Community-led Vital Signs reports helped community leaders identify and raise the profile of many important community issues. Vital Signs reports generated media interest in key community issues. Here are some of the highlights that appeared in the media:
Calgary Foundation
Economic recovery leaves many impoverished Calgarians behind: Vital Signs survey
Editorial: Vital Signs report a call to action
Campbell River Community Foundation:
Community Foundation brings Vital Signs Report to Campbell River
Campbell River Community Foundation releases latest Vital Signs
Comox Valley Community Foundation
Report grades quality of life in the Comox Valley
Recent government announcements address Vital Signs issues
The County Foundation
Vital Signs 2018 shows a complicated snapshot of life in Prince Edward County
Sense of belonging lagging in latest Vital Signs report
Vital signs, vital info, vital message
Edmonton Community Foundation
Edmonton reported sexual assaults second highest in Canada: report
Edmonton has work to do to move the needle on gender equity: Vital Signs study
Edmonton exploring how to make public spaces safer for women
Hamilton Community Foundation:
Hamilton’s revitalization continues, leaving some behind: Vital Signs report
Vital Signs highlights progress, but also troubling disparities in Hamilton
Vital Signs: Hamilton a city of outliers
Vital Signs: Voter turnout in Hamilton municipal elections steadily eroding
Vital Signs: Women and visible minorities poorly represented in top positions
Vital Signs: Hamilton’s ‘healthy’ economy still leaving some behind
Vital Signs: Art is more than a growth industry in Hamilton
Community Foundation for Kingston & Area
Opioid-related deaths up 48 per cent and other key findings from 2018 Vital Signs
Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta:
Snapshot of community captured in annual Vital Signs report
Community Foundation benefitting many in south
Vital Signs report shows significance of wind power in southwest Alberta
Southwestern Alberta obesity rate rises more than 10 per cent
Community foundation making a difference in people’s lives
London Community Foundation:
A quarter of London’s kids are living in poverty, Vital Signs report finds
More than 70K Londoners, one in four of them children, live in poverty
Jobs, affordable housing, poverty key issues in London
BRT, social issues hot topics at debate in wide-open Ward 8
Pearson: Choices we make Monday will determine London’s character
Thames River fall cleanup highlights stewardship need
Pearson: Choices we make Monday will determine London’s character
Bradford: We need help building city ‘we all dream of’
Community Foundation of Mississauga:
1 in 7 people in Mississauga living in poverty: Vital Signs report
Vital Signs reports 1 in 7 Mississauga residents live in poverty
Vital Signs 2018 Report a Snapshot of Mississauga (page 5)
Some Alarming Facts About Poverty and Income in Mississauga
Muskoka Community Foundation
A call to action: Muskoka Community Foundation to launch Vital Signs report
2018 Vital Signs report: 13 per cent of Muskoka lives in poverty
Community Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador:
No ‘quick fix’ for Newfoundland and Labrador’s problems
Vital Signs a Provincewide Checkup on Quality of Life Issues
Vital Signs Highlights Post-Boom Years In Newfoundland And Labrador
Vital Signs Report Shows Stark Picture Of Population Challenges
Selkirk and District Community Foundation:
Community Foundation of South Okanagan Similkameen:
Vital Signs report identifies housing and work as problem areas in region
South Saskatchewan Community Foundation:
South Sask. Community Foundation placing special focus on reconciliation
Report offers ‘snapshot’ into community need in south Sask.
SurreyCares Community Foundation:
Surrey Cares Community Foundation launches fourth Vital Signs report on quality of life in Surrey
Barriers remain for Surrey’s growing Indigenous population: report
Report finds Surrey’s Aboriginal population is growing, young and underserved
Toronto Foundation:
First-time Toronto’s Vital Signs Report exposes pervasive inequity
Toronto getting older and more isolated: Vital Signs report
Why Toronto the Good is getting worse
More Toronto residents living isolated lives: report
Good quality of life ‘just a dream’ for too many Torontonians
Older Torontonians feel connected and engaged with their city, according to NIA study
Toronto residents under 30 ‘struggling,’ lack strong social networks, survey finds
In Toronto, we trust: Groundbreaking study shows city’s social capital is remarkably high
Victoria Foundation:
Vital People: Take stock in your own community
Vital Signs report breaks down Greater Victoria statistics
Cost of living, housing issues top concerns for region’s residents, survey finds
Victoria Foundation releases the 2018 Vital Signs report
One third of Victoria’s homeless population identifies as Indigenous
Community Foundation of Whistler:
New Vital Signs report for Whistler highlights importance of belonging
New Vital Signs report highlights the struggles faced by many Whistlerites
WindsorEssex Community Foundation:
Mixed reviews in the Vital Signs report for Windsor-Essex
Windsor-Essex’s 2018 Vital Signs report released
Winkler Community Foundation:
Vital Signs Reveals One In Three Elderly Women Live In Poverty In Winkler
Internationally, Vital Signs reports attracted attention in the following places this year:
Bermuda Community Foundation
BCF Vital Signs Conversation Summary Reports
Community evaluates ‘quality of life’
Fondazione Comunitaria Nord Milano Onlus (Italie):
Community Foundations — between local development and international perspectives
Da Sesto San Giovanni a Ottawa: la Fondazione Nord Milano a confronto con le esperienze canadesi
Milton Keynes Community Foundation
‘A tale of two cities’ Why are so many people leaving Milton Keynes?
French-language coverage:
Fondation du Grand Montréal
Plus du tiers des quartiers canadiens à faible revenu se trouvent à Montréal
Les jeunes de Montréal plus exposés à la faim
5e édition des Signes vitaux de Montréal
Les Signes vitaux des enfants du Grand Montréal, un portrait inclusif
Les signes vitaux du Grand Montréal
Quels sont les « signes vitaux » des enfants du Grand Montréal?
Bilan alarmant du rapport “Signes Vitaux des enfants du Grand Montréal”
Le rapport « Signes Vitaux » 2017 entièrement consacré aux enfants montréalais
