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UrbanLogiq was founded in 2016, united by a mission to break down data silos in government. UrbanLogiq seeks to provide a unified view of a region’s urban environment, universally accessible regardless of agency or level of government, and made even more powerful and actionable with analytical tools designed specifically for government workflows.
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Waterloo Global Science Initiative (WGSI) is a non-profit focused on catalyzing collective action to implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Canada. As of fall 2019, WGSI is working on a pilot project to spur investment in a localized data ecosystem, support capacity within each community to use the data effectively, and create Canada’s first Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs) to report on local progress toward achieving the SDGs.
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BCCIC engages its members and others to share knowledge, build relationships, and develop their capacity towards achieving sustainable global development. (Tags: sustainability; sustainable development; quality of life; international)
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Under the British Columbia First Nations' Data Governance Initiative, First Nations will collect, manage, report on, and own their community’s data. (Please note, the website contains archived content and is not currently being updated)
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The Canadian Deprivation Index is an individual measure of material deprivation based 3 factors: home ownership, education, and food security.
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The CIW regularly reports on the quality of life of Canadians – nationally, provincially, and locally – and advocates for social change that reflects our values and places wellbeing at the heart of policy. (Tags: social sector; wellbeing; quality of life; health; poverty; Canada; Ontario)
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Our data are provided by CANUE members or developed by our specialists in collaboration with the data teams. Data are freely available to academic researchers who agree to the conditions and distribution restrictions imposed by the Data Liberation Initiative and the data developers. If you are not an academic researcher, you can partner with one or more of our members based at Canadian universities. To work with CANUE data in conjunction with individual health data, you must apply directly to the cohort or health database of interest. Some of these may charge fees to access the health data. We are also happy to provide any data processing tools we have developed, in case you wish to duplicate or build on our metrics yourself.
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The Centre for Community Mapping (COMAP – comap.ca) is a not-for- profit with a mission to: research, develop, supply and sustain information technology and communications services (ITC) to strengthen civil society and; to spin-off for-profit enterprises that have beneficial socio-economic impact. (Tags: big data; social sector; cartography; maps; Indigenous; Canada; Ontario)
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First started by Toronto Foundation in 2001, Vital Signs is now a global program that has engaged more than 85 communities in Canada and around the world to mobilize the power of community knowledge for greater local impact. (Tags: demographics; economy; poverty; wellbeing; community)
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With a presence in Canada, the US, UK and Australia, Emsi uses labour market data to connect and inform people, education and business. Emsi offers consulting services for higher education and economic development. (Tags: big data; higher education; employment; Canada; international)
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- Emsi labs: Interactive prototypes that showcase unique labor market insights.
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FNIGC envisions that every First Nation will achieve data sovereignty in alignment with their distinct worldview. (Tags: Indigenous; First Nations)
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The Measuring Rural Community Vitality initiative wrapped up in 2017. Rural Ontario Institute (ROI) engaged a number of organizations and municipalities and produced a variety of resources that are now available in the Knowledge Centre section of their website. The initiative was conducted with support of a Ministry of Municipal Affairs Research and Analysis Grant.
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The Mowat Centre is an independent public policy think tank located at the School of Public Policy & Governance at the University of Toronto and Ontario’s non-partisan, evidence-based voice on public policy. Their policy areas of expertise are intergovernmental economic and social policy, state transformation, energy policy and not-for-profit policy. (Tags: policy; economic; social; energy; nonprofit)
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MBNCanada’s Board consists of the CAO or City Manager from each partner municipality. Municipal Leads, Expert Panel members and Financial Advisory Panel members are staff from partner municipalities who provide leadership, determine measures, and offer expertise on service areas. The program office oversees the program infrastructure and coordinates all program activities.
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An mapping tool by CCSD in partnership with Prosper Canada comprised of a series of indicators on income, debt, savings and assets rolled-up into a single metric that can be presented in visually compelling and readily accessible ways. (Tags: economic; social; map)
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Search open data that is relevant to Canadians, learn how to work with datasets, and see what people have done with open data across the country. (Tags: open data)
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OpenNorth is a Canadian not-for-profit organization specialized in open data, open government, community engagement, open smart cities and civic technology. (Tags: open data; smart cities; open government)
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The Community Mapping Tool is a new resource that is helping Pathways to Education Canada better understand children and youth and the places where they live. It allows users to compare communities across Canada, pinpointing where young people live and the tremendous diversity of Canadian communities. (Tags: education; youth; community)
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Powered by Data works with non-profits, funders and governments to help them better use, share and learn from data. (Keywords: administrative data; big data; social sector)
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The SIW measures eight inter-connected domains that allow us to monitor changes in quality of life and wellbeing for our citizens, and provides community based organizations, all levels of government, businesses and citizens with the evidence required to inform policies, decisions and actions at the provincial, regional, and/or local level. (Tags: health; quality of life; wellbeing; healthcare; environment; policy)
The first SIW report will be released in fall 2018.
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Health fact sheets will include short, focused, single-theme analysis documents. Over the course of the series, analysis will include topics on: Health conditions, lifestyle, well-being, disability, prevention and detection of disease, deaths, pregnancy and birth, health care services and environmental factors. (Tags: health; quality of life; wellbeing; healthcare; environment)
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Vibrantcanada.ca is a learning community of members, from diverse sectors, multi-sector roundtables, who share a common interest in reducing poverty, community engagement and collaboration. It is made up of individuals who are united in our desire to see one million people move beyond poverty all across Canada. (Tags: poverty; community; innovation)
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The Wellbeing Toronto Composite Index shows the highest, middling and lowest neighbourhoods for whatever combination of indicators you have selected. (Tags: tool; indicators; demographics; housing; health; environment)
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The Data Literacy Training Initiative provides learners with information on the basic concepts and skills with regard to a range of data literacy topics. The training is aimed at those who are new to data or those who have some experience with data but may need a refresher or want to expand their knowledge.
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