Community Quality Improvement, Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition, Algoma University College/NORDIK Institute and Garden River First Nation have been working together as partners to organize this exciting two-day conference in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

"Community Quality of Life: From Indicators to Action" will bring together private, public and not-for-profit sector leaders in the common challenge of improving human wellbeing within their respective communities. The main focus of the conference will be on indicator initiatives, which are being developed by many communities across Canada to address a range of community issues. It will provide opportunities for sharing information about approaches to measuring community quality of life and ways of making indicator initiatives more effective, systematic and relevant. It will also provide an impetus for moving indicator initiatives from data collection to becoming catalysts for community change.

Presentations
Five keynote addresses will be given by acclaimed leaders and renowned experts on various aspects of community quality of life. Sixteen workshops will be provided by practitioners, researchers and academics from a diverse range of programs and initiatives. The workshops have been organized into the four themes of the conference. 

Conference Themes
The conference has been organized into the following themes: Using indicators to improve community quality of life Building healthy environments Quality of life challenges and opportunities among First Nations peoples Innovative approaches to improving community quality of life Conference Prices.