Vital Signs: Belonging – Exploring Connection to Community
The 2017 national Vital Signs report is the third in a multi-year series focused on belonging, which has become an area of [...]
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10, 2017
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09, 2017
Digital Talent | Road to 2020 and Beyond: A National Strategy to Develop Canada’s Talent in a Global Digital Economy
Digital Talent: Road to 2020 and Beyond is Canada’s first national digital talent strategy. It highlights the opportunities and challenges [...]
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09, 2017
Low Income Among Persons with a Disability in Canada
Some groups face higher risk of low income than others: recent immigrants, Aboriginal people, lone parents, unattached people aged 45 [...]
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09, 2017
Household Income in Canada: Key Results from the 2016 Census
The median total income of Canadian households rose from $63,457 in 2005 to $70,336 in 2015, a 10.8% increase. This one-page report provides an at-a-glance summary [...]
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09, 2017
Labour Force Participation of Seniors, 1946-2016
Like many other industrialized countries, the age structure of the Canadian population has changed dramatically in the last century. The [...]
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07, 2017
2016 Unmet Needs in Niagara: 211 Central South Report
As a general practice, 211 Information and Referral Specialists document situations where no referrals were available to meet an inquirer’s [...]
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07, 2017
Getting Ready for a New Generation of Active Seniors: Report of the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance
This report makes four recommendations to respond to Canada’s demographic shift – all seemingly simple and all a familiar tune [...]
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07, 2017
2017 Cost of Living and Living Wage Calculations for Niagara Region and a New Opportunity for Niagara Employers to Become Living Wage Certified
The Niagara Poverty Reduction Network (NPRN) has recently released the 2017 Cost of Living in Niagara Region and 2017 Living [...]
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07, 2017
Local Labour Market Planning Report 2016
This report is an annual summary of the developments, challenges, and strengths of the local labour market. Published By: Niagara Workforce [...]
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07, 2017
Calculating the Living Wage for Niagara Region 2017
A living wage reflects what earners in a family need to be paid based on the actual costs of living [...]
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06, 2017
Getting Hard Data in Niagara on the Hard Truth of Employment Uncertainty
"Everybody knows" that work is increasingly unpredictable and low-paying for many members of our community. However, a certain percentage of [...]
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06, 2017
The Precarity Penalty: The Impact of Employment Precarity on Individuals, Households and Communities
This report is a follow-up report to It’s More than Poverty. Based on 4,193 surveys collected during 2014, 28 interviews [...]
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06, 2017
Poverty and Employment Precarity in Niagara (PEPiN)
The Poverty and Employment Precarity in Niagara (PEPiN) project is a collaborative initiative of United Way Niagara Falls and Greater [...]
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05, 2017
Ontario Economic Report 2017
The Ontario Economic Report (OER) is an annual policy document aimed at spurring growth and prosperity in Ontario. The report details policy [...]
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03, 2017
World Happiness Report 2017
The World Happiness Report is a landmark survey of the state of global happiness. The World Happiness Report 2017, which ranks 155 [...]
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03, 2017
City of Welland: Annual Report 2016
This report highlights the City of Welland's 2016 accomplishments and projects, and offers a financial snapshot of property tax dollars [...]
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02, 2017
Is There a Skills Gap? Understanding What Niagara Employers are Looking for in Recent Graduates (Policy Brief 27)
Dr. Kate Cassidy of Youth University interviewed 44 Niagara employers to find out what they were looking for when hiring [...]
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01, 2017
Growing Niagara: A Closer Look at Niagara’s Aging Population (Policy Brief #26)
An aging population has become of great policy concern as more people leave the workforce due to retirement than those [...]
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01, 2017
Working Without a Net: Rethinking Canada’s Social Policy in the New Age of Work
This report explores the implications of new technologies on Canada’s economy and labour market and the adequacy of current social [...]
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01, 2017
It Starts Here: YMCA Annual Report To The Community 2015-2016
This annual report includes a summary of the key statistics, financial highlights, donors and community stories from 2015-2016 Published By: YMCA [...]
