Indigenous Visions of Making Home in Niagara
This policy brief aims to assist the Indigenous community in informing Niagara and its decision-makers of their visions for housing [...]
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05, 2026
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05, 2026
Gendered Perspectives on Mental Health Among Canadian Farmers
University of Guelph research examined gendered perspectives on mental health among Canadian farmers. Semi-structured interviews of 75 farmers and agricultural [...]
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05, 2026
Working with people with lived and living experience: A guide for meaningful engagement
This guide highlights practical approaches and recommendations for organizations to engage with people with lived and living experiences (PWLLE) of [...]
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05, 2026
Niagara’s EarlyON Child & Family Centres – a coordinated, community-based hub model
The Regional Municipality of Niagara won a 2026 Ontario Municipal Social Services Association (OMSSA) Local Municipal Champion Award for 'Reimagining [...]
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05, 2026
Canada’s Official Poverty Dashboard of Indicators: Trends, April 2026
This dashboard summarizes progress on poverty reduction for Canadians and their households, from 2020 to 2024. In 2024, the poverty [...]
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05, 2026
Solutions: Everybody’s Business Senior to Senior Anti-Bullying Toolkit
This toolkit assists residences and organizations working with older adults to establish strategies for tackling bullying specifically between older people. [...]
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04, 2026
Instilling Positive Age Beliefs to Redefine Aging
A study report by Becca R. Levy and Martin D. Slade of Yale University, “Aging Redefined: Cognitive and Physical Improvement [...]
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04, 2026
2025 Progress Report on Canada’s 2022 to 2026 Federal Sustainable Development Strategy
This 2025 Progress Report reflects the environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainable development, tracking the Government of Canada’s progress [...]
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04, 2026
Children’s Experiences of Homelessness in Shelter Living
In 2022, the YWCA Niagara Region partnered with Drs Rebecca Raby and Christine Tardif-Williams of Brock University to embark on [...]
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03, 2026
Strengthening the Recreation and Sports Sector of the Living in Niagara Report
Special thanks to Dr. Martha Barnes of Brock University for writing this blog post. It describes steps taken to engage [...]
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03, 2026
United Way Niagara Merging into the new United Way Golden Horseshoe
United Way Niagara is joining forces with Brant United Way, United Way Haldimand Norfolk and United Way Halton and Hamilton [...]
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03, 2026
Planning for the Future: A Data-Driven Health System in Niagara
This report by the Niagara Ontario Health Team - Équipe Santé Ontario Niagara (NOHT-ÉSON) establishes a baseline understanding of the [...]
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03, 2026
Designed to Fail: How Ontario’s Income Security Policies Create and Perpetuate Homelessness
As of July, 2025, more than 30,000 people receiving Ontario Works (OW) or Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) benefits were [...]
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03, 2026
Canadian Caregiving Summit 2025 Act on Care Report
Making caregiving a national priority is the shared purpose of more than 500 caregivers, care providers, systems leaders, policymakers, and [...]
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03, 2026
Overdue: The Case for Canada’s Public Libraries
This report shows why investment in public libraries is essential to Canada’s post-pandemic recovery, competitiveness and resilience. It makes the [...]
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02, 2026
Turning Community Knowledge into Action: Community Potential’s 2025 Impact
Community Potential (formerly Niagara Connects) is a Niagara-based nonprofit that works across sectors (including community services, health, education, business, arts [...]
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02, 2026
Community Potential Impact Report 2025 — Strengthening Systems, Supporting Niagara
The Community Potential Impact Report 2025 highlights a year of research, collaboration, and cross-sector leadership aimed at strengthening how Niagara [...]
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02, 2026
Hunger Report 2025 – Feed Ontario
This report warns that escalating food bank use in Ontario is an indicator that homelessness, strain on the health care [...]
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02, 2026
Agriculture Wellness Ontario
Through a suite of free programs, Agriculture Wellness Ontario (AgWO) brings mental health education, counselling services and enhanced community support [...]
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01, 2026
Generate Canada
Generate Canada connects problem-solvers to tackle the complex challenges at the intersection of environment, economy and society. The vision is [...]
