2017: Opportunities Ahead
2017 marks 12 years since the Niagara-wide community began building Niagara Connects. We are a network of people focused on: [...]
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12, 2016
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12, 2016
A Profile of Wellbeing in Ontario: The West Region
The Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) has produced detailed reports of community wellbeing for five regions, based on boundaries used by Ontario ministries. This [...]
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12, 2016
The 2016 Canadian Index of Wellbeing National Report: How are Canadians Really Doing?
For more than 10 years, the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW), based at the University of Waterloo, has provided comprehensive [...]
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12, 2016
OTF Regional Reports Based on 2016 Canadian Index of Wellbeing: Ontario’s GDP Recovered Since Recession, and Wellbeing has Room for Improvement
"A Profile of Wellbeing" notes that living standards, economic, food and housing insecurity and precarity of work are major issues [...]
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12, 2016
The Impact of Food Insecurity on Health
Food insecurity - the inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial constraints - is a serious public health [...]
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12, 2016
Children in Food Insecure Households: Factsheet
Food insecurity - the inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial constraints - is a serious public health [...]
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11, 2016
Monitoring Food Insecurity in Canada: Fact Sheet
Food insecurity - the inadequate or insecure access to food due to financial constraints - is a serious public health [...]
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11, 2016
Vineland Impact Report
As Vineland Research and Innovation Centre approaches its tenth anniversary, it’s the right time to talk about progress. In 2007, [...]
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07, 2016
Evangelism and the Amazing Spread of Quality Reputation of Ontario Winemaking
This research overview provides a summary of a five-year long study of Ontario winemaking and Ontario Wine Industry’s thirty-year quest [...]
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07, 2016
How do You Define Data for Niagara?
The Data and Knowledge Niagara Reference Group is describing qualities of data for Niagara, by: identifying people and organizations working [...]
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07, 2016
Canadian Centre for Food Integrity 2016 Public Trust Research Report: With Insights From Moms, Millennials and Foodies
This public trust research provides a benchmark on the model and comparison to consumer trust studies undertaken by The Center [...]
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06, 2016
Obesity in Canada: A Whole-of-Society Approach for a Healthier Canada
There is an obesity crisis in this country. Canadians are paying for it with their wallets — and with their [...]
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06, 2016
Canada’s Top 10 Barriers to Competitiveness in 2016
In a fiercely competitive world, business needs more than its own skills to win—it also needs supportive public policies. This annual list [...]
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06, 2016
Food Security in Niagara: Through the Lens of Environment and Climate Impacts
Over the past year, Greening Niagara invited community partners to collaboratively examine food security in Niagara, through the lens of [...]
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06, 2016
Examining Food Security in Niagara: Through the Lens of Environment and Climate Impacts (Summary)
This one-page resource summarizes the Greening Niagara project Food Security in Niagara: A Collective Approach and includes suggested action steps arising from this [...]
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06, 2016
Examining Food Security in Niagara: Through the Lens of Environment and Climate Impacts (Full Report)
This report was prepared by Niagara Connects to describe the Greening Niagara project: Food Security in Niagara - A Collective Approach. [...]
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06, 2016
Fresh From the Farm
Building upon the success of the previous 3 years, Fresh from the Farm, Healthy Fundraising for Ontario Schools has expanded [...]
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06, 2016
Niagara Open Data
The Niagara community is providing this catalogue to put data in the hands of the people. This website provides open access [...]
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06, 2016
NiagaraOpenData.ca – a new tool for sharing Open Data Sets
Sparks of innovation occur when data is openly shared and put into the hands of people. The Niagara Open Data [...]
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05, 2016
The Impact of Food Insecurity in Niagara
Food insecurity exists when one or more members of a household does not have access to the variety or quantity [...]
