Under The Knife and Under the Gun: An Overview of Regional Government In Niagara (Policy Brief #38)
Prof. David Siegel, an expert on local government in Ontario, weighs in on the discussion surrounding regional government in Niagara. With the Ontario government having appointed two special advisors to review how effectively and efficiently regional governments across the province [...]
Poll Analysis: Health of the Great Lakes Affects Public Health, Regional Economy
Since the IJC’s Great Lakes Water Quality Board published its 2015and 2018 binational poll reports, further analysis has uncovered additional findings. Because the 2018 survey repeated all questions from the 2015 survey, the combined samples represent 8,200 respondents to nearly 90 questions. This [...]
Core Housing Need in Niagara
This document provides background information about core housing need for A Home for All, Niagara’s 10-year Housing and Homelessness Action Plan. Published By: Niagara Regional Housing Publication Date: 2019 View Core Housing Need in Niagara
Canadian Income Survey, 2017
This brief includes 2017 specific to the key areas: A strong labour market and an increase in child benefits drive growth in the income of working-age families Incomes of senior families have risen steadily since 2012 Poverty rates decline in 2017 The [...]
A Framework for Recreation in Canada 2015: Pathways to Wellbeing
Recreation provides multiple pathways to wellbeing for individuals, communities, and for our built and natural environments. This paper and the Framework for Recreation in Canada 2015 which it describes allows for a timely re-visioning of recreation’s capacity for achieving wellbeing. [...]
Spotlight on Ontario’s Caregivers
"In Canada, family caregivers provide roughly three-quarters of all patient care. A 2009 estimate put their contributions to the healthcare system at $25 billion per year1. However, if we consider that caregivers provide an average of 11-30 hours of care [...]
Canadian Open Data Summit 2018: Open Action Plan – What’s Next for Open Data in Canada
This resource package includes presentation files and additional resources for the closing panel at the Canadian Open Data Summit (CODS18) on November 8, 2018 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Sharing of this package is made possible by ODX in partnership with Niagara Connects. This closing [...]
Canadian Open Data Summit 2018: Expert Panel: Surprising Allies – The Open Secret of Big Business & Open Data
This resource package includes presentation files and additional resources for the Expert Panel on Surprising Allies at the Canadian Open Data Summit (CODS18) on November 8, 2018 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Sharing of this package is made possible by ODX in partnership with Niagara [...]
Canadian Open Data Summit 2018: Data Commons in Montreal’s Smart City – Beyond Open Data
This resource package includes presentation files and additional resources for Patrick Lozeau's keynote presentation at the Canadian Open Data Summit (CODS18) on November 8, 2018 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Sharing of this package is made possible by ODX in partnership with Niagara Connects. The [...]
Age-Friendly Niagara Network: 2018 Impact
This placemat summarizes the milestones achieved by the Age-Friendly Niagara Network in 2018. Published By: Age-Friendly Niagara Network Publication Date: February 2019 View Age-Friendly Niagara Network: 2018 Impact
Niagara Roots, Global Reach: Brock University Institutional Strategic Plan 2018-2025
The 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 [...]
Ohni:kara An Aspiring Global Geopark (Policy Brief #37)
While 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 [...]
Homelessness in 2030: Essays on Possible Futures
This 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. [...]
Innovating Employment Podcast: Empowering older workers to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset
Helen 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 [...]
Cannabis Market Data
This 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 [...]
The City of Welland’s Road to Certification with ISO 37120 Sustainable Cities and Communities: Indicators for City Service and Quality of Life
This 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 [...]
The Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste: The Roadmap
Stated 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 [...]
The Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste: Technical Report
Stated 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 [...]
Immigration and Language in Canada, 2011 and 2016
This 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 [...]
Human Sex Trafficking Information Sheet
This information sheet provides information about warning signs and what to do if you believe someone is being trafficked. Published By: Victim Services Niagara View Human Sex Trafficking Information Sheet
