Vital Signs goes Canada wide to grade community life.Vital Signs is a project of Community Foundations of Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of and its member groups. The project will track and grade each community's quality of life in key areas such as the economy, health, housing, learning and the environment, Monica Patten, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CFC CFC See: Controlled foreign corporation said. CFC's national project is based on Toronto's Vital Signs, an indicator report developed by Toronto Toronto (tərŏn`tō), city (1998 est pop. 2,400,000), provincial capital, S Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. Toronto is the largest city in Canada and since the 1970s has been one of the fastest-changing cities in North America, experiencing Community Foundation and first published in 2001. It is now a resource used by the City of Toronto and many other community organizations. Anne Swarbrick Anne Swarbrick (born in Toronto, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae. , President and CEO of the Toronto Community Foundation, points out that the Toronto's Vital Signs "helped us see the connections between the growth in youth violence and the ten-year high in youth unemployment, the dramatic drop in youth involvement in all forms of recreational activity after the age of 12 and the extensive waiting lists for special education services." Pilot projects are beginning with community foundations in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Medicine Hat, Red Deer Red Deer, city, Canada Red Deer, city (1991 pop. 58,134), S central Alta., Canada, on the Red Deer River. It developed as a trade and service center for a region of dairying and mixed farming. , Kitchener-Waterloo, Ottawa, and Montreal. Vital Signs will cover the Economy; the Poverty/Gap Between the Rich and the Poor; Safety Health & Wellness; Learning; Housing; Getting Started in Our Community; Arts & Culture; Environment; and Belonging and Leadership. A national summary report will be issued annually by Community Foundations of Canada starting in 2007. Vital Signs measures indicators and consolidates research from many different sources and makes connections between issues and trends in areas critical to community health. Community foundations will work with local organizations to determine their report's key indicators and to identify sources of community data. Community Foundations of Canada has a national membership of 155 that hold more than $2.3-billion in assets, giving more than $115-million in grants each year. www.cfc-fcc.ca/ |
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