Category: Data in Action
Data in Action
Moving Data to Action in the Middle Years: United Way BC
The middle years are a formative stage of life, when children in Grades 4-8 begin shaping their identity and asking important questions: Do I belong here? Am I safe being myself? Do adults care about me? Is there a place for me in this community? A Long-Standing Partnership Since 2009, United Way BC and the … Continued
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From Data to Action: Supporting Mental Health and Well-being in BC Schools
With wide-spread concern about declining trends in the mental health and well-being of youth over the last decade, our latest Data in Action story highlights the work of a dedicated team of experts helping school districts strengthen mental health promotion in BC schools.
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Mission Youth Help Shape City Policy Through PlanH-Funded Project
Inspired by findings from HELP data, high school students in Mission, BC are helping shape the city’s Official Community Plan through a youth-led initiative.
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Data in Action: The Importance of Listening, Relationships, and Process in Community-Research Partnerships
From its grassroots community action origins in the 1970’s, RayCam Co-operative Centre has long been a cornerstone for local residents, children, families and seniors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) and Strathcona neighbourhoods.
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Equity in South Vancouver: How Data Helped Re-Shape Community Development in Killarney, Victoria-Fraserview, and Sunset
South Vancouver, often viewed as a single section of Vancouver, actually encompasses three distinct neighbourhoods, each with unique demographics and needs, creating a unique set of challenges for its children and families. Learn about how South Vancouver Neighbourhood House (SVNH) has been addressing these challenges through data-driven, community-informed approaches.
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Responding to EDI Data: A Play-Based Approach to Social-Emotional Learning in the Fraser Valley
The CALM Curriculum© (Connecting Neuroscience and Positive Psychology for Learning and Managing Emotions) is a play-based, research-informed initiative developed by the Fraser Valley Child Development Centre to help children improve self-regulation skills, build resilience, navigate social interactions and scaffold skills that support early childhood mental health.
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Building a Community Wellness Framework: South Island Indigenous Authority
Our latest Data in Action story spotlights South Island Indigenous Authority (SIIA), a community partner of HELP, and how their team has been able to use data from the Child Development Monitoring System as part of their wellness framework development. This collaboration demonstrates the potential for Monitoring System data to help identify and support child and youth well-being, honouring the unique identities, strengths and needs of communities.
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Cross-Sector Collaborations Create Early Years Programming to Support Rocky Mountain Transitions into Kindergarten
Learn about how Child Development Monitoring System data are useful sources of information to support cross-sector early learning discussions and partnerships.
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Data & Connection Series: Community-Led Research in Comox Valley
In an effort to address concerns about rising EDI vulnerability rates in the region, the Building Connections for Valley Families initiative was launched in 2019 to collectively inform and engage with communities with the goal of enhancing early years supports and services for children (conception to age 8), their families, and the Comox Valley.
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Data & Connection Series: Innovative Programming in Kootenay-Columbia
The Kootenay-Columbia region used Toddler Development Instrument (TDI) data collected during its pilot year to support their cross-cultural collaborative work, which resulted in the introduction of Parenting Cafés.