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Medicine Hats Vital Signs
What it is

• A civic education and engagement tool
• A knowledge resource - useful in informing the
  discussions of decision makers, policy makers and
  citizens at large
• An accessible, readable publication
• A change driver
• A work-in-progress

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Medicine Hats Vital Signs
What it is not

• A peer-reviewed academic publication
• A partisan document that takes positions on
  issues
• A call to action
• Perfect!

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Medicine Hats Vital Signs
About

• Initiated by Toronto Community Foundation in
  2001.
• 18 communities this year (15 last year).
• Gather information to inform our granting and
  related decisions.
• Engage donors, key informants and a broad
  spectrum of our communitys citizens.

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Medicine Hats Vital Signs
12 Key Areas for 2009
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Committee Indicators
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Vital Signs Project Structure
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Indictor Selection
Committee Indicators
Community Leadership Committee (CLC) acts as
steering committee Selection of indicators
refined by CLC. Three year cycle of mandatory
indicators established by national consent. Data
collected centrally for all national
indicators. Hundreds of pieces of data.
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Data Collection/Analysis
Committee Indicators
Community Consultations Internet
Research Committee selection for print and web
versions Fact or Fiction and Did you Know
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Design/Communication
Committee Indicators
Reader friendly and photography by M.H.
Photographic Club Expanded web version links to
original data source Web version hosted by
CFC Media partner is Medicine Hat News.
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Vital Activity
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Vital Activity

• Vital activity is the So What
• What is the Foundation doing
• What are other Agencies doing
• What is the government doing
• What can I do

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Vital Activity
Committee Indicators
Vital Activity will feature our grants, our
endowment funds, other charities and/or their
programs. Will also feature government programs
and ideas for individual actions. Vital Activity
will integrate Vital Signs into all aspects of
Foundation work and be featured in all our main
publications.
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Highlights
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Highlights
Over 60,000 people and with only 3 visible
minorities. However one third of males and one
quarter of females smoke. Both averages are
above the Alberta average and nearly 50 of 40
and 49 year olds are smokers. There is also
some significant increases in the rates of
obesity and diabetes in our regional area.
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Highlights
Good place to do business with only 3.7
bankruptcy. Home business on the increase.
Average hourly wage is increased from 18.78 in
2005 to 22.20 in 2007 Unemployment is below
national average but above the provincial average
(4.9). Employment growth is down and going in
the opposite direction to the rest of the
Province.
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Highlights
Good volunteers 53.2 of Hatters volunteer -
not including 2008 Alberta Summer Games.
Volunteers for the Salvation Army if paid the
average hourly wage are worth 15,817
annually. Recycling rates have doubled between 02
and 07 however landfill use has also dramatically
increased. Traffic crime is up 50 above
national average. Police have placed an emphasis
on drugs and impaired driving numbers are all
up. Increase in use of womens shelter crisis
line. Very low use of public transportation
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Highlights
High school non-completion rate is 27.9 well
above the national average. Lost our status as
the city with the lowest property rates in
Canada. Total cost of living has dropped in
comparison to other Alberta communities but not
in all aspects. Food more expensive than in
Edmonton
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Whats New for 2009
Highlights
Music Festival Substance Abuse Long Term Care
Facilities Staff s Large employers s who
take in charity walks and runs Business
Bankruptcies Speeding tickets in School
Zones Proportion of Single Parent
Families Employment of the Disabled

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And
finally
QUESTIONS COMMENTS DISCUSSION FEEDBACK