These Community Profiles have been developed to aid in understanding the unique social characteristics important to, yet distinct about, each community within the City of Hamilton. This series of reports will look at a number of demographic variables across each community within the City of Hamilton.
Funded by: United Way of Burlington & Greater HamiltonThe Stoney Creek United Church Wraparound project engaged the services of the Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton in June 2008 to conduct an evaluation of the project in accordance with the terms noted in a proposal for funding to the Hamilton Community Foundation.
Commissioned by: The Stoney Creek United Church Wraparound Funded by: Hamilton Community FoundationSPRC Newsletter, Community – Vol 23 No 3 – Summer-Fall 2008
The purpose of the report is to assist Mission Services with service planning. The analysis of population characteristics is useful in understanding the needs of the community. Identifying what services and supports are currently available and geographically accessible to the population will help to avoid duplication of services.
Commissioned by: Mission Services Opportunity CentreOn March 26, 2008 the SPRC, the Street Youth Planning Collaborative (SYPC) and a group of students from the McMaster University School of Social Work 4J03 Class hosted a community discussion about drop-in programming for street-involved and homeless youth in Hamilton. This report reflects the proceedings from that event.
Community Partner: Street Youth Planning CollaborativeAt the end of the first year of the Youth Engagement and Action in Hamilton project, the staff wanted to check in with the community to talk about the successes and learnings of the project and to hear from the community about their perspectives on youth engagement. This report reflects proceedings from that check-in event.
Funded by: Hamilton Community Foundation, Heritage Canada Community Partner: YMCA of Hamilton/BurlingtonAnnual Report for April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008
The Youth Anti-Abuse Project Phase 2: Strengthening Supports and Expanding Diversity (YAAP) is evaluated in this report. This project was a partnership fostered by the Sexual Assault Centre of Hamilton and Wesley Urban Ministries. This project spanned 15 months (January 2007 – March 2008).
Commissioned by: The Youth Anti-Abuse Project Community Partner: Sexual Assault Centre of Hamilton, Wesley Urban MinistriesThe Social Planning Network of Ontario received funding in 2006 from Human Resources and Social Development Canada’s Social Development Partnerships Program to carry out a two year project in five pilot projects in communities across Ontario that would enhance social inclusion practice and policy related to supporting families with children. The project in Hamilton was designed to engage families with young children in a process that builds their capacity to support their children’s learning and development and shapes strategies for broadening community support for welcoming and including all children. Hamilton, through the Social Research and Planning Council, elected to focus activity in east Hamilton, primarily the Riverdale community.
Funded by: Human Resources and Social Development Canada’s Social Development Partnership ProgramSPRC Newsletter, Community – Vol 23 No 2 – Spring 2008
Creating Positive Space for the LGBTQ Community is an executive summary of the longer report, Report on the Needs Assessment of the LGBTQ Community of Hamilton. This summary highlights the fear that LGBTQ people have in terms of “coming out” at places of work, school, and faith communities for example.
Funded by: Ontario Trillium Foundation
Community Partner: Hamilton Pride Festival Inc. (HPFI)
