Welcome to the Healthy Communities Resource Library.  Local reports and resources are shared here to aid community organizations in priority setting and planning.
New additions to the library are gratefully accepted.  If you would like to contribute, please contact:

Healthy Communities Partnership Coordinator,

Lois Dewey, at Lois.Dewey@healthunit.org

Work Group Resources

To access work group resources, please click on a link below.

• Stewardship Committee Resources

• Physical Activity Resources

• Healthy Eating Resources

• Mental Well-Being and Resiliency Resources

• Healthy Communities Charter Resources

General Resources

Food Charter

On March 4, 2013, Healthy Community Partnership and EcoPerth held a joint information session on Food Charter at the Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit, Smiths Falls Office. Invitation was sent out to community partners via email in February 2013. The goal of this information session was to assess if there is community interest for a Food Charter for Leeds, Grenville & Lanark. About 50 people attended this event including representation from various sectors:

• Transition Brockville
• Local Flavours / FABR
• Farmers’ Market
• United Way L/G
• Lanark County Housing
• Healthy Communities Partnership
• United Counties of L/G Housing
• Businesses
• ecoPerth / Lanark Local Flavour
• Community Members
• Farmers
• Food Banks
• OMAFRA
• Township of North Grenville
• Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition
• Lanark Good Food Box
• Salvation Army
• Tay Valley Township
• Smiths Falls & District Centre for Youth
• Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit
• Community Health Centres
• Township of Montague

Information on Food Charter was presented via a Power Point Presentation. The presentation was followed by a group discussion. Participants were also asked to fill out an individual reflection sheet.

We are working on compiling the feedback and comments we received from our participants and will use this information to shape how we proceed. If you would like to provide input or receive further email updates on Food Charter, please contact lynda.earl@healthunit.org or call 613-345-5685 ext 2215.

Food Charter Resources:

• Food Charter Information Session Presentation

• Find Out More About Food Security
  
  
• Just Food.ca
  
  
• Toronto Food Policy Council
  
  
• EcoPerth
  
  
• Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve
  
  
• Food Secure Canada

Examples of Food Charters in Other Communities:

• Toronto’s Food Charter (2000)

• Saskatoon Food Charter (2002)
  
  
• City of Greater Sudbury Food Charter (2004)
  
  
• Vancouver Food Charter (2007)
  
  
• Capital Region Food Charter (2008)
  
  
• Thunder Bay Food Charter (2008)
  
  
• London’s Food Charter (2010)
  
  
• Guelph-Wellington Food Charter (2011)
  
  
• Kawartha Lakes Food Charter (2011)
  
  
• Simcoe County Food and Agriculture Charter (2013)

Community Profile

A Community Profile was compiled to provide stakeholders with a picture of what is happening locally in Lanark, Leeds and Grenville. The report is by no means exhaustive, and will be added to as more data becomes available. Click on the following link to view or download the Community Profile.

• Healthy Community Partnership Community Profile - November 2010

If you have any questions about any of the data included in this report, please contact the Health Unit’s epidemiologist by email: epi@healthunit.org or call
(613) 345-5685.

Community Picture

The Healthy Communities Partnership: Lanark, Leeds and Grenville has engaged stakeholders, gathered data, conducted community consultations, including focus groups with residents and organizations and identified key findings from this assessment. Two recommended actions for each of the six priority areas of: physical activity, sport and recreation, mental health promotion, healthy eating, injury prevention, substance and alcohol misuse prevention and tobacco use/exposure prevention have been identified.

• Community Picture Summary
  
  
• Community Picture 2011 Full Report
  

Governance

The Healthy Communities Partnership: Lanark, Leeds and Grenville has chosen a constellation model as a framework for governance.

• Healthy Communities and Collaborative Governance Presentation

Additional Resources:

• Listening to the Stars:
  The Constellation Model of Collaborative Social Change
  
  
• Constellation Collaboration:
  A Model for Multi-Organizaional Partnership
  
  
• Open Sourcing Social Change:
  Inside the Constellation Model, Tonya Surman & Mark Surman

Local Reports

Click on the following files to view or download a report:

• Children and Youth: Community Profiles Leeds and Grenville 2010

• Children and Youth: Community Profiles Lanark 2010

• Community Profiles Report: Indicators for Children and Youth in the South East Region

• Using Population Health Data to Profile the Health and
  Well-Being of Children and Youth in Eastern Ontario
  
  
• Statistics Canada - June 2010 Health Profile: LGL District Health Unit
  
  
• LHIN Analyses Quality Monitor Excerpt 2010
  
  
• Quality Monitor Report on Ontarios Health System 2010
  
  
• Community Health Profile LGL Health Unit 2008
  
  
• Statistics Canada – 2006 Community Profile: Leeds and Grenville
  
  
• Statistics Canada – 2006 Community Profile: Lanark

Network Map

A survey of health related services in Lanark, Leeds and Grenville was conducted and the results were developed into a series of Network Maps. To view the maps...

• Lanark Leeds and Grenville Network Mapping Presentation
  
  
• What is Network Mapping? - Health Nexus
  
  
• Click here to learn more about Network Mapping:  Health Nexus

Healthy Communities Consortium Resources

The Healthy Communities Consortium supports community groups, organizations and partnerships who are working toward building Healthy Communities throughout Ontario.

The Consortium is a group of four health promotion organizations that collaboratively support community organizations and partnerships in Ontario to build healthy communities. Members of the Consortium are Health Nexus, Parent Action on Drugs (PAD), Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition (OHCC), and the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA).

We offer services in both official languages, such as consultation, training, networking opportunities and educational resources. Our services are available to:

• Healthy Communities Partnerships
  
  
• Community groups and organizations interested in or eligible for Healthy Communities Fund grants.

The Healthy Communities Consortium is funded by the Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport as part of the Healthy Communities Framework.

External Links:

Lanark, Leeds and Grenville:

• Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit
  

Ontario:

• Healthy Communities Consortium
  

• Ontario Health Promotion Resource System
  
  
• Health Nexus
  
  
• Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition
  
  
• Ontario Public Health Association
  

Canada:

• Public Health Agency of Canada
  
  
• Health Canada
  

Special Interest:

• Heart Health Resource Centre
  
  
• Parent Action on Drugs
  
  
• HC Link