Check In to Check Up: Board Governance – Event Recording
This is an event recording of the November 23, 2016 webinar with presenters Gay Douglas & Bryan Rose. 64 participants joined this event from 51 different organizations across Niagara. During this first webinar in the three-part series, presenters reviewed the Imagine Canada [...]
Without A Home: The National Youth Homelessness Survey
This report outlines the need for a prevention-focused approach that prioritizes systems integration and Housing First for Youth (HF4Y). Our current systems tend to focus on the provision of supports downstream, when young people are much older. Rather than focusing on [...]
Mental Well-Being and Youth-Led Engagement in Niagara: Exploring the Relationship – Event Recording
This is an event recording of the November 16, 2016 webinar with presenters David Lorenzo & Lindsay Garofalo from Niagara Region Public Health. 44 participants joined this event from 23 different organizations across Niagara. During this webinar presenters described results of a study [...]
Strengthening Age-Friendly Communities and Seniors’ Services for 21st Century Ontario
The municipal sector in Ontario is increasingly at the forefront of developing age-friendly communities and providing vital services to seniors. This includes long-term care, affordable housing, public health services and community support services. Municipal governments are committed to providing high [...]
The State of Homelessness in Canada 2016
Mass homelessness in Canada emerged in the 1980s, following a massive disinvestment in affordable housing, structural shifts in the economy and reduced spending on social supports. Since then, stakeholders across the country have tried and tested solutions to address the [...]
What Niagara’s Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) Point Means for Business – Event Recording
This is an event recording of the November 2, 2016 webinar with presenters Paul Connor and Connie McCutcheon. 23 participants joined this event from 14 different organizations across Niagara. During this webinar presenters described described what an FTZ Point is (and isn’t), [...]
Vineland Impact Report
As Vineland Research and Innovation Centre approaches its tenth anniversary, it’s the right time to talk about progress. In 2007, Vineland was a new concept, an independent research organization set up with a focus on creating impact for the Canadian [...]
Unpacking Impact: Exploring Impact Measurement for Social Enterprises in Ontario
This report aims to examine the concept of common impact measurement frameworks and standardization globally, and identify specific opportunities to strengthen impact measurement practices for the social enterprise ecosystem in Ontario. Authors: Lisa Lalande, Joanne Cave & Rajesh Sanskat Published By: Mowat [...]
Change Work: Summary & Promising Practices – Moving Decent Work Forward in the Not-For-Profit Sector
Job precarity is a reality for many not-for-profit (NFP) sector employees. About 28 per cent of people employed by Ontario non-profits work part-time, 6 per cent work full-time but on time-limited contract, and another 13 per cent are employed part-time [...]
Civic Engagement: An Essential Ingredient for Healthy Communities
Civic engagement generally refers to activities aimed at the betterment of society that are initiated and directed by community members rather than governments, institutions or large organizations. While some people have strong connections to their community and decision-makers, many others [...]
Using an Integrated Community Lead Model of Care to Enhance Service Navigation for Clients in Niagara with Complex Needs – Event Recording
This is an event recording of the October 5th & 19th (repeated) webinar with presenters Jenny Stranges, Despina Tzemis & Kelly Falconer. 88 participants joined these events from 40 different organizations across Niagara. During these webinars presenters described the Integrated Community Lead [...]
Developing Ontario’s Dementia Strategy: A Discussion Paper
Dementia is not a part of normal aging. It is a group of conditions that affect the brain and cause problems with memory, thinking, speaking or performing familiar tasks. A person with dementia may also experience changes in mood or [...]
Niagara Job Demand Reporting April – June 2016
This infographic provides as summary of how and where jobs were posted in Niagara, type of jobs offered and education requirements for jobs posted between April - June 2016. Published By: Niagara Workforce Planning Board Publication Date: 2016 View Niagara Job Demand [...]
October 2016: Labour Market Observer (St. Catharines-Niagara Census Metropolitan Area)
The monthly labour market observer presents local, provincial, and national labour market data from the previous calendar month. Raw data from the infographic may be downloaded as an Excel spreadsheet or as a CSV file. Readers should note that Statistics [...]
Campus-Community Connection Toolkit
This toolkit is developed to help Ontario’s post-secondary service providers enhance capacity to support students with complex mental health and/or addiction concerns through the creation of campus-community partnerships and circles of care. This toolkit includes promising practices, resources, and templates that will help [...]
The Economic Shift: How Welland is Repainting the Canvas of its Local Economy
Canadian cities and towns are either adopting (or are in need of adopting) a new economic development canvas. Some municipalities are starting with a clean slate and creating a new economic scenery. Others have remnants of unforgotten stories that either [...]
S.C.I.P.S. Tool: Guidelines and Resources for Youth Suicide Prevention in Niagara
The S.C.I.P.S. Tool and Accompanying Guide is intended to help primary care providers identify individuals at risk and navigate the appropriate systems with mental health partners in Niagara. This tool was shared as part of a webinar on September 21, [...]
S.C.I.P.S. Tool: Guidelines and Resources for Youth Suicide Prevention – Event Recording
This is an event recording of the September 21, 2016 webinar with presenters Kyrsten Boucher & Julie K. Campbell. 109 participants joined this event from 42 different organizations across Niagara. During this webinar presenters provided a brief review of suicide risk [...]
A Case for the Need for Standards for Older Adult Recreation Programs: A Literature Review
For the first time in Canadian history, people over the age of 65 outnumber those under the age of 15. Governments, organizations and individuals have been working collaboratively to assess the impact of a rapidly ageing population. Undoubtedly, the demographic shift is [...]
The Very Poor and the Affordability of Housing
A considerable momentum has developed around the perceived need for a national affordable housing strategy. The design of any such strategy should recognize who is in need, the size of the need, and where that need is greatest. This report [...]
