Achieving What’s Possible for Canada’s Agri-Food Sector: Final Report
Many countries are trying to sort out how to ensure the future economic growth of their food systems while addressing climate change and responding to a litany of evolving consumer concerns. Such consumer issues include health, nutrition, food safety, sustainability, ethics, food [...]
Data & Collaboration: Research Informing a Path for a Solution to Preventing Heart Disease in Niagara – Event Recording
This is an event recording of the February 24, 2016 webinar with presenters Dr. Stafford Dobbin, Don Gibson, Dr. Michael Khoury & Karen Stearne. Participants joined this event from 18 different organizations across Niagara. During this webinar presenters reviewed the [...]
Emerging Stronger 2016
Emerging Stronger is a five-year agenda aimed at spurring growth and prosperity in Ontario. It is the product of extensive consultation conducted by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, the Mowat Centre and Leger. This fifth and final installment of Emerging [...]
Alternative Avenues to Local Food in School: Ingredients for Success
Through the Alternative Avenues to Local Food Procurement project, Ecosource and Roots to Harvest worked with teachers, students and food service providers in the Durham, Peel and Thunder Bay regions of Ontario, to develop and test strategies to incorporate local [...]
Measuring Up: A Yearly Report on How Ontario’s Health System is Performing (2015)
Whether Ontarians are in good health or have health problems, they expect the health system to be there for them when they need it. With more than 40 indicators of how Ontario’s health system is performing, this report highlights some [...]
Consider This: How Do We Boost Healthy Eating in Niagara? (Podcast)
What we eat has tremendous impacts on our health. Whole foods rich in vitamins, minerals and other nutrients are vital to our growth and development, from pre-birth to old age. A well-balanced diet also helps to reduce or prevent disease. [...]
Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance: Section 3 Demographic Growth
The objective of this resource is to present a demographic profile for the Golden Horseshoe (GH) using the most recent (2011) census data. This section incorporates data from earlier census periods where available and allows for the identification of key [...]
Food Hub Case Study
This resource examines the Niagara Local Food Co-op (NLFC). The NLFC works at the regional level to connect local food producers with local consumers. The NLFC is an example of a producer-driven virtual farmers’ market. Members of the co-operative include [...]
Launching the Niagara Community Foundation Centre of Excellence in Non-Profit Governance: Event Recording
This is an event recording of the January 20, 2016 webinar with presenters Liz Palmieri, Joanne Krick, Mary Wiley & Sarah Webster. 155 participants joined this event from 88 different organizations across Niagara. During this webinar presenters: Shared information about [...]
First Steps to French Language Services (FLS) Planning
Planning to deliver French Language Services (FLS) can seem overwhelming, particularly if your organization is new to working with Francophone communities and delivering services in French. This resource is focussed on how to start planning -- and ultimately delivering -- services in French. [...]
On The Mend: Putting the Spark Back into the Government – Charitable Sector Relationship
The recent concerns over the “advocacy chill” highlighted systemic problems in the relationship between the government and sector. The newly elected federal government has given the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and the Department of Finance the mandate to clarify the [...]
Consider This: Supporting Children and Youth to be More Active and Healthy (Podcast)
With the advent of video games and devises comes a noticeable decline in children’s activity. Today’s children watch an average of at least three hours of television a day. Only 20 per cent meet the minimum daily requirement of 60 [...]
Pathways to Promoting Mental Health: A 2015 Survey of Ontario Public Health Units
In 2015, Ontario’s 36 public health units participated in an online survey to provide insight into mental health promotion activities. This report provides new and timely insight on mental health promotion work currently being performed by Public Health Units for Ontarians of [...]
VQA Ontario Resource Library
This repository includes annual vintage reports and overviews and map, most notably the diagrams and technical information for the Niagara Peninsula. Published By: VQA Ontario View VQA Ontario Resource Library
Mowat Not-for-Profit (NFP)
This research hub looks at the NFP sector and to provide evidence-based research and analysis on systemic issues facing the sector in Canada, with a particular focus on Ontario. Resources include: Sector Signals: short descriptions and analyses of early warning signs that [...]
Primer for Directors of Not-for-Profit Corporations: Rights, Duties and Practices
This resource is intended to: provide directors of not-for-profit corporations with guidance that both alerts them to their basic legal rights and obligations and provides them with some simple tools to help them exercise those rights and meet those obligations; [...]
#Rethink Niagara: Brochure
This 4-page brochures outlines the objectives, goals and framework for #Rethink Niagara, a prosperous people strategy for Niagara. Beginning in 2014, the #Rethink Niagara Reference Group of 15 leaders gathered building blocks to underpin a complete, restorative approach to economic [...]
Creating Shared Value: Executive Summary
This resource provides an executive summary of Porter & Kramer's article on a shared value approach, which reconnects company success with social progress. To purchase and read the full article visit the Harvard Business Review. Authors: Michael E Porter & Mark R [...]
Donation of Goods Portal
This portal provides agencies in Niagara with an online spot to post their needs – anything from household goods to clothing to food. Individuals, businesses or groups wanting to donate items, can search the Donation Portal to view these donation opportunities. They [...]
Sector Source
Sector Source connects charities and nonprofits with resources that help develop organizations and support the work they do for their communities. Resources include topic guides, sample policies, research and statistics on the following topics: Board governance Fundraising Risk management Finance [...]
