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Powered by Google’s cloud infrastructure, Google Maps Gallery makes it easy to access all kinds of mapping data, from population statistics to municipal projects to …

Google has launched its own Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to teach the general public how to understand surveys, research, and data. Called “Making Sense …

A new study reported by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto suggests that low-income Ontarians with diabetes have a 51% higher risk of dying than their wealthier …

The American Heart Association has compiled an evidence-based menu of effective interventions for policy makers, stakeholders and the public based on the results of over …

Community Currency allows local businesses and individuals to exchange goods and services without the use of cash. It is meant to complement, not replace the national …

The Toronto Star reports (July 15, 2012) that the top determinants of health in order are income status, education, social support networks, employment and working conditions, …

In 2007 Crime Prevention Ottawa funded community-based crime prevention initiatives in three neighbourhoods: “Ensemble pour Vanier/Together for Vanier” through Vanier Community Service Centre, “United Neighbours” through Pinecrest-Queensway …

More people walk to work in Ottawa than in any other big city in Canada and Ottawa is tops in North America when it com,es …

Researchers with the University of Vermont and the US Forest Service examined crime-mapping data and high-resolution tree canopy images for the Baltimore area and found …