Neighbourhood Associations and the Municipality: Supporting citizen engagement in the city
This Working Paper examines the role of neighborhood associations as popular vehicles through which residents undertake grassroots initiatives to address common problems and advance the collective good of their community. The paper: Briefly reviews the research on neighbourhood associations Highlights [...]
Niagara Region Homelessness Services Newsletter, October 2021
This Community Newsletter is provided by Niagara Region Homelessness Services. It includes updates on what has been happening in Niagara’s homelessness serving system. The newsletter has been expanded to include more information on initiatives to combat homelessness in Niagara. The [...]
Statistics on Indigenous peoples – presented by Statistics Canada
This Statistics Canada web page provides links to data on Indigenous peoples in Canada. The term 'Aboriginal' or 'Indigenous' used on the Statistics Canada website refers to individuals identifying themselves as 'First Nations people, Métis or Inuit'. Data topics include: [...]
Evictions and Eviction Prevention in Canada
The drivers, types, frequency, and scale of evictions in Canada have changed over the past 15 years, with a marked rise in development-related evictions in the context of tight housing markets and a lack of affordable housing. Evictions have profound [...]
Canadian Social Survey: COVID-19 and well-being
From April to June 2021, the Canadian Social Survey – COVID-19 and Well-being (CSS-CW) gathered data on Canadians and their personal experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The collection period coincided with pandemic closures and physical distancing measures across most provinces. Thus the data [...]
Two Years of Shelter Diversion: Learnings and Lessons 2021
The report by the RAFT (Niagara Resource Service for Youth) examines the effectiveness of a Centralized Shelter Diversion program in the Niagara region of Ontario between April 2019 and April 2021. It summarizes data and information gathered by a team [...]
Canadian Substance Use Resource and Knowledge Centre (SURE)
SURE (the Canadian Substance Use Resource and Knowledge Centre) is a national online learning and resource centre that provides practical tools to protect and promote the rights, health, and safety of people who use substances; and facilitate the learning of professionals and [...]
Jumpstart State of Sport Report
This report highlights the findings of a 2021 research study between Jumpstart and Ipsos to understand the impact of COVID-19 on community sports and recreation. Two surveys were conducted in January 2021: Among 1,000 parents of children aged 4 to 17, to [...]
July 2021 CAMH-Delvinia Survey of Canadians’ Pandemic Health and Substance Use
Nearly one-third of Canadians (28.8 percent) are reporting moderate to severe anxiety about returning to pre-pandemic routines, according to the latest in an ongoing series of CAMH surveys of Canadians’ pandemic health and substance use. Anxiety about returning to pre-pandemic [...]
Burning Embers: Synthesis of Health Risks of Climate Change
The goal of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a project of the Canadian charity Succession. IPPC’s goal is to fill a particular gap in public knowledge on climate change: identifying sources of the most credible information on [...]
A Promising Path to Developing Data Governance in the Performing Arts Sector: Exploring Charters and Principles for Data Governance
Improving data governance is one way in which organizations in Canada’s performing arts sector are collaborating to foster more data sharing and data reuse, as well as helping the organizations reach their goals. Examples of data use include: understanding audience [...]
COVID 19: State of the Ontario Nonprofit Sector One Year Later
In May 2021, the Ontario Nonprofit Network (ONN) conducted a sector-wide survey with l’Assemblée de la Francophonie de l’Ontario (l’AFO) to gather critical data needed to help the sector as the province emerges from COVID-19. Nearly 3,000 nonprofits all around the [...]
Niagara Region Community Safety and Well Being Plan
As of Jan. 1, 2019, the Ontario Police Services Act requires municipalities in the province to develop and adopt community safety and well-being plans working in partnership with a multi-sectoral advisory committee. Niagara’s Community Safety and Well-Being Plan was adopted [...]
Niagara Region Homelessness Services Community Newsletter, July, 2021
This Community Newsletter is provided by Niagara Region Homelessness Services. It includes updates on what has been happening in Niagara’s homelessness serving system. The newsletter has been expanded to include more information on initiatives to combat homelessness in Niagara. The [...]
Canada in a Changing Climate: Advancing Our Knowledge for Action
This report is the national assessment of how and why Canada’s climate is changing; the impacts of these changes on our communities, environment and economy; and how we are adapting. The report, available at changingclimate.ca demonstrates that: Climate change affects [...]
Towards a Greater Golden Horseshoe Transportation Plan – Discussion Paper to Improve the Transportation Vision for Ontario’s Greater Golden Horseshoe region
The Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH) is a large urban region centred around Toronto, encompassing Waterloo, Brant and Haldimand in the west, Niagara to the south, Simcoe in the north, and Peterborough and Northumberland in the east. It is home to [...]
Parks and Recreation as an Essential Service: Using a health equity lens to strengthen provision in Niagara
COVID-19 and its restrictions on parks and recreation delivery have highlighted the importance of the sector to our citizens. The challenges of pandemic crisis management in the sector has also provided an opportunity to position parks and recreation delivery within [...]
Return to the Workplace: A Psychological Toolkit for Heading Back to Work
This CMHA Ontario toolkit provides guidance on how to support the mental health of individuals as they plan safe transitions back into their workplaces, as our community emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic. It also provides help for employers as they [...]
Urban Agriculture Strategy being created by City of Mississauga Parks, Forestry and Environment Division
The City of Mississauga is building an urban agriculture strategy to help identify the City’s role in supporting Corporate and community efforts to increase urban-scale food production across Mississauga. The strategy is part of the city’s Climate Change Action Plan. [...]
Road Safety Attitudes and Behaviours in Ontario
The Ontario Ministry of Transportation released Road Safety Attitude and Behaviour research in April 2021. Survey responses were gathered from a representative sample of 1,400 Ontarians age 16+, including 1,199 surveyed online and 201 surveyed by telephone. Similar surveys were [...]
