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INTRODUCING...THE CANADIAN INDEX OF WELLBEING ------ REALITY CHECK MAGAZINE HAS THE SCOOP ON THE NEW INDEX (MAY 6)Imagine that amidst the daily news report, the sports scores, the latest stock info, and GDP figures, we hear the latest Canadian Index of Wellbeing report, a measure about how we are really doing as a nation. That day is getting closer. Experts from across the country are hard at work, under the leadership of the Hon. Roy J. Romanow, Dr. Ron Colman, and others to create a new measuring tool that will link the economic reality and longer-term economic prosperity of our country with the social, health and environmental conditions that shape our communities. The latest issue of Reality Check Magazine has the scoop on the CIW, how it can help foster a common vision for the future of Canada and be used as a basis for improving health and wellbeing outcomes that matter to Canadians. Click here for a PDF version of Reality Check Click here for a web-based version
Related Links: Get more info about the Canadian Index of Wellbeing by visiting the new web site of the CIW Seven ways to measure where we're really at, by Andre Picard, Globe and Mail (May 12, 2005 Page A19) How are we (really) doing? National index to tell us, by Jordan Heath-Rawlings, Toronto Star (May 8, 2005 Page A8). |
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