1. Resources & Publications

    Niagara’s Transportation & Logistics Sector: Becoming a Global Economic Lynchpin

    Posted on: July 8, 2020
    The transportation and logistics (T&L) sector is a strategic economic sector in Niagara given the region’s role as one of the key arteries in Canada’s interprovincial and international trade flows. As the North American and global economy undergoes earthshaking transformations across several fronts, the fundamental question that Niagara must address...
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    Streets for Pandemic Response and Recovery

    Posted on: June 5, 2020
    This document aggregates and synthesizes emerging practices in transportation and street design in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights cities’ current efforts to re-organize streets to best manage the crisis and support economic recovery. Emerging practices are organized into stand-alone implementation sheets. The authors note that the document will...
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    2018 MBNCanada Performance Measurement Report

    Posted on: February 12, 2020
    MBNCanada is a collaborative of Canadian municipalities whose mission is to enhance municipal service delivery by leading the development and application of municipal performance measurement and benchmarking. MBNCanada collects data from across 36 municipal service areas that informs evidence-based decision making and ensures that member municipalities are providing effective and...
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    The Basics of Micromobility and Related Motorized Devices for Personal Transport

    Posted on: January 22, 2020
    With a surge of new personal transportation devices coming to market, some integrated into shared ride systems (such as bikeshare programs), there is a need to establish a common vocabulary for these options, and provide basic information about how these devices are classified and regulated. This info brief provides an...
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  5. Resources & Publications

    Analyzing 211 Rural Unmet Service Needs

    Posted on: April 10, 2019
    As a free telephone helpline and online search service that connects inquirers to community, health, social and government services, 211 Ontario records a variety of detailed caller demographics and needs information that could be of use for policy-makers in the provincial and municipal sector. This report summarizes data collection methodology,...
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    Recent Canadian Immigrant Seniors: A Literature Review of Settlement Experiences and Services

    Posted on: October 31, 2018
    This literature review provides an overview of the Canadian academic and grey literature outlining the experiences and challenges faced by recent immigrant seniors during their first five years of settlement. Three questions guided this literature review: What settlement experiences and challenges facing recent immigrant seniors are outlined in the Canadian...
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    Identifying Built Barriers: Where Do Our Most Vulnerable Older Adults Live in Ontario’s Mid-Sized Cities?

    Posted on: June 6, 2018
    Rapid population aging and mass migration to cities are the greatest demographic shifts of our time.  Overwhelmingly, older adults in this country have expressed a desire to age-in-place, but this begs the question: how well do the places we live support the health and wellbeing of older adults? To begin...
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    The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) Report on Health and Aging in Canada: Findings from Baseline Data Collection 2010-2015

    Posted on: May 23, 2018
    The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) is Canada’s largest and most comprehensive study on the health and well-being of the country’s aging population. The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) Report on Health and Aging in Canada tells us that: 95% of older Canadians rate their own mental health as excellent, very...
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  9. Resources & Publications

    Age-Friendly Niagara Network: Implementing the Niagara Aging Strategy & Action Plan (NASAP) Focused Action Priorities (2018-2019)

    Posted on: May 16, 2018
    This two-page roadmap describes the governance structure of the Age-Friendly Niagara Network, as well as the 2018-2019 focused action priorities across three Action Groups: Community Engagement and Communications Recreation, Learning and Leisure Improved Services, Systems and Infrastructure Published By: Age-Friendly Niagara Network Publication Date: May 2018
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  10. Resources & Publications

    Pot + Driving

    Posted on: April 13, 2018
    Young Canadians have one of the highest rates of cannabis consumption in the world and many misperceive the risks associated with cannabis-impaired driving.  CPHA developed the Pot and Driving campaign, informed by youth focus groups and key informants, to facilitate conversations and raise awareness among young drivers and passengers on...
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