Food Waste in Canadian Homes in 2020
Food waste in the home is a big issue in Canada. According to the National Zero Waste Council, home food [...]
Mood Walks: The Role of Parks and Recreation in Mental Health Promotion
This is policy brief #45 from the Niagara Community Observatory at Brock University. Dr. Kyle Rich and Dr. Martha Barnes [...]
Density Done Right – A Thoughtful Approach to Greater Urban Density in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Area
The Greater Golden Horseshoe faces a dilemma: how to accommodate millions of new residents in the next 20 years without [...]
Canadian Statistical Geospatial Explorer Hub
The Canadian Statistical Geospatial Explorer empowers users to discover Statistics Canada’s geo-enabled data down to the smallest level of detail [...]
Perspectives on Climate Change – A Report on the 2019 Benchmarking Survey of Canadian Professional Planners
In 2019, the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) undertook a survey of planners in partnership with Natural Resources Canada (NRCan). [...]
2018 MBNCanada Performance Measurement Report
MBNCanada is a collaborative of Canadian municipalities whose mission is to enhance municipal service delivery by leading the development and [...]
Niagara Region Strategic Plan 2019-2022
The purpose of a strategic plan is to guide the work of the organization over a four year period, to [...]
The Ontario Food Terminal: A Priceless Hub in Ontario’s Food Value Chain
This report provides an overview of the Ontario Food Terminal, its role in providing Ontario-grown and other fresh produce and [...]
Toolkit: Serving Up Local for Long-Term Care Mealtime Engagement
This toolkit is a summary of resources tested during the Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance project, 'Serving Up Local' [...]
Made in Canada: Growing Canada’s Value-Added Food Sector
The untapped potential of Canada's value-added food sector presents an opportunity to increase international and interprovincial trade, inspire innovation, and [...]
Towards Canada’s 2030 Agenda National Strategy
In September 2015, Canada and all United Nations Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (the 2030 Agenda), [...]
Food Policy for Canada: Everyone at the Table
Food affects the daily lives of all those living in Canada. It provides the energy and nutrients needed to live [...]
Promoting Pollinators: Niagara Bees and How to Help Them (Policy Brief #39)
The Niagara Community Observatory (NCO) has partnered with Miriam Richards, a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Brock [...]
Niagara’s Agribusiness Sector: Towards a More Resilient Innovation Cluster (Policy Brief #40)
The purpose of this policy brief is to provide a portrait of recent trends in the agribusiness sector in Niagara [...]
Climate Change Toolkit for Health Professionals
This toolkit consists of eight modules which have been prepared as stand-alone documents that can be read by themselves, but [...]
Niagara Community Foundation: 2018 Annual Report
Niagara Community Foundation: 2018 Annual Report "Helping good people build smart and caring communities" The Foundation has been a partner [...]
Canada’s Changing Climate Report
This report is about how and why Canada’s climate has changed and what changes are projected for the future. Led [...]
Poll Analysis: Health of the Great Lakes Affects Public Health, Regional Economy
Since the IJC’s Great Lakes Water Quality Board published its 2015and 2018 binational poll reports, further analysis has uncovered additional findings. Because the [...]
A Framework for Recreation in Canada 2015: Pathways to Wellbeing
Recreation provides multiple pathways to wellbeing for individuals, communities, and for our built and natural environments. This paper and the [...]
Ohni:kara An Aspiring Global Geopark (Policy Brief #37)
While the concept of geoparks date back to the 1990s, specifically with their establishment in Europe and China, it wasn’t [...]