This submission to the federal government’s National Housing Strategy consultation is based in part on the City of Hamilton’s housing and homelessness action plan. The policy brief includes suggested federal strategies to address affordable housing, based on the SPRC’s own consultations in this area, as well sound policy proposals from Ontario’s Long Term Affordable Housing Strategy, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, the Big Cities Mayor’s Caucus, the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association, and the Calgary Homeless Foundation.
Funded by: United Way of Burlington and Greater Hamilton
Kiwanis Homes Inc. Victoria Park Community Homes Inc. and McGivney Community Homes Inc. partnered with the SPRC to create a project that would have a benefit to the South Mountain community and have a broader positive impact to the residents in the neighbourhood. This report is a demographic profile of this neighbourhood area, based on 2011 Census and National Household Survey data.
Funded by Ontario Trillium Foundation
Using a variety of data sources, the Demographic shifts series of Hamilton’s Social Landscape bulletins explore differences between older and younger generations to uncover trends in a range of demographic characteristics of Hamilton’s population.
See previous Hamilton’s Social Landscape Bulletins
Funded by: United Way of Burlington and Greater Hamilton
This report outlines the recommendations from 2016 community consultations with LGBTQ2+ community members and ally service providers on how to make Hamilton an LGBTQ2+ Positive city to work, live, learn and play.
Community Partners: Hamilton Community Foundation, United Way of Burlington & Greater Hamilton
Annual Report for April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016
Created for distribution at Tastebuds’ Feast on the Farm fundraiser, held on May 26, 2016.
Funded by: Ministry of Youth and Child Services
This report is phase two of the “Mapping Community Assets” report recently produced by the Woman Abuse Working Group. It is intended to provide a baseline system overview of intimate partner violence and sexual violence of adult women.
Goals of this report include:
Community Partners: Woman Abuse Working Group
Funded by: Ontario Women’s Directorate
This report surveys the landscape of payday lending in Hamilton, including the increase in payday loan outlets and the decrease in bank branches over the past 15 years. The report also examines trends in precarious employment, and what changes are needed so workers in these jobs, and other people living at or near the poverty line, can access more affordable financial services.
Funded by: United Way of Burlington & Greater Hamilton
Newsletter from Tastebuds’, Hamilton’s Student Nutrition Collaborative, 2016 issues
Funded by: Ministry of Children and Youth Services
If you are a community, non-profit, or public organization looking for assistance with research, or if you have been approached by McMaster University researchers interested in conducting research with you, this guide is for you. It is a roadmap, designed to guide community organizations along the journey to collaborative research.
Paths to Research Collaboration is the product of a partnership between the Social Planning and Research Council (SPRC) of Hamilton and McMaster University. If you’d like print copies, please email macconnector@mcmaster.ca
The Hamilton Neighbourhood Action Strategy, the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction, and the Hamilton Public Library, partnered to administer voter ID clinics during the 2015 federal election. The purpose of the clinics was to increase voter participation by breaking down barriers to voting, including acquainting voters with ID requirements and new changes to ID requirements, and helping people find their poll locations.
This report includes an overview of the clinics and the challenges associated with voter identification requirements, as well as recommendations for future clinics.
Community Partners: Hamilton Neighbourhood Action Strategy, Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction, Hamilton Public Library
This report updates the community on the vision and values of the St. Leonard’s Society of Hamilton and summarizes their services and recent accomplishments.
Funded by: St. Leonard’s Society of Hamilton
