Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women: A National Operational Overview
In late 2013, the Commissioner of the RCMP initiated anRCMP-led study of reported incidents of missing and murdered Aboriginal women across all police jurisdictions in Canada. This report summarizes that effort and will guide Canadian Police operational decision-making on a [...]
YMCA Healthy Kids Research Report
To gain a better understanding of the challenges parents may face in raising young children, the YMCA of Greater Toronto and the YMCA of Hamilton, Burlington, Brantford teamed up to research the needs of parents raising children 0-5 years old [...]
Inquisitive Minds Radio Show: Assessing the Age-Friendliness of St. Catharines’ Downtown-Core
How accessible is downtown St. Catharines for seniors? Guest: Elisa Brown, third year Brock Medical Sciences student, part of a research group studying accessibility issues facing residents at a downtown St. Catharines seniors residence. You can read more about this [...]
YOUTHOUGHT RIGHT: Making ES Work for Youth
YOUTHOUGHT RIGHT: Making ES Work for Youth, is a project led by Peel-Halton-Dufferin Adult Learning Network (PHDALN) in partnership with The Centre for Skills Development & Training (The Centre). The project is funded by the Ontario Government’s Ministry of Training, [...]
Niagara Votes: Ontario Election 2014
A reference document summarizing voter turnout in Niagara riding for Ontario elections dating back to 1999. Includes a discussion of declining voter turnout trends. Published by: Brock University Publication Date: May, 2014 View Niagara Votes: Ontario Election 2014
Niagara’s Interactive Digital Media (IDM) Industry
A review of the state of the interactive digital media industry in the Niagara Region and a discussion of next steps for growth. Authors: Dr. Jeff Boggs and Stephanie Murray Published By: Niagara Community Observatory Publication Date: May, 2014 View Niagara's Interactive [...]
Together to Live: A toolkit for addressing youth suicide in your community
Together to Live is an online toolkit for addressing youth suicide in your community. Together to Live is a growing collection of tools, stories and evidence that support a whole-community approach to suicide prevention, risk management and postvention. Published By: [...]
Framework for Healthy Public Policies Favouring Mental Health (HPP-FMH)
This briefing note proposes a framework for healthy public policies favouring Mental Health (HPP-FMH). The paper defines what is meant by the expression “healthy public policies favouring mental health,” presents the determinants of mental health to illustrate the areas where [...]
Fact Sheet: A Growing Need to Promote Seniors’ Mental Health
Seniors’ mental health affects us all. Especially when you consider that more seniors are living longer, there is a high prevalence rate of mental illness and cognitive disorders among the elderly, and despite a growing need for an appropriate range [...]
Tools for Health Care Providers: Late Life Suicide Prevention Toolkit
According to the WHO, older adults have among the highest rates of suicide worldwide. The majority of older adults who die by suicide have seen a front-line health care provider in the prior month. The CCSMH Late Life Suicide Prevention [...]
Vote Compass
Vote Compass is an educational tool developed by political scientists. Answer a short series of questions to discover how you fit in the Ontario political landscape. Published By: CBC News Canada Publication Date: May, 2014 View Vote Compass
Toolkit for Becoming an Age-Friendly Niagara
Whether you are a Niagara business owner, an employee serving customers, an organization leader or service provider, this ten-page took kit will help to strengthen your work by planning through an Age-Friendly Lens Published By: Niagara Age-Friendly Community Network Publication Date: May, [...]
How are Ontarians Really Doing?
This report, the first produced provincially, draws on data collected for the Canadian Index of Wellbeing's (CIW) national report in 2012. In keeping with the CIW’s mission, the report focuses on three principal objectives. First, based on rigorous research, it [...]
Medical and Hospital Service Use for Mental Health and Substance Use/Addiction Challenges-Event Recording
This is a recording of the April 9th, 2014 webinar with presenters Kathryn Graham, Samantha Wells, Sharon Bernards & George Kurzawa. Kathryn, Samantha and Sharon describe findings from a research project which explored hospital admissions and primary care, psychiatrist and ER [...]
Emerging Stronger 2014: A Transformative Agenda for Ontario’s Economic Future
Emerging Stronger is the product of a year’s worth of consultation conducted by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, the Mowat Centre, and Leger Marketing. Its contents and recommendations reflect what we have heard from Ontario’s business and civic leaders, including [...]
Community Data Program
The Community Data Program (CDP) was established by the Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD) as a gateway for municipalities and community sector organizations to access customized tables from Statistics Canada and other providers to monitor and report on social [...]
How to Create a Twitter Content Strategy
This short video aims to help small to medium sized businesses drive relevant interactions with customers through their tweets; however the lessons and strategy can be extrapolated and applied to any organization wanting to strengthen their relationship and rhythm of [...]
Measuring What Matters: How the Canadian Index of Wellbeing can Improve Quality of Life in Ontario
The paper outlines the ways the index's framework can be applied at the provincial, regional and local level to improve health and wellbeing. It also offers details about how the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) is already being put into action by [...]
Older Adults and Technology Use
In this report, the Pew Reearch Centre takes advantage of a particularly large survey to conduct a unique exploration not only of technology use between Americans ages 65 or older and the rest of the population, but within the senior [...]
211 Central South: Year End Report 2013 Niagara
This one-page infographic provides a summary of the 2013 service data from 211 Central South. Published By: 211 Niagara, (905) 682-6611 Publication Date: March, 2014 View 211 Central South: Year End Report 2013 Niagara
