Working towards a sustainable Hamilton community that is caring, inclusive, empowering, and
accessible for all
SPRC Hamilton is an independent voice, serving to inform the community about demographic trends, highlight social inequities, and promote solutions that will improve social conditions. We work in partnership with community members and organizations to provide relevant social research and analysis which helps inform decision making. We provide consultation services to help organizations better understand and analyze their data, and we facilitate community programs which help address existing and emerging needs. Our work is centered around issues related to poverty reduction; housing security, equity and inclusion, and the healthy development of children and families.
Land Acknowledgement
SPRC Hamilton is situated on the traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee, and Mississaugas. This land is covered by the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement between the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabek to share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes. We acknowledge that this land is also covered by the Between the Lakes Purchase, 1792, between the Crown and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.
OVERVIEW: SERVICES AND PROGRAMS
SPRC Hamilton has several programs that it directly develops and manages. These programs support our goal of developing a sustainable Hamilton community that is caring, inclusive, empowering, and accessible with a focus on meeting the fundamental needs of people in our city.
We also have services that build on SPRC Hamilton’s strong history of helping the Hamilton community through areas of specialty that are uniquely positioned to support organizations in being and becoming the best versions of themselves.
OVERVIEW: SERVICES & PROGRAMS
SPRC Hamilton operates programs for individuals which support our goal of developing a sustainable, accessible, and equitable Hamilton, by focussing on meeting the fundamental needs of people in our community.
We also offer services to organizations and institutions that build on SPRC Hamilton’s strong history of helping and supporting the community and non-profit sector through social planning and community development activities.
SERVICES
Research
and Analysis
Program
Evaluation
Systems Planning and Facilitation
Community Development for Change
Programs
Tastebuds, Hamilton’s Student Nutrition Collaborative
Financial
Empowerment Program
Community Action Program
for Children (CAPC)
Research and Insights
When we say we LOVE data and research, we really mean it. We’ve been providing these services in our community for almost 60 years. Why is this important? In order to make effective and informed decisions for our community, one needs to collect data, as well as analyze and make sense of the data. That’s what we do.
We help people understand information about their community, including how our population is changing and what new supports or services might be needed in the future. Research and analysis helps our community meet needs today and plan for the future. We break this down in our publications which focus on four key areas:
- Poverty Reduction and Elimination
- Healthy Development of Children and Families
- Housing and Homelessness
- Equity and Inclusion
RESEARCH AND INSIGHTS
When we say we LOVE data and research, we really mean it. We’ve been providing these services in our community for almost 60 years. Why is this important? In order to make effective and informed decisions for our community, one needs to collect data, as well as analyze and make sense of the data. That’s what we do.
We help people understand information about their community, including how our population is changing and what new supports or services might be needed in the future. Research and analysis helps our community meet needs today and plan for the future. We break this down in our publications which focus on four key areas:
- Poverty Reduction and Elimination
- Healthy Development of Children and Families
- Housing and Homelessness
- Equity and Inclusion
LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND UPDATES
Annual Impact Report – 2021-2022
The 2021-2022 Annual Impact Report is out and it is a treasure trove of information. Along with the summary of a very busy year, the Report shares the development of a new Strategic Plan that will guide SPRC Hamilton for years. Exciting developments are included, too,...
Show Us the Money: Income Security in Ontario 2022
On May 18, 2022, SPRC Hamilton and Community Development Halton hosted a virtual Town Hall called, Show us the Money: Income Security in Ontario: Preparing for Provincial Election 2022. Below is a pre-election resource to assist with conversations on the income...
MEDIA RELEASE: First Ontario Credit Union Invests in Local Student Nutrition Programs in Hamilton
FirstOntario Credit Union has donated $20,000.00 to Tastebuds, Hamilton’s Student Nutrition Collaborative. This food funding received will allow the Hamilton Tastebuds Student Nutrition Collaborative to scale up operations of local student nutrition initiatives and...
Annual Impact Report – 2020-2021
A year of firsts… The pandemic impacted everyone in our community - and marginalized citizens felt its impact very keenly. Many of us have never seen a time where schools are closed, there are numerous road blocks to providing...
Hamilton’s Rental Landscape: Understanding the rental housing crisis and solutions to end it
The current rental landscape is changing, and changing fast. Highlighting data on rental housing from a variety of sources, the Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton is publishing a series of bulletins to bring attention to Hamilton’s renters, the buildings...
Rents and Affordability in Hamilton and Ontario
A recent report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives shows that a minimum-wage earner would have to work 54 hours a week to afford a one bedroom apartment in Hamilton. This troubling situation is not unique to Hamilton, as many communities across Ontario...
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