The Ottawa Community Foundation’s Fifth Annual Ottawa’s Vital Signs report to be released October 5th

CHECKUP 2010: Ottawa residents grade their city

The Ottawa Community Foundation’s Fifth Annual Ottawa’s Vital Signs report to be released October 5th

Find out whether Ottawa makes the grade with residents after five years of annual checkups on the health of our community. What’s changed and what’s stayed the same since the first report was released in 2006?

A panel discussion and presentation of the findings will be followed by an opportunity to conduct one-on-one interviews with Ottawa’s Vital Signs’ and community spokespeople.

Details:
Ottawa’s Vital Signs Media Launch
Tuesday, October 5
10 – 11 a.m.
National Arts Centre, Panorama Room

Light refreshments will be served at 9:30, followed by a brief presentation and panel discussion about the findings in the 2010 Ottawa’s Vital Signs report. The panel will consist of Judith MacBride-King, Co-Chair of the Ottawa’s Vital Signs Advisory Committee; Caroline Andrew, Professor at the School of Political Studies and Director of the Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa; Jack McCarthy, Executive Director of the Somerset West Community Health Centre; and Marion Wright, Chair of the Alliance to end Homelessness.

Ottawa’s Vital Signs 2010 is the fifth annual report card on the health of our city. Measuring the community’s quality of life in 11 key areas, the report presents indicators and assigns grades in such areas as the Gap between Rich and Poor; Housing; Health and Wellness; Safety; Learning; Arts and Culture; and the Environment.

Ottawa’s Vital Signs is part of a national initiative led by Community Foundations of Canada through which 15 communities across the country will release Vital Signs reports on the same day. These cities include Victoria, BC; Vancouver, BC; Red Deer, AB; Calgary, AB; Medicine Hat, AB; Sudbury, ON; London, ON; Hamilton, ON; Waterloo Region, ON; Toronto, ON; Kingston, ON; Ottawa, ON; Montreal, QC; Saint John, NB; and Lunenburg, NS.

The Ottawa Community Foundation is a public, non-profit organization created by and for the people of Ottawa. It connects donors who care with causes that matter and serves as a trusted resource for addressing issues and leveraging opportunities in the community. It attracts and manages a growing endowment, the invested earnings of which provide grants to charitable organizations.

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Iona Green
Senior Associate, Marketing and Communications
Ottawa Community Foundation
613-236-1616 X 232
igreen@cfo-fco.ca