Environmental Scan

Environmental Demonstration Hubs: Orienting Concepts and Applied Examples

This report provides a compilation of working models, central concepts, and promising practices related to environmentally oriented community hubs, designed to assist planners of the Yorklands Green Hub.

Author(s): 
Doran Hoge, Elizabeth Jackson
Product(s): 
Environmental Scan
Program(s): 
Research Shop
Project Partner(s): 
Yorklands Green Hub

Innovative Student Nutrition Programs in Ontario: Identifying Case Study Examples

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.

Author(s): 
Erin Pratley, Erin McPhail, Carolyn Webb
Product(s): 
Environmental Scan
Program(s): 
Research Shop
Project Partner(s): 
Ontario Edible Education Network – Sustain Ontario

Report for the City of Guelph: Engaging Post-Secondary Students in Municipal Government

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.

Author(s): 
Kim Chuong
Product(s): 
Environmental Scan
Program(s): 
Research Shop
Project Partner(s): 
City of Guelph

Evaluation of Existing Peer Parenting Programs

This report reviews and compares five "peer parenting" models in place in Canada, focusing on their goals, strengths, limitations, resources, and approaches to volunteer training. It was produced to support the development of a volunteer peer parenting program by the Early Years program at the Guelph Community Health Centre.

Author(s): 
Carl Asuncion, Carly Fraser
Product(s): 
Environmental Scan
Program(s): 
Research Shop
Project Partner(s): 
Guelph Community Health Centre