Age-Friendly Niagara Provincial Candidate Brief – 2022 Ontario Election
This 2-page brief was prepared to inform all candidates in Niagara who are running in the 2022 Ontario election about the importance of ensuring our community is responsive to the needs of everyone as we age. The brief encourages candidates [...]
Ontario’s Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission Final Report, April 30, 2021
This report focuses on the actions and inactions that significantly contributed to the devastation experienced in long-term care in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic. It describes the state of the long-term care sector and pandemic preparedness before COVID-19; addresses the [...]
Mno Bmaadziwin Living the Good and Healthy Life Community Safety and Wellbeing Indigenous Engagement Report Off-Reserve Niagara Region, Canada 2021
This report was prepared for the Region of Niagara, by Niagara Chapter-Native Women Inc., the lead agency chosen by the N.I.C.E. (Niagara Indigenous Community Executives) to conduct the Indigenous community engagements. A total of ten Indigenous organizations within the region [...]
Violent victimization and perceptions of safety: Experiences of First Nations, Métis and Inuit women in Canada
This Statistics Canada report presents the most current self-reported data on the lifetime (since age 15) prevalence of violent victimization, as well as the prevalence of violent victimization in the past 12 months, of Indigenous women in Canada. The report [...]
Addressing COVID-19 Impacts on Niagara’s Older Adults
This document provides a call to action: to address COVID-19 impacts on older adults across Niagara and related challenges in our community by continually sharing and implementing leading practices and innovative ideas. In 2020, Age-Friendly Niagara gathered leaders across Niagara [...]
2021 Census Profile – Niagara regional Municipality Census Division
On April 27, 2022, Statistics Canada released Census Profile information from the 2021 Census of the Population for various levels of geography, including provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas, communities and census tracts. Data for the Niagara regional Municipality Census Division [...]
Niagara Region Two-Year Municipal 511 Pilot Program Provides Road Closure, Construction and Emergency Information to People Planning Travel Routes
Niagara Region is collaborating with Municipal 511 to launch a two-year pilot program to provide accurate and up-to-date information about road closures, construction activities on Regional roads and emergency information to the community. Municipal 511 is a bilingual digital traveller [...]
Mental Wellness in the Workplace: A Playbook for Employers
In light of the many challenges that emerged with COVID-19, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) developed this guidebook to provide employers with practical information, guidance, and resources to address the persistent mental health action gap. The OCC defines ‘mental [...]
Living in Niagara report and 211 Community Data – Leveraging Evidence to Support Your Success: Event Recording
This is an event recording of the February 24, 2022 webinar presented by Niagara Connects and INCommunities, in partnership with the Niagara Community Foundation. Presentations explore ways to leverage the socio-economic evidence presented in the Living in Niagara-2020 report, including [...]
Connecting the Pieces: An Evaluation of the Niagara Prosperity Initiative and Call for a Broader Poverty Reduction Strategy for Niagara
This report summarizes findings of the evaluation phase of the Niagara Prosperity Initiative (NPI) action research process, which spanned the 15-year period from 2006 to 2021. The intent and objective of the evaluation phase was to measure what was intended [...]
Regional Municipality of Niagara Community Dashboard
The Regional Municipality of Niagara (Niagara Region/ the Region) has created a new dashboard featuring key indicators to monitor and share important information about the Niagara community and the Region’s programs and services. The dashboard tracks data over time, telling [...]
Statistics Canada Data Literacy Learning Catalogue
The Statistics Canada literacy learning catalogue is organized by the user’s step on the data journey and can be sorted by data competency, level, and type. Steps in the Data Journey include: Define-Find-Gather Explore-Clean-Describe Analyze-Model Tell the Story These steps are [...]
Older Adult Infolink – Frequently Asked Questions and Video Tour
The new Older Adult Infolink site now features a Video Tour and a list of Frequently Asked Questions. The site is designed for older adults, their caregivers and family, as well as service providers supporting older adults, to have easier, [...]
Mental Health and Substance Use During COVID-19: Spotlight on Youth, Older Adults & Stigma
This report spotlights negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth and older adults, and stigma toward depression and alcohol use disorders. It highlights the importance of continued investment in youth mental health and substance use supports; fostering the resilience [...]
Canadian Centre for Education Statistics
This Statistics Canada data portal provides Education, Training and Learning Statistics, including data on: Apprenticeship and Trades Education and Labour Market Outcomes Education Indicators Educational Attainment and Qualifications Elementary and Secondary Education Financial Resources Invested in Education Literacy Postsecondary Education [...]
2021 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Adults
“The future is physical: Moving to a better normal in Canada” is the theme of the 2021 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Adults. Grades for three key Indicators in the Report Card provide some of the greatest opportunities [...]
Age-Friendly Niagara: Launch of Older Adult Infolink
In partnership with the Age-Friendly Niagara Council and INCommunities/211, Niagara Connects hosted a December, 2021 webinar to launch the new Older Adult Infolink site. It is designed for older adults, their caregivers and family, as well as service providers supporting [...]
Great Lakes DataStream
Great Lakes DataStream is an open-access platform for sharing information on freshwater health. It brings together water quality datasets collected by monitoring groups throughout the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Basin. The mission is to promote knowledge sharing across watersheds [...]
What COVID Reveals – The Faces of Inequality in Canada
In this document, 2020-2021 Atkinson Fellow in Public Policy, Stephanie Nolen, shares the stories of people in Canada who were vulnerable to COVID-19, or made newly vulnerable by the virus, and how public policy shaped their pandemic experience. The author [...]
Niagara Poverty Reduction Network Letter of Support for Integrated Transit
This letter of support for Integrated Transit was sent by the Niagara Poverty Reduction Network (NPRN) to 13 municipal councils in Niagara (Niagara Regional Council and the 12 local municipal councils). It was also cc’ed to provincial MPPs and federal [...]
