Report

Identifying the Optimal Multi-User Document Sharing Platform

This report investigates solutions for an affordable multi-user document-sharing platform to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Local Food Systems Research Group.

Author(s): 
Ivana Lung
Product(s): 
Report
Program(s): 
Research Shop
Project Partner(s): 
Local Sustainable Food Systems Working Group

Dance-Based Research: Process and Products of Collaboration

This report outlines a collaborative project between IMAGEO artworksMusagetes, and the Research Shop, aimed at exploring 'What is in transition?' in Guelph using dance-based research.

Author(s): 
Andrea LaMarre
Product(s): 
Report
Program(s): 
Research Shop
Project Partner(s): 
Musagetes
Imageo

Furniture Provision in Guelph and Wellington County

This report was developed and completed by the Research Shop with the support of the Guelph and Wellington Task Force for Poverty Elimination. This report explores furniture provision in Guelph and Wellington, the potential need for a Furniture Bank and propose recommendations for moving forward.

Author(s): 
Meaghan Anderson, Jane Robson
Product(s): 
Report
Program(s): 
Research Shop
Project Partner(s): 
Guelph and Wellington Task Force for Poverty Elimination

Immigrant Entrepreneurship Project: Findings and Key Recommendations

This report, adapted from a presentation to the Guelph-Wellington Local Immigration Partnership (LIP), reviews major findings from the focus groups and interviews conducted by Guelph-Wellington LIP to understand the experiences of local immigrant entrepreneurs and provides key recommendations to better support local immigrant entrepreneurship.

Author(s): 
Kim Chuong
Product(s): 
Report
Program(s): 
Research Shop
Project Partner(s): 
Guelph-Wellington Local Immigration Partnership

Literature Review on Withdrawal Management

This report is a comprehensive review of the withdrawal management literature. It was compiled for the Wellington Guelph Drug Strategy (WGDS) in collaboration with various stakeholders in the Waterloo-Wellington region.

Author(s): 
Andrea LaMarre
Product(s): 
Report
Program(s): 
Research Shop
Project Partner(s): 
Wellington Guelph Drug Strategy

Community Food Centres Canada's "The Pod" Knowledge Exchange: Programming

This report summarizes and analyzes the programming information available on "The Pod Knowledge Exchange" website. It was developed to contribute to the development of The Seed Community Food Hub in Guelph Wellington.

Author(s): 
Christine McPhail
Product(s): 
Report
Program(s): 
Research Shop
Project Partner(s): 
Community Food Centres Canada

City of Guelph Older Adult Community Profile

This report is a consolidated profile of the older adult (55+) community in Guelph organized based on the World Health Organization's Age-Friendly City Dimensions. It synthesizes local research and other sources of data to support the City of Guelph in a variety of activities related to priority setting, performance measurement and planning of public amenities, services, programs, and activities for older adults.

Author(s): 
Meaghan Anderson, Faiza Omar, Jane Robson, Barbara Harrison
Product(s): 
Report
Program(s): 
Research Shop
Project Partner(s): 
City of Guelph

Fusion Youth Activity and Technology Centre Case Study

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 Fusion Youth Activity and Technology Centre.

Author(s): 
Mary Ferguson, Lucia Frecha, Carrie Herzog
Product(s): 
Report
Program(s): 
Research Shop
Project Partner(s): 
Fusion Youth Activity and Technology Centre

An Overview of Models, Grants and Funding Structures of Shared Space/Coworking Organizations

This report is a compilation of work conducted for 10 Carden in support of their ongoing expansion project. It identifies best practices and potential funding avenues for shared space/coworking organizations, and contains summaries of key documents related to social purpose real estate. It also provides insight on how several shared space/coworking organizations began and continued to operate through the results of several informational interviews.

Author(s): 
Yuiko Cowper-Smith, Andrea LaMarre, Faiza Omar
Product(s): 
Report
Program(s): 
Research Shop
Project Partner(s): 
10C

An Overview of Food Strategies from Select Canadian Regions: Informing the Guelph-Wellington Food Strategy Initiative

This report explores the contexts and emergent themes of food strategies that have been developed or are being developed in Canada, and how each theme pertains to the Guelph-Wellington context. It was created for the Policy Working Group of the Guelph-Wellington Food Round Table, who are currently developing a regional food strategy.

Author(s): 
Katrin Sawatsky, Thomas Armitage, Erin Pratley
Product(s): 
Report
Program(s): 
Research Shop
Project Partner(s): 
Guelph-Wellington Food Roundtable