Vibrant Communities Calgary and several other organizations have been collaborating to discover how we measure what matters and make our data more accessible. We are convening other interested partners to:
    • Identify opportunities to improve the quality and availability of data;
    • Create efficiencies in data sharing; and
    • Influence policy-making with consistent evidence-based well-being metrics.

    Key Partners

    • Data for Good - Support for non profits to get the most out of their data through analytics and visualizations in order to leverage their impact in the community.
    • Mount Royal University Institute for Community Prosperity Measuring What Matters - The Institute for Community Prosperity ensures that students and citizens have access to high impact, immersive learning, and to undergraduate community-partnered research opportunities that build their confidence and capacity to lead transformational change in their communities.
    • Vibrant Communities Calgary- Stewards of Enough for All, Calgary’s community driven poverty reduction strategy.
    • The City of Calgary - The Calgary Equity Index (CEI) is a tool to help residents, planners, researchers, and decision-makers identify disparities or equity concerns across Calgary.

    Subject Matter Experts

    We have engaged several exerts as part of this initiative. Read their bios by clicking below.

    Supporting Materials

    Shared Data Examples

    • MyPeg – Winnipeg Peg is a community indicator system, tracking measures called ‘indicators’ that reflect and measure our city’s well-being. The indicators, developed by a wide variety of stakeholders, are grouped into seven theme areas (basic needs, health, education & learning, social vitality and governance, built environment, economy, and natural environment).
    • Civic Switchboard – data initiative in the US with libraries and civic data – case studies in report
    • National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) is a learning network, coordinated by the Urban Institute in the US, that connects independent partner organizations in more than 30 cities that share a mission to ensure all communities have access to data and the skills to use information to advance equity and well-being across neighborhoods.
    • Data CO-OP – Australian data initiative that involves social organizations and universities. This is what we are trying to do with the Social Innovation Data Collaboratory at UCalgary.