Niagara Aging Strategy and Action Plan Implementation Project (2017-2019) Full Evaluation Report
This report summarizes evaluation results of the Age-Friendly Niagara Network (AFNN) project to begin implementing the Niagara Aging Strategy and Action Plan (NASAP, 2015). The project was completed from 2017 to 2019, with funding support from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. [...]
Niagara Aging Strategy and Action Plan Implementation Project (2017-2019) Evaluation Highlights
This two-page document summarizes both progress toward, and future opportunities for, implementing the Niagara Aging Strategy and Action Plan (NASAP). Final evaluation findings for the 2017-2019 NASAP Implementation Project are shared by the Age-Friendly Niagara Network (AFNN). Complementary Resource: Full [...]
Niagara Region Strategic Plan 2019-2022
The purpose of a strategic plan is to guide the work of the organization over a four year period, to shape a new direction for Niagara as a community and an organization. Niagara Regional Council set strategic directions focused on [...]
2019 Hunger Report: Ontario’s Changing Employment Landscape and Its Impact on Food Bank Use
The 2019 Hunger Report provides analysis of the data gathered by the Ontario food bank network, through the Link2Feed client intake system, between April 1st 2018 – March 31st, 2019. This report also includes a special feature on emerging trends [...]
Food Banks Canada Hunger Count 2019
The Hunger Count is an annual reading of the temperature of thousands of communities across Canada. Conducted in March, the Hunger Count provides a snapshot of food bank use in Canada. It provides insights into what is happening on the [...]
Food Banks Canada Hunger Count 2018
Each March, Food Banks Canada surveys thousands of food banks across Canada to provide a snapshot of current food bank use. The Hunger Count report establishes an up to date understanding of hunger in Canada in order to support advocacy [...]
Elusive Quest or Emerging Reality: Niagara’s Information Communications Technology (ICT) Innovation Cluster (Policy Brief #43)
This policy brief provides a portrait of recent trends in the Information Communications Technology (ICT) sector in Niagara relative to similar mid-sized regions in southern Ontario. In doing so, industry-specific strengths and potentials of the ICT sector are highlighted, as [...]
Niagara Food Forum: Community Report
A thorough funding analysis of food-related program investments by United Way Niagara identified the organization is contributing over $500,000 in funding annually. To investigate this further and address increasing challenges faced by organizations and community-led initiatives across Niagara, United Way [...]
Cross-Border Innovation Corridors: How To Support, Strengthen and Sustain Cross-Border Innovation Ecosystems (Policy Brief #42)
Canada and US stakeholders have mutual interest in supporting, strengthening and sustaining cross-border innovation ecosystems. This “binational advantage” provides countries with benefits from the economic growth, productivity and efficiency that arise when Canadian and American systems of the production, provision [...]
National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace
The National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace (the Standard) was launched in 2013. It provides a comprehensive framework to help organizations of all types guide their current and future efforts in a way that [...]
Results Based Community Collaboration: Learnings from Urgent Service Access Team (USAT) Initiative (Event Recording)
This is an event recording of the November 20, 2019 webinar with presenters Jenny Stranges (Interim Executive Director, Quest Community Health Centre) and Despina Tzemis (Program Manager, Quest Community Health Centre). This event was hosted by Niagara Connects in partnership [...]
Measuring Culture in Niagara: A Case for Its Role in the Economy and Community (Policy Brief #41)
One central element of any region’s global appeal is its quality of place. While this term is often understood to refer to the environmental integrity and natural beauty of a place, including its green spaces, waterfronts and biodiversity, an even [...]
Cannabis Legalization: Year One Observations
This brief provides a preliminary synthesis of Canada’s experience with cannabis legalization in the first year of retail sales. The brief focuses on evidence available to indicate progress against the public health and safety objectives of the Cannabis Act. Published [...]
Presentation: Niagara Economic Update
Presentation by Blake Landry, Manager of Economic Research and Analysis, Niagara Region Economic Development, at the Friday, November 1, 2019 Niagara Economic Summit hosted by the Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce. View Niagara Economic Update
Better With Age: Move More Today for a Healthier Tomorrow – 2019 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Adults
Aging is a part of life: one that includes numerous memorable milestones and experiences, special moments with family, and opportunities to travel and learn new skills. But growing older can also bring about new challenges – increased prevalence of chronic [...]
Calculating the Cost of Living in Niagara Region 2019
Calculating the cost of living in Niagara region requires a thoughtful process that determines and calculates expenditures necessary to meet basic needs and to participate both economically and socially in the community. In order to maintain calculation consistency with other [...]
Calculating the Living Wage in Niagara Region 2019
A living wage reflects what earners in a family need to be paid based on the actual costs of living and being included in a specific community. The living wage is calculated as an evidence-based hourly rate at which a [...]
Canadian Kids Need to Move More to Boost Their Brain Health: 2018 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth
The 2018 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth includes an Expert Statement on Physical Activity and Brain Health in Children and Youth, based on the findings of a team of experts in paediatric neuroscience and exercise [...]
The Ontario Food Terminal: A Priceless Hub in Ontario’s Food Value Chain
This report provides an overview of the Ontario Food Terminal, its role in providing Ontario-grown and other fresh produce and horticultural products to the GGH market, as well as an analysis of its locational importance. Published By: The Canadian Urban [...]
Toolkit: Serving Up Local for Long-Term Care Mealtime Engagement
This toolkit is a summary of resources tested during the Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance project, 'Serving Up Local' Training pilot project that took place primarily at Allendale long-term care home in Halton Region from December 2017 to May [...]
