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 [...]
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07, 2021
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06, 2020
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 [...]
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04, 2019
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 [...]
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03, 2019
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 [...]
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03, 2019
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 [...]
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04, 2018
Cannabis Legalization: Government Choices Interact with Business Realities to Help or Hinder Policy Goals (Policy Brief #33)
"The Niagara Community Observatory (NCO) has partnered with Michael J. Armstrong, an associate professor in the Goodman School of Business [...]
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09, 2017
2015 Performance Measurement Report
This report marks the tenth year of reporting results to the public, and the first year reporting nationally as opposed [...]
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07, 2017
Canada Day… By The Numbers
This 'By the numbers' article presents interesting facts compiled to portray Canada's ethnocultural diversity, our national identity, land and natural [...]
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03, 2017
Strengthening Our Food Assets to Boost Niagara’s Vitality: Call to Action to Build a Food Systems Network for Niagara
In 2015-2016, Niagara Connects worked with Healthy Living Niagara to engage people in examining the role Niagara’s food systems assets [...]
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12, 2013
Niagara Economic Development: Determining industry Needs Survey
This report describes the background, methodology and findings of research intended to lead to the development of an all-inclusive strategy [...]
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12, 2013
How’s Life? 2013 Measuring Well-Being
This report provides a bi-annual assessment of people's well-being in OECD countries and in selected emerging economies. The 2013 edition [...]
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09, 2013
Households and the Environment: Energy Use
Households can have a significant impact on the environment. The Households and the Environment Survey (HES) aims to measure the behaviours of [...]
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07, 2013
Maps in Niagara
Niagara Region offers many Niagara maps, including interactive maps, printable maps, boundaries by population, regional roads maps and bicycling maps. [...]
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07, 2013
Niagara Escarpment Plan Maps
This site offers more than 66 downloadable maps outlining Niagara Escarpment Plan and Development Control maps to inform decision making [...]
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07, 2013
The Ontario Greenhouse Alliance
The majority of Ontario’s greenhouse floriculture businesses are located in Niagara. According to Niagara Region agriculture industry statistics, Niagara is home [...]
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07, 2013
Corporate Climate Change Action Plan
Niagara Region’s climate change work program looks at both mitigation and adaptation, within the Niagara Region corporation and in the [...]
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07, 2013
Ontario Tender Fruit
This website provides information for consumers (e.g. recipes, storage and handling, events etc.), growers (e.g. pricing, publications and contacts etc.), [...]
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07, 2013
Walk St. Catharines
When people walk, they improve their health, feel more connected to their community and help drive the local economy. Walk St. [...]
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06, 2013
Niagara Region Council Business Plan
The Council Business Plan sets priorities and determines what actions need to be taken to meet key goals for the [...]
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07, 2012
Living in Niagara 2011: 12 Sectors, 13 Overall Opportunities Suggested for Action, and 65 Suggested Action Steps
The following are overall action areas identified in the Living in Niagara – 2011 report, and suggested in interviews with [...]
