Niagara Connects is facilitating the work of Niagara-wide citizens, agencies and Mental Health experts as they work together to build a Mental Health & Addictions Charter for Niagara.  Through the leadership of Healthy Living Niagara, these citizens have expressed a desire to build a more person-centered system that can be navigated as a Niagara-wide continuum, [...]

Niagara Connects (formerly known as the Niagara Research and Planning Council) is currently seeking applications for: Senior Research Associates, Community Research Associates, and Student Research Associates. Niagara Connects is a Niagara-wide network for collaboration, planning, learning, innovation and community action toward a stronger future for Niagara. Our mission is: “Generating knowledge that drives community action” [...]

Here is a video of the Webinar in case you were not able to attend. Recorded on April 17th, 2013. Date: Wednesday April 17th, 2013 Time: 8:00 – 11:30 AM EST Location: Welland Community Wellness Complex 145 Lincoln Street, Welland, ON The Rowing the Boat Together project offers the opportunity for community service agencies Niagara-wide [...]

Catherine Mindorff-Facca, Chair of the Niagara Research and Planning Council, said poverty is not just an individual problem, but a problem for the entire Niagara community, during taping of a Cogeco Taking Niagara By Storm show at Welland’s Rose City Kids Theater on October 24, 2012. Eliminating poverty requires an investment in a municipalty’s strategic [...]

A new report on entitled “Are the Consequences of Poverty Holding Niagara Back?” shows everyone in Niagara is paying for the cost of the consequences of poverty, and the scope of what it’s costing us is jaw dropping. The new policy brief unveiled on September 26, 2012 by the Niagara Community Observatory, in partnership with [...]

Poverty costs Niagara $1.38 billion a year in lost productivity, health-care expenses and social-support programs, according to a poverty brief released by the Niagara Community Observatory at Brock University. The Niagara Research and Planning Council was a partner in preparing the brief. Human, Economic Cost of Poverty – Niagara Falls Review article September 26 2012

The Niagara Research and Planning Council was a partner in gathering the evidence behind the policy brief “Are the Consequences of Poverty Holding Niagara Back?”, released on September 26, 2012 by the Niagara Community Observatory at Brock University.  It highlights that the consequences of poverty cost Niagara $1.38 billion/year, including both direct and indirect costs. [...]

NRAPC’s Living in Niagara- 2011 report aligns significantly with the Sustainable Niagara Plan recently adopted by Niagara Region.  The Sustainable Niagara plan has 13 Priority Actions.  Many of these align well with the 13 Overall Opportunities Suggested for Action in the Living in Niagara-2011 report. Increase planning and coordination within sectors:  The Sustainable Niagara plan [...]

Rowing the Boat Together forum invite Oct 18 2012 Save the Date! Thursday, October 18, 2012 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon A Niagara-wide collaborative forum for front-line Community Service Workers Where? Amici’s Banquet and Conference Centre, 2740 Merrittville Hwy., Thorold Who Should Attend? Front-line community service workers from across Niagara, who are peer-recognized as leaders [...]

Collaboration and knowledge-sharing lead to innovation.  Evidence-informed planning leads to improved outcomes.  That is why the Niagara-wide community is building the Niagara Knowledge Exchange (NKE).  It’s a tool to help people gather in a vibrant social space, enabled by a digital platform and a team of Knowledge Brokers who help foster connections between people and [...]