Living Wage for Niagara 2024-2025
In Niagara, the living wage for 2024/25 was calculated at $20.90 per hour. A living wage is an evidence-based calculation [...]
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Canadian Knowledge Hub for Giving and Volunteering
Canadian Knowledge Hub for Giving and Volunteering This Volunteer Canada data hub uses data from a variety of sources, including [...]
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11, 2024
Niagara Economic Update November, 2024
Niagara Economic Update November, 2024 This report was presented to the Niagara Region Planning and Economic Development Committee on November [...]
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11, 2024
Statistics Canada Survey of Financial Security, 2023
Statistics Canada Survey of Financial Security, 2023 In Canada, in 2023, among families whose major income earner was 55 to 64 years of age, [...]
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10, 2024
A Distributional Analysis of the Purchasing Power of Canadian Households Since 2019
A Distributional Analysis of the Purchasing Power of Canadian Households Since 2019 This report presents discrepancies in how the purchasing [...]
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10, 2024
Niagara Well-Being Tool
This interactive tool helps you explore well-being data for Niagara’s 12 municipalities and 44 neighbourhoods. The Niagara Well-Being Tool is [...]
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09, 2024
History of Niagara’s Economic Development in a Changing World
This project, completed by the Niagara Community Observatory at Brock in partnership with the Wilson Foundation, brought together an interdisciplinary [...]
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09, 2024
Caring in Canada: Survey insights from caregivers and care providers across Canada
The Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence supports and empowers caregivers and care providers, advances the knowledge and capacity of the [...]
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09, 2024
Biinaagami – Our Shared Responsibility to the Great Lakes
Biinaagami, translated from Anishinaabemowin, means pure, clean water. This website, transitioned from Great Lakes Guide, is a multimedia, change-provoking initiative [...]
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08, 2024
Canadian Disability Policy Alliance
Canadian Disability Policy Alliance The Canadian Disability Policy Alliance (CDPA) focuses on disability policy research. Alliance partners spanning the academic, [...]
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06, 2024
National School Food Policy
National School Food Policy The Vison of the federal government’s 2024 National School Food Policy is: all children and youth [...]
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06, 2024
Psychosocial and Economic Impacts of Intergenerational Volunteering: Lessons Learned from the Snow Buddies Program in the Niagara Region
Psychosocial and Economic Impacts of Intergenerational Volunteering: Lessons Learned from the Snow Buddies Program in the Niagara Region Snow Buddies [...]
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05, 2024
United Way Niagara 2023 Impact Report
This report highlights United Way Niagara (UWN) 2023 investment in solutions to local social challenges. It also extends thanks to [...]
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05, 2024
Addressing the Early Childhood Educators Labour Shortage in Canada: Challenges, Solutions, Challenges and Impacts
This report cites a lack of qualified Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) needed to staff additional spaces as a key reason [...]
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05, 2024
A Focus on Adolescent Peer Violence and Bullying In Europe, Central Asia and Canada
This WHO (World Health Organization) report shows that since 2018, many traditional forms of adolescent violence are going down, and [...]
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04, 2024
Strong Fort Erie Neighbourhoods Impact 2023
This infographic provides highlights of the 2023 impact of Strong Fort Erie Neighbourhoods (SFEN). SFEN is a community-based, volunteer-driven charitable [...]
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04, 2024
Using Interpreters in Health Care Settings
Understanding the social and cultural factors that influence one’s health beliefs and behaviours is important for professionals working with newcomers [...]
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03, 2024
Niagara Region 2024-2028 Poverty Reduction Strategy
Working together to prevent and end poverty, and increase well-being in Niagara is the goal of this strategy. It includes [...]
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03, 2024
Social Prescribing for Children and Youth in Canada
This video offers a glimpse of Canada's first social prescribing pilot for children and youth, which took place at the [...]
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02, 2024
Living in Niagara-2023 report
The Living in Niagara-2023 report presents a snapshot of quality of life in the Niagara region of Ontario, in 2023. [...]
