculation for Niagara
The Ontario Living Wage Network calculation shows that the Living Wage for the economic region including Brant, Haldimand, Norfolk and [...]
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11, 2025
Increasing Hunger in Niagara: The Need for Action
This research is a follow-up to Dr. Heritz's earlier policy brief on food insecurity in Niagara, focusing, this time, on [...]
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11, 2025
Crafting Inclusion within the Beverage-Alcohol Industry
The brief’s findings are based on three studies,* including a survey and interviews, that gathered insights and perspectives from diverse [...]
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11, 2025
Food Inflation in Canada: Winners, Losers, and the Path Forward (2019-2025)
This report examines the causes and consequences of food inflation in Canada between 2019 and 2025. The report reveals that [...]
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11, 2025
Artworks: The Economic and Social Dividends from Canada’s Arts and Culture Sector
This report shows that Canada’s arts and culture sector contributed $65 billion in direct GDP to the Canadian economy in [...]
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11, 2025
Hunger Count 2025 Report
This Food Banks Canada (FBC) report shows that food insecurity in Canada is growing, and becoming increasingly routine. The report [...]
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10, 2025
Niagara Region Early Years and Child Care Service System Plan 2025-2030
This plan sets a 5-year strategic direction for Niagara Region as a Service System Manager under Ontario’s Child Care and [...]
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10, 2025
ECE Workforce Knowledge HUB
This website is a national effort to strengthen early learning and child care system-building through workforce-focused policy knowledge. The Hub [...]
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10, 2025
The Canadian Poverty, Health Equity, and Climate Change Initiative
This initiative aims to improve Canada’s climate change mitigation and adaptation responses as they relate to individuals, families, and communities [...]
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10, 2025
Farley Foundation
This foundation subsidizes the cost of non-elective veterinary care such as surgery, hospitalization and diagnostics, for the pets of families [...]
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10, 2025
Beyond the Boundaries: The Untold Value of Parks & Recreation Infrastructure
This two-part series explores the untold value of parks and recreation infrastructure in Ontario. Part 1: Infrastructure for Community Wellness [...]
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09, 2025
211 Ontario Business Intelligence Dashboard
211 is a free and confidential service that easily connects people to the critical social and community supports they need. [...]
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09, 2025
Niagara Labour Market Insights August 2025
In August 2025, the unemployment rate increased in Niagara, while labour force participation remained stagnant, and the employment rate declined. [...]
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09, 2025
Transforming Transit for Niagara’s Future
Transforming Transit for Niagara’s Future Niagara Transit is on the move — and you can help shape where we go [...]
