Calculating the Living Wage in Niagara Region 2018
In Canada, a living wage is currently a voluntary commitment that can be made by public, private and not-for-profit sector [...]
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11, 2018
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11, 2018
Calculating the Cost of Living in Niagara Region 2018
Calculating the cost of living in the Niagara region requires a thoughtful process that determines and calculates expenditures necessary to [...]
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10, 2018
Recent Canadian Immigrant Seniors: A Literature Review of Settlement Experiences and Services
This literature review provides an overview of the Canadian academic and grey literature outlining the experiences and challenges faced by [...]
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10, 2018
Families in Canada Interactive Timeline
Data shows that families and family life in Canada have become increasingly diverse and complex across generations - a reality [...]
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10, 2018
The Brock University Effect: How Thousands of Students and Millions of Dollars Energize the Economy of Niagara Communities (Policy Brief #36)
With more than 19,000 registered students, 4,800 faculty and staff, and an annual operating budget of $320 million, exactly how [...]
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10, 2018
Shifting Gears: Examining the Recent Upswing of Niagara’s Manufacturing Sector (Policy Brief #35)
This brief will pick up where Filling the Void left off and provide a deeper understanding of the manufacturing sector [...]
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09, 2018
Creating Parks and Public Spaces for People of All Ages: A Step-by-Step Guide
Public parks are important places for building a sense of community and social belonging. They are spaces that belong to [...]
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09, 2018
Achieving “A Community for all Ages” Across Niagara: Be Informed, Celebrate Niagara’s Success, Become a Champion
All of us have a stake in ensuring our community is responsive to the needs of everyone as we age. [...]
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09, 2018
Achieving “A Community for all Ages” Across Niagara: Two-Page Candidate Brief from the Age-Friendly Niagara Network
All of us have a stake in ensuring our community is responsive to the needs of everyone as we age. [...]
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07, 2018
Filling the Void: Economic Development in Post-Industrial Niagara (Policy Brief #34)
The general trend of economic downturn and major social challenges for many once prosperous cities and regions over the past [...]
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06, 2018
Serving Up Local: Manual for Increasing Local Foods in Long-Term Care
This manual is a collection of good practices resulting from the experience of nine long-term care (LTC) homes in three [...]
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05, 2018
Creating an Age-Friendly Business Guide (City of Thorold)
An age-friendly business provides goods, services and/or spaces creating an age-friendly environment more welcoming to our aging population and the [...]
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05, 2018
Race to the Top: Developing an Inclusive Growth Agenda for Canada
This report seeks to provide guidance to policymakers looking to put Canada on a path towards more inclusive growth. It [...]
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04, 2018
Cannabis Legalization: Government Choices Interact with Business Realities to Help or Hinder Policy Goals (Policy Brief #33)
"The Niagara Community Observatory (NCO) has partnered with Michael J. Armstrong, an associate professor in the Goodman School of Business [...]
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03, 2018
Improving Prosperity for Niagara’s Women Business Owners (Final Report)
Small business has been proposed as the way forward for our region to address Niagara's high unemployment rate as [...]
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03, 2018
Living in Niagara-2017 Report: 62 Suggested Action Steps Across 12 Sectors
The Living in Niagara report is a triennial measure of quality of life in Niagara, across 12 Sectors that align [...]
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02, 2018
More Than Money: Leveraging the Benefits of Sport Hosting in Niagara (NCO Policy Brief #30)
In the winter of 2017, sport management Master’s student Chris Charlebois surveyed 251 people attending the Scotties Tournament of Hearts [...]
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11, 2017
Niagara Region Agri-Food Strategy
Agri-food is an inclusive term that refers to all forms of commercial agricultural activity and all stages of food and [...]
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10, 2017
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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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 [...]
