Your Community in Profile: Niagara
This report is based on demographic trends in Niagara between 2001 and 2006. Published By: Ontario Trillium Foundation, otf@otf.ca Publication Date: December, 2008 View Your Community in Profile: Niagara
The Cost of Poverty: An Analysis of the Economic Cost of Poverty in Ontario
To help shape government’s strategy, the Ontario Association of Food Banks has collaborated with a group of eminent thinkers to produce the first ever estimates of the costs of poverty to all Ontarians. The focus on these costs leads naturally [...]
Niagara’s Green Procurement Policy
Niagara's green procurement plan. Author: Kithio Mwanzia, Policy Coordinator, St. Catharines - Thorold Chamber of Commerce. Published By: St. Catharines - Thorold Chamber of Commerce Publication Date: October, 2008 Contact: Kithio Mwanzia, policy@gncc.ca View Niagara's Green Procurement Policy
Ontario Trillium Foundation Knowledge Sharing Centre
The Ontario Trillium Foundation Knowledge Sharing Centre was established in 2008 to support a knowledge-sharing culture within the Foundation and throughout Ontario's not-for-profit sector. Published By: The Ontario Trillium Foundation, otf@otf.ca Publication Date: June 2008 View Ontario Trillium Foundation Knowledge Sharing [...]
Ecotherapy: The Green Agenda for Mental Health Executive Summary
Ecotherapy is emerging as a clinically valid treatment option for mental distress, and a core component of an adequate public health strategy for mental health. The new research presented in this report shows green exercise has particular benefits for people [...]
A Legacy of Poverty: Addressing Cycles of Poverty and the Impact on Child Health in Niagara Region
Report prepared for the Region of Niagara, Department of Community and Social Services. This report includes startling information about poverty in Niagara, as well as recommendations for action to address the issue. Authors: Susan Arai, Department of Community Health Sciences, [...]
Homeless Employment Access: Niagara Region 2006
This report on a study of homeless access to employment in Niagara is comprised of four parts: a literature review, a population survey, a social service agency interview, and a business interview. Author: Michael Lethby Published By: Start Me Up [...]
Niagara Agricultural Action Plan
This action plan for agricultural viability identifies steps that can be taken to ensure that agriculture in the Region will thrive into the 21st century. Care has been taken in presenting the initiatives to prioritize those that have the most [...]
Building Capacity, Granting for Impact
Capacity building has received growing attention over the past 20 years, concomitant with the profound shift in the voluntary and community sectors' level of responsibility for accountability, public expectations and available resources.2/3 As a result, not-for-profit organizations are finding it [...]
Niagara Children’s Charter of Rights
Niagara is one of the first regions in Canada to institute a Charter of Rights for children and teens. The Niagara Children's Charter of Rights is unique in thatthe children of Niagara directly contributed to its development. It is based on the UN Convention on the [...]
Active Ageing: A Policy Framework
This policy framework is intended to inform discussion and the formulation of action plans that promote healthy and active ageing. Published By: The World Health Organization's Ageing and Life Course Programme Publication Date: June, 2002 Contact: World Health Organization, www.who.int/en/ View [...]
