Better Business Outcomes Through A More Secure Workforce (Event Recording)
This is an event recording of the May 15th, 2019 webinar "Better Business Outcomes Through a More Secure Workforce" with Damin Starr of Damin Starr Commercial Enterprises located in the Town of Lincoln as one of the webinar presenters. This [...]
Statistics Canada ‘The Daily’ – Temporary employment in Canada
The Daily - Temporary employment in Canada "Number of temp workers jumped by 50% in last 20 years, StatsCan says" A temporary job has a predetermined end date, or will end as soon as a specified project is completed. Although [...]
Niagara Economic Development 5 Year Strategy: 2019-2024
Niagara Economic Development (NED) has developed a five-year strategic action plan in partnership and collaboration with Brock University, Niagara College, local businesses, industry associations, chambers of commerce and community stakeholders. Over the past year, Niagara Economic Development has been consulting [...]
Local Labour Market Planning Report (2018-19)
Local Labour Market Planning Report (2018-19) Niagara Workforce Planning Board (NWPB) serves the Niagara region as a leader in local labour market planning, delivering authoritative research, identifying employment trends, targeting workforce opportunities, and bringing people together to create solutions to [...]
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 with Niagara Connects since inception. We are happy to share that 2018 was a transformational year for the Foundation. Here [...]
Niagara Housing Statement
Niagara Housing Statement Niagara Region: Data Analysis The Niagara Housing Statement paints an accurate picture of the housing landscape in the region, projecting the need for future stock and informing strategies that improve access to adequate, suitable and affordable housing. [...]
Public Health Ontario Evidence Brief: Homelessness and Health Outcomes
Public Health Ontario Evidence Brief Homelessness and Health Outcomes: What are the associations? The purpose of this evidence brief is to provide an overview of the associations between homelessness and health from review-level evidence. The broad approach is to identify [...]
Bridging Barriers to Newcomer Mental Health in Niagara: Webinar (Event Recording)
This is an event recording of the April 24, 2019 webinar with presenters Ali Ahmed and Jillien Hone from the Niagara Folk Arts Multicultural Centre. This event was hosted by Niagara Connects in partnership with Niagara Folk Arts Multicultural Centre. [...]
Analyzing 211 Rural Unmet Service Needs
As a free telephone helpline and online search service that connects inquirers to community, health, social and government services, 211 Ontario records a variety of detailed caller demographics and needs information that could be of use for policy-makers in the [...]
Debt and Assets Among Senior Canadian Families
Using data from the Survey of Financial Security (SFS), this article looks at changes in debt, assets and net worth among senior Canadian families over the period from 1999 to 2016. It also examines changes in the debt-to-income ratio and [...]
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 by Environment and Climate Change Canada, it is the first report to be released as part of Canada in a Changing [...]
Under The Knife and Under the Gun: An Overview of Regional Government In Niagara (Policy Brief #38)
Prof. David Siegel, an expert on local government in Ontario, weighs in on the discussion surrounding regional government in Niagara. With the Ontario government having appointed two special advisors to review how effectively and efficiently regional governments across the province [...]
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 2018 survey repeated all questions from the 2015 survey, the combined samples represent 8,200 respondents to nearly 90 questions. This [...]
Core Housing Need in Niagara
This document provides background information about core housing need for A Home for All, Niagara’s 10-year Housing and Homelessness Action Plan. Published By: Niagara Regional Housing Publication Date: 2019 View Core Housing Need in Niagara
Canadian Income Survey, 2017
This brief includes 2017 specific to the key areas: A strong labour market and an increase in child benefits drive growth in the income of working-age families Incomes of senior families have risen steadily since 2012 Poverty rates decline in 2017 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 Framework for Recreation in Canada 2015 which it describes allows for a timely re-visioning of recreation’s capacity for achieving wellbeing. [...]
Spotlight on Ontario’s Caregivers
"In Canada, family caregivers provide roughly three-quarters of all patient care. A 2009 estimate put their contributions to the healthcare system at $25 billion per year1. However, if we consider that caregivers provide an average of 11-30 hours of care [...]
Canadian Open Data Summit 2018: Open Action Plan – What’s Next for Open Data in Canada
This resource package includes presentation files and additional resources for the closing panel at the Canadian Open Data Summit (CODS18) on November 8, 2018 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Sharing of this package is made possible by ODX in partnership with Niagara Connects. This closing [...]
Canadian Open Data Summit 2018: Expert Panel: Surprising Allies – The Open Secret of Big Business & Open Data
This resource package includes presentation files and additional resources for the Expert Panel on Surprising Allies at the Canadian Open Data Summit (CODS18) on November 8, 2018 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Sharing of this package is made possible by ODX in partnership with Niagara [...]
Canadian Open Data Summit 2018: Data Commons in Montreal’s Smart City – Beyond Open Data
This resource package includes presentation files and additional resources for Patrick Lozeau's keynote presentation at the Canadian Open Data Summit (CODS18) on November 8, 2018 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Sharing of this package is made possible by ODX in partnership with Niagara Connects. The [...]
