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 [...]
Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change Fact Sheets
Colour of Poverty - Colour of Change is a campaign made up of individuals and organizations working to build community-based capacity to address the growing racialization of poverty and the resulting increased levels of social exclusion and marginalization of racialized [...]
Made in Canada: Growing Canada’s Value-Added Food Sector
The untapped potential of Canada's value-added food sector presents an opportunity to increase international and interprovincial trade, inspire innovation, and break down barriers to economic growth across the country. While the food processing sector is already one of the country's [...]
Towards Canada’s 2030 Agenda National Strategy
In September 2015, Canada and all United Nations Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (the 2030 Agenda), a shared blueprint for partnership, peace and prosperity for all people and the planet, now and into the future. The [...]
Video: Niagara Regional Housing 2018 Annual Report
This video highlights activities and key accomplishments of Niagara Regional Housing during the year of 2018. Published By: Niagara Regional Housing Publication Date: August 2019 View NRH 2018 Annual Report
Everyone Counts 2018: Preliminary Results from the Second Nationally-Coordinated Point-in-Time Count of Homelessness in Canadian Communities
Between March 1 and April 30, 2018, 61 communities participated in Everyone Counts, the second nationally coordinated Point-in-Time (PiT) count of homelessness in Canadian Communities. The findings highlighted in this report are the result of the enumeration and surveys conducted [...]
Unaccommodating: Rental Housing Wage in Canada
This report maps rental affordability in neighbourhoods across Canada by calculating the “rental wage,” which is the hourly wage needed to afford an average apartment without spending more than 30% of one’s earnings. Across all of Canada, the average wage [...]
Catalyst for Change: A Roadmap to a Stronger Charitable Sector
Struck in January 2018, the Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector was asked to examine and report on Canada's charitable and non-profit sector. Through extensive consultations, the committee heard evidence on four key topics: the people working and volunteering [...]
Age-Friendly Niagara Network E-Newsletter Archives
The Age-Friendly Niagara Network publishes a monthly e-newsletter that highlights age-friendly action, events, resources and news stories. To receive this communication, subscribe to the mailing list. Past issues of the e-newsletter are archived on the Age-Friendly Niagara Network website. Published [...]
Family and Children’s Services (FACS) Niagara 2018-19 Annual Report
A brief report with stories and statistics outlining the 2018-19 experience for FACS Niagara in terms of service to the Niagara community. This report highlights data about fostering and adopting, referrals and investigation, the Family Enrichment program and other support [...]
Urban.Indigenous.Proud Film Series
Urban.Indigenous.Proud is a film project partnership between the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC) and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Taking a community-driven approach, the OFIFC and the NFB produced five short documentaries by Indigenous filmmakers who [...]
What Physical Activity Means to Canadians: ParticipACTION Pulse Report
The Pulse Report assesses the social climate of physical activity among Canadian adults. A first of its kind, this Report explores Canadians’ thoughts, feelings and motivations as they relate to physical activity and informs what shifts are needed in order [...]
Food Policy for Canada: Everyone at the Table
Food affects the daily lives of all those living in Canada. It provides the energy and nutrients needed to live a healthy life, brings together communities, and creates economic growth and many jobs for Canadians. Building on public consultations held [...]
