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Age-Friendly Niagara Network: 2018 Impact
Posted on: February 20, 2019This placemat summarizes the milestones achieved by the Age-Friendly Niagara Network in 2018. Published By: Age-Friendly Niagara Network Publication Date: February 2019 Related posts: Age-Friendly Niagara Network: Implementing the Niagara Aging Strategy & Action Plan (NASAP) Focused Action Priorities (2018-2019) Achieving “A Community for all Ages” Across Niagara: Two-Page Candidate Brief from the... -
Niagara Roots, Global Reach: Brock University Institutional Strategic Plan 2018-2025
Posted on: February 14, 2019The Institutional Strategic Plan describes Brock University’s history and its current environment, including challenges and opportunities that this entails. The University’s mission, vision and guiding values are outlined, as well as four strategic priorities, each with goals and actions, to be achieved over the next seven years. These will inform... -
Ohni:kara An Aspiring Global Geopark (Policy Brief #37)
Posted on: February 11, 2019While the concept of geoparks date back to the 1990s, specifically with their establishment in Europe and China, it wasn’t until 2004 that the Global Geoparks Network was formed under UNESCO. Furthermore, the official branding of the UNESCO Global Geopark did not occur until 2015. There are currently 140 UNESCO... -
Homelessness in 2030: Essays on Possible Futures
Posted on: February 4, 2019This book aims to distill the wisdom needed to end homelessness from all the knowledge that leading researchers have gained from their extensive work. This collection of essays covers hopeful visions, dystopian scenarios, insights by country, and paradigms and policy. Published By: Y-Foundation Publication Date: 2019 Related posts: The Roadmap for the... -
Innovating Employment Podcast: Empowering older workers to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset
Posted on: February 4, 2019Helen Hirsh Spence, CEO and Founder at Top Sixty Over Sixty joins the program to discuss empowering older workers (over the age of 55) to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset. Key takeaways from the episode: While ageism is typically associated with wrongful dismissal from a job, it is also associated with... -
Cannabis Market Data
Posted on: February 4, 2019This information is collected under the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations, which replaced the Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations on August 24, 2016. Based on market data, there is an overall sufficient supply of cannabis for medical purposes to meet the current needs of registered clients. Published By: Government of... -
The City of Welland’s Road to Certification with ISO 37120 Sustainable Cities and Communities: Indicators for City Service and Quality of Life
Posted on: January 31, 2019This article demonstrates the City of Welland staff’s inter-departmental approach to collecting and uniting data from across city departments, to create a user-friendly open data system for stakeholders and city staff. Through team-work and consistency, Welland was able to report more than 90 of the total 100 indicators and achieve... -
The Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste: The Roadmap
Posted on: January 31, 2019Stated in simple terms, food loss and waste (FLW) is 1) the discarding of resources along the value chain utilized in the production and distribution of consumer foods and beverages, and 2) foods purchased by consumers though not eaten. As shown in the diagram below, the term “food loss” is... -
The Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste: Technical Report
Posted on: January 31, 2019Stated in simple terms, food loss and waste (FLW) is 1) the discarding of resources along the value chain utilized in the production and distribution of consumer foods and beverages, and 2) foods purchased by consumers though not eaten. As shown in the diagram below, the term “food loss” is... -
Immigration and Language in Canada, 2011 and 2016
Posted on: January 28, 2019This document focuses on immigration and language in Canada. It presents a general statistical portrait of immigrants by certain language characteristics and by their main countries of birth, using data from the 2011 National Household Survey and the 2016 Census of Population. This document presents a descriptive analysis of recent...
