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Measuring the health of the community year over year

- relevance for decision-makingwww.mypeg.ca

Livia BizikovaIISD; Program for Integrated Decisions

www.iisd.org

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Brief overview of the system

Peg is comprised of three main elements:

(1) a set of sustainability / well-being indicators;(2) a transparent and open process for the selection and review

of indicators; and (3) a set of communication tools, the main component of which

is a visually appealing and user-friendly platform (4) Includes 61 indicators(5) Uses Drupal (a common web development platform); open-

source, turnkey software framework; uses ontologies to connect concepts, and uses URIs so that data can be interoperable between systems.

(6) Community IMPACT AWARD 2014 at CIC, Washington DC

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How can Peg help to encourage action?

Primary criteria for community indicator selection: • The data shows a state or trend that will encourage members of

the community to do their part to improve well-being;• Aiming at deep-rooted well-being challenges (egg. causes of

poverty): indicators that capture the state of aspects of wellbeing (though they may not be actionable by ordinary citizens);

• Ability to link issues, causes and solutions so impacts of actions can be tracked

• Identify best/most relevant entry-points for action by agencies

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How can Peg help to coordinate actions?

• Longer-term trends cca. from 2000 or 2002

• Opportunity to previous discuss policy/ campaign impacts

• Support division of labour between agencies based on their mandate

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... one thing led to another…

• The collected data are being used by other agencies within their own decision-making systems

• Scenario exercises to improve alignment of the actors to improve quality/relevance/timelines of social services

• Education and curriculum materials for students to understand their city/ neighborhood and skills in data management and interpretation

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OTTAWA NEIGHBOURHOOD STUDY

Mission: To provide useful, relevant, and reliable information about

Ottawa neighbourhoods that will support place-based planning,

service delivery, advocacy, and action.

AT FIRST …

o Physical barriers approach

o Similarity in demographics

o Real estate maps

NOW …

o Innovative statistical & GIS techniques

• Dasymetric mapping

• Spatial microsimulation

NEIGHBOURHOODS DEFINED

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RESEARCH & COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTING

TOGETHER

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Calgary’s Vital Signs & Community Knowledge Centre

Calgary’s Vital Signs

thecalgaryfoundation.org

Calgary’s Vital Signs

thecalgaryfoundation.org

2014 Calgary’s Vital Signs

thecalgaryfoundation.org

Wellness

thecalgaryfoundation.org

Living Standards

thecalgaryfoundation.org

Thriving Populations

thecalgaryfoundation.org

Community Knowledge Centre

thecalgaryfoundation.org

A resource that connects you to the

outstanding charitable organizations who

serve our community.

Community Knowledge Centre

thecalgaryfoundation.org

Be inspired by compelling stories.

Be informed of innovative work.

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ckc.thecalgaryfoundation.org