Report

Furniture Banks

Rapid response research contributed to a Guelph & Wellington Task Force for Poverty Elimination research profile that examines different furniture bank models, the impacts of furniture banks, and the need for a furniture bank in Guelph and Wellington.

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

Emergency Food Services in Guelph-Wellington: A Scan of the Current Systems and Thoughts on the Future

This report presents the findings of a research team from the Research Shop on the emergency food service system in Guelph-Wellington. Strengths and weaknesses of the current system, local programs and services to improve food security, and best practices and new strategies in emergency food provision and food security are discussed.

Author(s): 
Erin Nelson, Petrina Aberdeen, Frances Dietrich-O'Connor, Elizabeth Shantz
Product(s): 
Report
Program(s): 
Research Shop
Project Partner(s): 
Wellington Dufferin Guelph Public Health
Guelph-Wellington Food Roundtable
Guelph Wellington Coalition for Social Justice

Developing a Communication Strategy for the Guelph Wellington Food Round Table

This rapid response research brief for the Guelph Wellington Food Round Table provides a literature review and environmental scan of communication strategies used for promoting food security in Ontario, identifying methods that have been found to be useful.

Author(s): 
Petrina Aberdeen
Product(s): 
Report
Program(s): 
Research Shop
Project Partner(s): 
Guelph-Wellington Food Roundtable

Community Energy Plan Project

This research explored and compared community energy plans from six single-tier municipalities in Ontario including Kingston, Hamilton, Windsor, London, Peterborough, and Sault Ste. Marie. A Community Energy Plan (CEP) is a publicly available document that outlines different ways communities aim to improve energy efficiency, reduce emissions, and drive economic development (Community Energy Planning, 2018). The goals of this research were to examine initiatives being pursued through CEPs with an emphasis on the role of the municipality, and with an eye toward innovative approaches.

Author(s): 
Carla Giddings, Viktorija Arsic, Dustin Brown, Amanda Jenkins
Product(s): 
Report
Program(s): 
Research Shop
Project Partner(s): 
Our Energy Guelph

Collaboration: Priorities and Promising Practices, Collaborating for Community Impact Research

Based on a literature review, key informant interviews, and an online survey of collaboration needs and priorities among participating organizations, this report presents the highlights from the research findings, beginning with a definition of collaboration.

Author(s): 
Tanya Darisi, Kim Chuong, Sonya Strohm, Jacqueline de Guzman
Product(s): 
Report
Program(s): 
Research Shop
Project Partner(s): 
Volunteer Centre of Guelph-Wellington
Trellis Mental Health and Development Services

Children Services Integration

This report examines outcomes of integration in children services using a review of the grey and academic literature, as well as informational interviews conducted with four Ontario child welfare agencies.

Author(s): 
Jane Robson
Product(s): 
Report
Program(s): 
Research Shop

Affordable Access to Recreation: Policies, Procedures, and Programs in Wellington, Dufferin, and Guelph

Prepared for in motion in collaboration with the Guelph & Wellington Task Force for Poverty Elimination, this report presents results from a survey of service providers on policies and procedures related to affordable access to recreation. Implications for removing barriers to physical activity are discussed.

Author(s): 
Amanda Peters, Randalin Ellery
Product(s): 
Report
Program(s): 
Research Shop
Project Partner(s): 
Guelph and Wellington Task Force for Poverty Elimination

Youth Harm Reduction Programs in Ontario: Expansion Report

This rapid response research for the Wellington Guelph Drug Strategy addresses the ways in which programs and shelters in cities closer in size to Guelph manage harm reduction and/or needle exchange programs, as well as issues related to health and safety.

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

Getting to Withdrawal Management Services in Guelph-Wellington

This rapid response report prepared for the Wellington Guelph Drug Strategy examines service providers' perspectives about barriers to clients “getting to withdrawal management services” and use of these services based on distance of client residence from the treatment facility.

Author(s): 
Safiya Pindare, Anne Bergen
Product(s): 
Report
Program(s): 
Research Shop
Project Partner(s): 
Wellington Guelph Drug Strategy

Social Service Collaboration: Moving Towards Integration of Forms and Services

This report reviews considerations underlying efforts for collaboration and integration in the field of social services including models of engagement, integration frameworks and challenges to integration.

Author(s): 
Jane Robson
Product(s): 
Report
Program(s): 
Research Shop