Canada Day… By The Numbers
This 'By the numbers' article presents interesting facts compiled to portray Canada's ethnocultural diversity, our national identity, land and natural [...]
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07, 2017
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06, 2017
Impressions of the Impact of the Arts on Quality of Life and Well-Being in Ontario: Ontario Arts Council Survey Findings
This report, based on a random survey of 1,004 individuals, shows that Ontario residents recognize the important contribution of the [...]
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06, 2017
Turning a Corner: Laying the Groundwork for Charity Regulatory Reform in Canada
Canada’s charitable sector is at a crossroads. Heavy demand for services is already straining capacity. If, as seems likely, charities [...]
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04, 2017
Charting a Path Forward: Strengthening and Enabling the Charitable Sector in Canada
Charitable and nonprofit sector modernization has been the subject of much recent debate and discussion in Canada. The federal government [...]
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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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03, 2017
Strengthening Our Food Assets to Boost Niagara’s Vitality: Call to Action to Build a Food Systems Network for Niagara
In 2015-2016, Niagara Connects worked with Healthy Living Niagara to engage people in examining the role Niagara’s food systems assets [...]
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12, 2016
The 2016 Canadian Index of Wellbeing National Report: How are Canadians Really Doing?
For more than 10 years, the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW), based at the University of Waterloo, has provided comprehensive [...]
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12, 2016
OTF Regional Reports Based on 2016 Canadian Index of Wellbeing: Ontario’s GDP Recovered Since Recession, and Wellbeing has Room for Improvement
"A Profile of Wellbeing" notes that living standards, economic, food and housing insecurity and precarity of work are major issues [...]
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11, 2016
Without A Home: The National Youth Homelessness Survey
This report outlines the need for a prevention-focused approach that prioritizes systems integration and Housing First for Youth (HF4Y). Our current [...]
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11, 2016
Strengthening Age-Friendly Communities and Seniors’ Services for 21st Century Ontario
The municipal sector in Ontario is increasingly at the forefront of developing age-friendly communities and providing vital services to seniors. [...]
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08, 2016
Coming of Age: Reimagining the Response to Youth Homelessness in Canada
The goal of the report, ‘Coming of Age: Reimagining the Response to Youth Homelessness in Canada’ is to present an [...]
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07, 2016
Niagara’s First Employment Inventory: Getting to Know our Economy
Thanks to the national Census conducted every five years, we learn about our community in a way that allows constructive [...]
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07, 2016
Building the Workforce of Tomorrow: A Shared Responsibility
In 2015, The Premier’s Highly Skilled Workforce Expert Panel was appointed to develop a strategy to help the province's current [...]
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06, 2016
Are Canadian Kids Too Tired to Move? The 2016 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children & Youth
The ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth is the most comprehensive assessment of child and youth physical activity in [...]
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06, 2016
Niagara Open Data
The Niagara community is providing this catalogue to put data in the hands of the people. This website provides open access [...]
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06, 2016
NiagaraOpenData.ca – a new tool for sharing Open Data Sets
Sparks of innovation occur when data is openly shared and put into the hands of people. The Niagara Open Data [...]
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02, 2016
Emerging Stronger 2016
Emerging Stronger is a five-year agenda aimed at spurring growth and prosperity in Ontario. It is the product of extensive [...]
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01, 2016
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 [...]
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11, 2015
Moving Niagara Towards a Knowledge Economy: Policy Brief #23
With the decline of the manufacturing sector, this 12-page policy brief outlines Niagara's need to develop a "knowledge economy" building [...]
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10, 2015
Federal Election Turnout in Niagara: 2004-2011
This infographic displays voter turnout in Niagara ridings for the four federal elections conducted in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2011. It [...]
