Innovate Niagara: Year in Success 2014
This video and accompanying interactive annual report will give you insight about what Innovate Niagara does, how the three local incubators work and what the impact has been in the community. Published By: Innovate Niagara Publication Date: 2015 View Innovate Niagara: [...]
Niagara Active Transportation Summit Report
The 2015 Niagara Active Transportation Summit brought together over 200 people from across Niagara to look for ways to accelerate active transportation for people, businesses and community by making it easier for people to walk and cycle to where they [...]
Person-Centered Thinking and Service Delivery in Niagara: Event Recording
This is an event recording of the April 22, 2015 webinar with presenters Kris Akilie, Patricia Regier and Melissa van Tuyl. 101 participants joined this event from 36 different organizations across Niagara. Kris explored key concepts of person-centered thinking and service [...]
What is Open Data?
This short 3-minute video describes open data and provides examples of how open data is and can be used by citizens and organizations. Published By: County of Grande Prairie Publication Date: June, 2012 View What is Open Data?
Collaboration for Addiction and Mental Health Care: Best Advice
This document aims to consolidate knowledge and generate consensus on effective strategies for collaboration between mental health and addiction services, as well as a present a call to action for stakeholders at the pan-Canadian, system and service levels to meet these [...]
Niagara Food Systems: Who Is Doing What in Food Systems in Niagara and Beyond?
A report commissioned by Healthy Living Niagara, and funded by the Government of Ontario This report presents the findings of a food systems environmental scan and highlights recommendations on how this data can be used as part of a food [...]
Growing Careers
This site has been designed to provide useful tools for both educators and students to explore career opportunities in the agri-food sector. Curriculum linked resources for educators help to facilitate discussions about career opportunities. This area also includes access to videos, [...]
Building Resiliency Through Family Based Planning
This resource provides an overview of family-based programming and its effectiveness for building resiliency in children and youth as well as strengthening parenting capacity. It profiles three programs currently being implemented across Ontario and offers a number of real-world learnings [...]
Report on the Social Isolation of Seniors 2013-2014
The National Seniors Council was directed in August 2013, to consult with seniors, key players from the not-for-profit, public and private sectors to assess how social isolation affects seniors and explore ways to prevent and reduce social isolation of seniors [...]
Ontario’s Mental Health & Addictions Strategy: Children & Youth Spring 2015 Update
This infographic provides a snapshot of the current use of mental health services by children and youth in Ontario. Published By: Government of Ontario Publication Date: Spring 2015 View Children & Youth Spring Update
Ten Ways to Make Your Organization Youth-Friendly
This information sheet provides 10 strategies to engage youth in your organization and start reaping the benefits of a youth infused workplace. Published By: Apathy is Boring & Volunteer Canada View 10 Ways to Make your Organization Youth Friendly
Incubating Inter-Sectoral Collaboration on Active Transportation
The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer and the Urban Public Health Network co-hosted a workshop, “Building the Case for Active Transportation in Canadian Communities: Advancing Active Transportation Policies to Enhance Cancer and Chronic Disease Prevention”. Eighty participants drawn from public health [...]
Inspire: St. Catharines Culture Plan 2020
This plan provides a framework to integrate culture into municipal priorities and decision making, and aims to build a shared language across sectors and a common understanding of how culture can serve diverse priorities. The Inspire St. Catharines: Culture Plan [...]
Socrata 2014 Open Data Benchmark Report
The report, sponsored by Socrata, was designed to better understand the current attitudes and opinions on open data among publishers and users of open data. The report asks respondents from governments throughout the United States a series of questions about [...]
Occupational Health Risks: Diagnostic Toolkits for Physicians and Primary Health Providers
This booklet is a collection of 15 occupational health risk brochures for workers in trades that are at an increased risk of exposure to hazardous agents and the development of occupational diseases. These brochures include prevention information for workers and [...]
Barriers to Post-Secondary Education: Perspectives From Niagara (NCO Policy Brief #22)
Post-secondary education (PSE) is considered to be increasingly essential in today’s fast-paced knowledge economy yet some students with the potential to succeed experience barriers to participation. Some 41% of Niagara Region's population between the ages of 25-64 does not have [...]
An Open Future: Data Priorities for the Not-For-Profit Future
In recent years, governments around the world have begun to develop open data policies as part of a broader push for government to become more accountable, effective, efficient and transparent. This resource considers the opportunities around open data for the not-for-profit [...]
Looking Out to Focus In: Fostering an Environment for Economic Prosperity
In response to discussions with returning and incoming Regional Councillors, and with provincial officials, local municipal colleagues, the business community and municipal colleagues in the GTA, this document was developed to support Regional Council in determining strategic directions for the [...]
Hungry for Health
Health begins where we live, learn, work and play. Through this portal you can order a resource kit, learn more about how you can help those who cannot afford health, read stories from those struggling to afford the basics and use [...]
Niagara Prosperity Initiative: A Summary of Achievement
This two-page handout summarizes the achievements of the Niagara Prosperity Initiative since its inception in 2008, including number of people served and details of investments. Published By: Niagara Prosperity Initiative Publication Date: 2014 View NPI Summary of Achievement
