This article by the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW), is part of the Wikiprogress series on Indicators.
The Community Indicators Consortium (CIC) Impact award celebrates projects from around the
world that demonstrate the power of indicators to drive positive community
change. “It was an honour to attend #CICSummit 2013 and be surrounded by
communities and researchers doing amazing work” says CIW Associate Director
of Research Margo Hilbrecht, in Chicago last week with the City of Guelph to
give a presentation and receive the prestigious award; the CIW’s first
international award.
This award is
a success story originating from a demand for local data after the launch of
the CIW national composite index of wellbeing report How are Canadians Really doing? First to approach the CIW for local data was the City of Guelph,
Ontario and it resulted in the development of a new Community Wellbeing Survey
tool. This innovation is the first of its kind in Canada and uses the CIW
framework as a guide to ask residents how they are really doing.
The findings from the CIW survey, along with all of the
other information gathered from the extensive community engagement process undertaken
by the City of Guelph, has been used to create a community profile and the
City’s new community wellbeing strategy. The strategy aims to improve services
and facilitate community-wide action to enhance wellbeing in Guelph.
Mayor
Karen Farbridge says
“receiving the Impact Award is a clear indication of how the Guelph community strongly values wellbeing…the initiative is a model of how residents and government can work together and share accountability to achieve better outcomes.”
For more information contact CIW.
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