Description

This self-study course explores how health and socio-economic data can be used together to better understand differences in health among areas with different population characteristics. With more knowledge of socio-economic status groups, the geographic distribution of these groups across Canadian municipalities and differences in health utilization according to socio-economic status, learners can then target their approaches to health planning, promotion and prevention and act to reduce disparities across their respective jurisdictions.

Earlier this year, Atira Property Management Inc. (APMI) contracted Ernst & Young to perform a Social Return on Investment (SROI) analysis. The purpose of the SROI analysis is to determine the costs and benefits to all key stakeholders of hiring Target Employee Group (TEG) individuals.

The mission of Out of this World Café is to assist the community by employing current in-patients and out-patients of the psychiatric community, increasing their communal integration by providing real-world experience to those faced with mental illness. At the same time Out of This World Café provides the surrounding community with great food at great prices.

Jarret Value 2 Cooperative operated as a quality second hand retail store in downtown Sudbury. The store was cooperatively owned and run by individuals with developmental disabilities creating training and employment experience for themselves while providing a valuable service to their community.

As a non-profit organization, COIN is committed to improving the skills of individuals in the Peterborough community in order to overcome obstacles they may encounter in obtaining employment, including a developmental disability.

Charles Printing is a self-described „affirmative business which provides printing services to customers in Hawkesbury. Such services include colour printing and copying, and tasks related to print finishing such as collating materials.