Niagara Employment Network
Niagara Employment Network is a project of Literacy Link Niagara that brings together staff from Niagara's employment, literacy, education and [...]
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11, 2013
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11, 2013
Building Economic Strength by Eliminating Poverty
In his presentation to the Niagara Community Foundation at their annual Business Leaders' Breakfast on November 21st, 2013, Senator Hugh [...]
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11, 2013
Green Economy at Community Scale
This report explores the concept of the green economy as a potential solution to multiple challenges including climate change, biodiversity [...]
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11, 2013
The Wealth Paradox: How Income Inequality Hurts Every Canadian’s Chance of Building a Better Life
Canada is at a crossroads. A gap has grown between the middle class and the wealthy. Now, that divide is [...]
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11, 2013
Destination Apprenticeship
The thought of bringing on an apprentice can be very daunting. However, there are many resources available to businesses in [...]
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11, 2013
Economic Development Strategic Plan and Manufacturing Attraction Strategy: Welland
The City of Welland has consistently created development strategies that aligned with regional and provincial priorities and continues to demonstrate [...]
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11, 2013
Hunger for Growth: Food and Beverage Study 2013
The food and beverage industry is moving in a fresh direction. After surviving a global recession, sector executives are again [...]
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11, 2013
Hunger Count 2013
In March 2013, 833,098 people were helped by food banks in Canada; over a third were children. Years after the [...]
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10, 2013
NEXTNiagara
NEXTNiagara is a panel of the Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce, led by young professionals and community leaders from across [...]
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10, 2013
Backgrounder: Responsible Citizenship- A National Survey of Canadians
This backgrounder presents findings from a national survey of Canadians that covered the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation’s four defining themes, [...]
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10, 2013
What is “Age-Friendly”? How do you fit in?
On November 7, 2013, the Niagara Age-Friendly Community Network hosted a Webinar to share ideas about seeing Niagara through an [...]
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10, 2013
March of the Robots: Policy Brief
Today, robots are used in a wide set of applications and across many industries by businesses of all sizes - [...]
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10, 2013
Ontario Medical Association: Income and Health Series
In November 2012, the OMA was asked to consider the role of screening for poverty in primary care settings and [...]
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09, 2013
Better Health, Better Care, Better Value For All: Refocusing Health Care Reform in Canada
Ten years ago, the federal, provincial, and territorial governments created an agenda for health care reform in the 2003 First [...]
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09, 2013
NHS in Brief: Persons Living in Low-Income Neighbourhoods
This is the third release of data from the National Household Survey (NHS). Roughly 4.5 million households across Canada were [...]
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09, 2013
NHS in Brief: Education and Occupation of High-Income Canadians
This is the third release of data from the National Household Survey (NHS). Roughly 4.5 million households across Canada were [...]
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09, 2013
Income Composition in Canada: National Household Survey 2011
This is the third release of data from the National Household Survey (NHS). Roughly 4.5 million households across Canada were selected [...]
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08, 2013
Niagara Knowledge Exchange = Innovation
The NKE is a breakthrough tool to benefit the people of Niagara! Innovative solutions are new ideas, products, services and/or [...]
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08, 2013
Leadership Niagara
Leadership Niagara is a community-owned initiative supported by Niagara’s most-recognized organizations and businesses, all of which are dedicated to building [...]
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08, 2013
Culture as an Economic Engine
This report makes the case that municipalities that adopt culture as an industry have gained positive economic benefits for their [...]
