COVID 19: State of the Ontario Nonprofit Sector One Year Later
In May 2021, the Ontario Nonprofit Network (ONN) conducted a sector-wide survey with l’Assemblée de la Francophonie de l’Ontario (l’AFO) to [...]
Niagara Region Community Safety and Well Being Plan
As of Jan. 1, 2019, the Ontario Police Services Act requires municipalities in the province to develop and adopt community [...]
Niagara Region Homelessness Services Community Newsletter
This Community Newsletter is provided by Niagara Region Homelessness Services. It includes updates on what has been happening in Niagara’s [...]
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 [...]
Towards a Greater Golden Horseshoe Transportation Plan – Discussion Paper to Improve the Transportation Vision for Ontario’s Greater Golden Horseshoe region
The Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH) is a large urban region centred around Toronto, encompassing Waterloo, Brant and Haldimand in the [...]
Parks and Recreation as an Essential Service: Using a health equity lens to strengthen provision in Niagara
COVID-19 and its restrictions on parks and recreation delivery have highlighted the importance of the sector to our citizens. The [...]
Return to the Workplace: A Psychological Toolkit for Heading Back to Work
This CMHA Ontario toolkit provides guidance on how to support the mental health of individuals as they plan safe transitions [...]
Urban Agriculture Strategy being created by City of Mississauga Parks, Forestry and Environment Division
The City of Mississauga is building an urban agriculture strategy to help identify the City’s role in supporting Corporate and [...]
Road Safety Attitudes and Behaviours in Ontario
The Ontario Ministry of Transportation released Road Safety Attitude and Behaviour research in April 2021. Survey responses were gathered from [...]
Access to the Internet in Canada, 2020
Early findings from the 2020 Internet Use Survey, released by Statistics Canada, show that while the majority of Canadians have [...]
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 [...]
Gendered Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Proportion of Canadian Youth Neither in Employment Nor Education at Start of 2020/21 School Year
A new study released May 25, 2021 shows that, at the start of the 2020/2021 school year, when faced with unprecedented youth [...]
Canadian Postsecondary Education Alcohol and Drug Use Survey, 2019/2020
In Canada, substance use generally peaks during young adulthood. Young adults attending a postsecondary institution have a range of new [...]
The Consumer Price Index and COVID-19: A One-Year Retrospective
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in economic disruptions that continue to affect financial and labour markets across the globe. At the [...]
What’s Art Got To Do With It? The Role of Arts and Culture in a Community’s Survival During a Global Pandemic
This is Policy Brief #50 in the Brock University Niagara Community Observatory series. Dr. Kari-Lynn Winters, associate professor at Brock's [...]
OPENN Substance Use Prevention Strategy
The Overdose Prevention and Education Network of Niagara (OPENN) formed in 2016 to respond to overdoses in Niagara, including the [...]
Unflood Ontario
Unflood Ontario seeks to bring public attention to the growing flooding concerns. Water has to go somewhere. Urbanization while necessary, [...]
Stop The Spread and Stay Safe: COVID-19 Screening Program for Non-Profit Organizations
Frontline organizations in Ontario will soon have access to free, rapid, self-administered COVID-19 screening tests through a new program called Stop [...]
Trauma-Informed Interventions through an Indigenous Worldview presented by Brianna Olson
This resource is a recording of a webinar that included almost 1500 participants. It was presented by Brianna Olson and [...]
Human Resources Impact of COVID-19 on Canadian Charities and Nonprofits
This report is based on a survey completed by 1,361 Canadian charities and non-profit organizations in February, 2021. It covers [...]