Produced in partnership with the North Wellington Coalition for Youth Resiliency, this report outlines strategies that have been used to help improve the quality of life for rural youth, particularly around mobility and employment. It examines current and previously run initiatives in order to guide future discussion on how to address barriers faced by rural youth.
This report is a review of existing literature on collaboration and community change and also contains an overview of models of collaboration and comprehensive community initiatives. It was compiled for Toward Common Ground, a large-scale community initiative, and builds on two previous reports from the Research Shop.
One of a series of rural social enterprise case studies, this report includes information about the development, organizational model, successes, challenges and outcomes of the Willow Springs Creative Centre.
One of a series of cases studies on rural social enterprises, this report shares information about the development, organizational model, successes, challenges, and outcomes of the Aron Theatre Co-Operative.
In Canada, it is estimated that between 150,000 to 200,000 people are homeless with 20% of this homeless population between the ages of 16 and 24 (Gaetz et al., 2013). In partnership with the Rural Youth Homelessness Committee of Wellington County in Southern Ontario, the aim of this literature review is to help address issues surrounding rural youth homelessness in Wellington County.
This report highlights findings from a mixed methods study of the experiences of eating at the Evergreen Seniors' Community Centre. It offers preliminary insight into the experience of communal dining for community-living older adults.
Author(s):
Andrea LaMarre, Lindsay Stehouwer, Barbara Harrison
This report presents Student Nutrition Programs (SNPs) in Ontario that have advanced certain aspects of the Healthy Kids Strategy (HKS) recommendations and/or pillars of the Local Food Act (LFA). The case study examples and common themes that are discussed in this report demonstrate how the HKS and LFA priorities could be advanced, as well as how decision-makers and funders could better enable and support such programs.
This report explores leading practices of engaging university and college students in municipal government for the City of Guelph. It provides a review and summary of information gathered from the websites of Ontario municipalities.
This shared narrative supports further development of The Seed Community Food Hub through reflection on what has worked to date, how challenges arose and were addressed, and where to focus current efforts and resources. An infographic is also available to summarize the larger report.