Canada in a Changing Climate: Advancing Our Knowledge for Action
This report is the national assessment of how and why Canada’s climate is changing; the impacts of these changes on [...]
Living in Niagara-2020 report
The Living in Niagara report provides a snapshot of the quality of life in the Niagara-wide community. The report combines [...]
Unflood Ontario
Unflood Ontario seeks to bring public attention to the growing flooding concerns. Water has to go somewhere. Urbanization while necessary, [...]
Eating in Ontario: What Do We Know? Vegetable and fruit consumption, food insecurity, self-rated health, and physical activity based on CCHS 2017 with implications related to COVID-19
This report provides a cross-sectional, descriptive analysis of vegetable and fruit consumption, food insecurity, self-rated health, and physical activity. It [...]
2019 MBNCanada Performance Measurement Report
Municipal Benchmarking Network Canada (MBNCanada) is a collaborative of Canadian municipalities whose mission is to enhance municipal service delivery by [...]
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 [...]