Cannabis and the Border
This page provides information about entering Canada, leaving Canada and traveling with cannabis within Canada. Published by: Government of Canada Publication Date: June 2018 View Cannabis and the Border
The State of Social Media in Canada 2017
Today, billions of people around the world are turning to social media to socialize, conduct business, keep up with the news, as well as discover, discuss, and share information. The significance of this global adoption of a relatively new communication [...]
A Public Health Approach to Cannabis: Consultation Report for the Niagara Region of Ontario
To support the implementation of a public health approach to cannabis (and other substances), CPHA engaged individuals and organizations from health, public health and social service communities across Canada in dialogue through local ‘community consultations’ that aimed to enhance knowledge [...]
Filling the Void: Economic Development in Post-Industrial Niagara (Policy Brief #34)
The general trend of economic downturn and major social challenges for many once prosperous cities and regions over the past few decades is now common knowledge. It is also generally acknowledged that smaller and mid-sized regions like Niagara, with a [...]
Watch your step! Falls are Sending More Canadians to the Hospital than Ever Before
Unintentional falls resulted in almost 1,800 reported emergency department (ED) visits and 417 hospital stays every day last year, making them the most common cause of injury in 2016–2017. In support of the second National Injury Prevention Day (June 5th, [...]
Cannabis Talk Kit: Know How to Talk With Your Teen
Cannabis—legal or otherwise—is a hot topic. Parents who provide their kids with balanced information about the effects associated with cannabis (often called marijuana) can help them make informed decisions. It’s more important than ever for parents to protect their kids’ [...]
Serving Up Local: Manual for Increasing Local Foods in Long-Term Care
This manual is a collection of good practices resulting from the experience of nine long-term care (LTC) homes in three regions of the Golden Horseshoe area of Ontario. It is designed to provide resources and steps that can be put [...]
United Way St. Catharines and District Impact Report 2017
This report shows where the money was invested, how donations are working and serves as a thank you to all of the generous donors, sponsors and partners of United Way St. Catharines & District. Published By: United Way St. Catharines & [...]
Niagara Community Foundation 2017 Annual Report: Helping Good People Build Smart and Caring Communities
This annual report describes the ways in which the Niagara Community Foundation (NCF) has enabled community improvement by providing funding and community knowledge, and brought organizations together to form partnerships based on the respective strengths of each organization to focus [...]
A Home for All: Niagara’s Housing and Homelessness Action Plan 2018 Community Update
A Home for All is Niagara’s 10-year Community Action Plan to help everyone in Niagara have a home. Since 2013 the plan has enabled the coordination of responses to the community’s housing and homeless needs. It provides a complete and [...]
Strengthening Employee Recruitment and Selection Processes in Niagara (Event Recording)
This is an event recording of the June 6, 2018 webinar with speakers Ashley Flett, Amber Tremblay and Melissa Wilson from Job Gym Employment Services. During this webinar, presenters discussed: Different options to assist employers with employee recruitment and selection [...]
Identifying Built Barriers: Where Do Our Most Vulnerable Older Adults Live in Ontario’s Mid-Sized Cities?
Rapid population aging and mass migration to cities are the greatest demographic shifts of our time. Overwhelmingly, older adults in this country have expressed a desire to age-in-place, but this begs the question: how well do the places we live [...]
Local Labour Market Planning Report 2017
This report is an annual summary of the developments, challenges, and strengths of the local labour market. Additional labour market information is always available at niagaraworkforce.ca Published By: Niagara Workforce Planning Board Publication Date: 2018 View Local Labour Market Planning Report 2017
The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) Report on Health and Aging in Canada: Findings from Baseline Data Collection 2010-2015
The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) is Canada’s largest and most comprehensive study on the health and well-being of the country’s aging population. The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) Report on Health and Aging in Canada tells us that: [...]
Make the Right Call: Thorold Rack Card
This two-sided information card helps Thorold citizens make the right call. One side describes the differences between 211,411,511,911 and the City of Thorold number. The second side keeps important Thorold phone numbers at your fingertips. This rack card is an [...]
Creating an Age-Friendly Business Guide (City of Thorold)
An age-friendly business provides goods, services and/or spaces creating an age-friendly environment more welcoming to our aging population and the broader community and its members. Today’s older adults are different than yesteryear’s seniors as they are increasingly: Well and active, [...]
Age-Friendly Niagara Network: Implementing the Niagara Aging Strategy & Action Plan (NASAP) Focused Action Priorities (2018-2019)
This two-page roadmap describes the governance structure of the Age-Friendly Niagara Network, as well as the 2018-2019 focused action priorities across three Action Groups: Community Engagement and Communications Recreation, Learning and Leisure Improved Services, Systems and Infrastructure Published By: Age-Friendly Niagara Network [...]
Normalizing Conversation, Not Consumption: A Public Health Approach to Cannabis (Community Consultations)
Between 2017-2018 the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) led 23 community consultations across Canada to seek input from health and social service providers who were curious about how to respond to cannabis use in their communities. On April 13, 2018, [...]
Promising Practices: 12 Case Studies in Supportive Housing for People with Mental Health and Addiction Issues
This resource guide documents 12 examples of promising practices in supportive housing for people with mental health and addiction issues from across Ontario. The case studies documented in this guide are examples of the high quality work that is being [...]
The Health of Niagara Residents Across the Lifespan: Using a Life-Course Approach to Improve Well-Being (Event Recording)
This is an event recording of the May 2, 2018 webinar with presenter Dr. Sinead McElhone. 44 participants joined this event from 20 different organizations across Niagara. During this webinar, Dr. McElhone offered a new way of looking at health, not [...]
