Bridges Community Health Centre Dental Health Report
In response to the poor dental health conditions experienced by our clients, Bridges Community Health Centre developed and administered a dental health survey in order to paint a fuller picture of the dental health inequities that result from a market-based [...]
Concussion Awareness Training Tool
Cattonline.com currently provides two free online concussion toolkits: the Concussion Clinical Toolkit for Medical Professionals and the Concussion Awareness Training Toolkit for Parents, Players, and Coaches. Both toolkits provide up-to-date education, tools and resources to help prevent, recognize, treat and [...]
REACT Mental Health Curriculum Report: Know Mental Health, No Stigma
REACT is a youth-led advocacy group spreading awareness on the topic of mental health. Drawing on their own personal experiences, the group has identified an evident lack of mental health education in secondary schools across Ontario and aim to get [...]
e-Mental Health
The need for mental health services and resources across Canada is growing. The economic costs required to meet this need are substantial, particularly in rural, remote, and northern communities. E-Mental health could help to fill this gap, giving significantly more [...]
Pan Am Games 2015 in Niagara Region
The Pan American Games are the world’s third largest international multi-sport Games; they are only surpassed in size and scope by the Olympic Summer Games and the Asian Games. While the Pan Am Games have been hosted in a dozen [...]
Building a Financial Literacy Toolkit For Community Service Workers in Niagara – Event Recording
This is an event recording of the June 4th, 2014 webinar with presenters Kathleen Batstone and Carol Stewart-Kirkby, funded in part by Niagara Region through the Niagara Prosperity Initiative. Rowing the Boat Together* Sessions are being held for Front-Line Community [...]
Sport Legacy in Niagara: Policy Brief 19
The 2015 Pan American Games are coming to Niagara. The Henley site in St. Catharines will host rowing and the Welland International Flatwater Centre will host canoe and kayak races. Given Niagara is hosting such events, there is the potential [...]
Niagara Mental Health and Addictions Charter
The Niagara Mental Health and Addictions Charter, built by 65 diverse organizations working in the mental health and addictions continuum in Niagara is a collective statement based on evidence and community expert opinion, gathered through a systematic process facilitated by [...]
Through Their Eyes: An intergenerational project examining age-friendliness in the Niagara Region
The intergenerational project Through Their Eyes was dedicated to examining the age-friendliness of the local St. Catharines community. Assistant Professor Paula Gardner worked alongside her class of 45 third and fourth year undergraduate students at Brock University. The majority of [...]
New CMHA Ontario Report: Equity in Mental Health
Equity issues have a significant and often negative impact on the people, communities and health care system of Ontario. Consider that: Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth are four times more likely to attempt suicide than their straight peers. People [...]
Feeding 9 Billion
Many experts are worried that the 21st century will be a hungry one. Population growth and changing diets mean that our demand for food is rising fast. Climate change, dwindling water supplies, and high energy prices are set to make [...]
Building a Mental Health & Addictions Charter for Niagara: Roadmap
This resource acts as a roadmap to demonstrate the milestones along the journey to create a mental health & addictions charter for Niagara. Published By: Niagara Connects & Health Living Niagara, info@niagaraconnects.ca Publication Date: May, 2014 View Building a Mental Health & [...]
The Promise – and Challenge – of Collaborative Governance
How can the board of a single hospital make a meaningful improvement in the health of a city - not only in terms of patients’ health, but also with respect to crime, water, shelter, employment and other pressing urban issues? [...]
Reputation Checklist: An Introduction
A slidedeck by Brady Wood, CCO Niagara Health System, and Mario Joannette, VP Joseph Brant Hospital to introduce the Reputation Checklist. The presentation gives a quick overview of how you might use the Checklist in practice, as well as explores [...]
Reputation Checklist: Protecting and Enhancing Hospital Reputations
This checklist was developed to enable Boards, Executive Teams, and other leaders to evaluate and improve their approach to reputation management. Doing so should improve community confidence, employee morale, relationships, and trust. To learn more about how to use the [...]
Niagara Community Foundation: 2013 Annual Report
This past year has been a time of reflection for the Foundation. We had spent the previous decade building a stable, well-respected and transparent organization, helping good people build smart and caring communities. We had built the endowment to almost [...]
Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women: A National Operational Overview
In late 2013, the Commissioner of the RCMP initiated anRCMP-led study of reported incidents of missing and murdered Aboriginal women across all police jurisdictions in Canada. This report summarizes that effort and will guide Canadian Police operational decision-making on a [...]
YMCA Healthy Kids Research Report
To gain a better understanding of the challenges parents may face in raising young children, the YMCA of Greater Toronto and the YMCA of Hamilton, Burlington, Brantford teamed up to research the needs of parents raising children 0-5 years old [...]
Inquisitive Minds Radio Show: Assessing the Age-Friendliness of St. Catharines’ Downtown-Core
How accessible is downtown St. Catharines for seniors? Guest: Elisa Brown, third year Brock Medical Sciences student, part of a research group studying accessibility issues facing residents at a downtown St. Catharines seniors residence. You can read more about this [...]
YOUTHOUGHT RIGHT: Making ES Work for Youth
YOUTHOUGHT RIGHT: Making ES Work for Youth, is a project led by Peel-Halton-Dufferin Adult Learning Network (PHDALN) in partnership with The Centre for Skills Development & Training (The Centre). The project is funded by the Ontario Government’s Ministry of Training, [...]
