Well-Being Report Documents
Our Goal for a Community Well-being Report
Draft Indicator Framework: Here is the latest version of our measurement framework. Community members will be invited to help us refine this framework in the fall of 2008 by completing a survey or participating in community focus groups.
Draft Indicator Framework - (Word document)
Quality of Life Report Card Resources
Community Foundation Canada, Vital Signs:
Vital Signs is an annual community check-up conducted by community foundations across Canada that measures the vitality of our cities, identifies significant trends, and assigns grades in at least ten areas critical to quality of life.
www.vitalsignscanada.ca/vital-signs-reports-e.html
Quality of Life in B.C.’s Capital Region:
In 1999 the Community Council of B.C.’s Capital Region published a base line set of indicators in their initial report. In 2005, using the next available census data, the second report was published.
www.qolchallenge.ca/pdf/QualityofLifeReportBlur2005.pdf
A Sampling of Community and Citizen-Driven
Quality of Life/Societal Indicator Projects:
This Canadian Policy Research Network (CPRN) report, written in 2000, presents the results of a survey of 21 quality of life/societal indicators projects. The projects are for the most part well known examples of quality of life and societal indicator initiatives. Fourteen of the projects involved citizens.
www.cprn.com/doc.cfm?doc=84&l=en
The Community Indicators Handbook:
Measuring progress toward healthy and sustainable communities
The 2nd edition of Community Indicators Handbook integrates the basics of building an indicator project to meet your community’s needs with the best practices of projects around the country, insights into the progress and evolution of the indicator movement, and listings of local, regional and national organizations for reference.
www.redefiningprogress.org/cihb/index.shtml
(HCIA has purchased this resource — if any of the HCIA committees or groups would like to read it please contact us.)
Success By Six: In Peel all Children will thrive!
This community report examines how well Peel is caring for and supporting its children. Information is presented about the family and community, as well as five outcome-based childhood issues: economic security, health, safety, child care, and children's school readiness.
successby6peel_report_2005.pdf
Sustainable Calgary, State of our City Report 2004:
The Sustainable Calgary "State of Our City" Project is an in-depth look at the health of Calgary's living environment. This report is part of an initiative to track Calgary's long-term health and vitality by using a set of sustainability indicators.
www.sustainablecalgary.ca/documents/SOOC2004.pdf
