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
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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
Navigating Generative AI: Implications for small business and non-profits
We’ve been hearing a lot recently about the use of generative AI in our daily lives, whether through social media [...]
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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
Youth Volunteering in a Changing Landscape: Insights from the Empathy Engaged Project
The Empathy Engaged project focused on Canadian youth between the ages of 18 and 25. It explored how to create [...]
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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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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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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
Espresso Live from the Corner Office: Bryan Rose, Niagara Community Foundation
This webinar recording features an interview with Bryan Rose, Executive Director of the Niagara Community Foundation (NCF). The interview focuses [...]
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07, 2025
Climate Change Adaptation Practice Guide
Communities across Ontario are experiencing rising temperatures, shifting precipitation patterns, and more frequent extreme weather events which affect built, ecological, [...]
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07, 2025
Niagara Transit Master Plan
The Niagara Transit Commission Board approved the Transit Plan 10-Year Investment and Growth Strategy (2026-2035) in principle at its June [...]
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06, 2025
Niagara Association of Realtors Stats Package (June 2025)
This statistics package shows May, 2025 residential home sales activity recorded through the MLS (multiple listing service) for Niagara Association [...]
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05, 2025
Commuting to Work by Car and Public Transit Grows in 2023
This Statistics Canada report shows that in May, 2023 15.9 million Canadians, or four in five workers were commuting to [...]
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05, 2025
United Way Impact Report 2024
The goal of United Way Niagara (UWN) is a Niagara where no one goes hungry, and everyone has a safe [...]
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05, 2025
Niagara Parks Opening Niagara Takes Flight August 29, 2025
Niagara Parks will open Niagara Takes Flight, Ontario’s first flying theatre experience on August 29, 2025. A combination of drone [...]
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05, 2025
Literacy Link Niagara Common Frontline Resource Site
This site contains resources for frontline staff in Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) programs, employment services and allied health professionals. [...]
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04, 2025
Brock NCO Age-Friendly Poster, April, 2025
This poster summarizes key points from Niagara Community Observatory policy brief #59, "Change in an Evolving Niagara: Navigating the Age-Friendly [...]
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04, 2025
More Than a Food Bank – Partnering to Address Food Insecurity in Niagara Webinar Recording
This is a recording of the Thursday, April 3, 2025 webinar hosted by Community Potential, in partnership with the Niagara [...]
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04, 2025
The Cost of Conflict: Tariffs and Food Insecurity
This report warns that US Tariffs will drive up food prices and increase food insecurity in Canada. It details how [...]
