1. A Niagara-wide network of people for
collaboration, planning, learning, innovation and
community action toward a stronger future for
Niagara.
www.niagaraconnects.ca

2. Guiding Principles:
• Community strengths, research, and evidence
are linked in order to plan for a stronger Niagara
• Different interests are engaged to work together
mobilizing for change
• Research and activities are guided by
communities
“Generating knowledge that drives community action”
Mission

3. Niagara-wide Community building tools
to inform focused planning for a
stronger future, since 2005
• www.livinginniagarareport.com
• niagaraknowledgeexchange.com (NKE)
• Linking Niagara – engaging diverse community partners
in getting where they want to go, together
• Visualizing Connectivity – social network mapping and
analysis

4. Planning and Decision-making based in engaged
partners horizontally sharing data, info, ideas
Data Information Knowledge Wisdom
Knowledge Brokers – engage people in
sharing relevant, reliable evidence; assist
with translating evidence to practice

5. A triennial snapshot of quality of life across 12 Living in
Niagara Sectors - align with the Social Indicators of Health
Data + Information + Front-line Community Expert Opinion =
contextualized evidence to inform wise decisions
www.livinginniagarareport.com