How is Vital Signs different from other indicator initiatives?
There are a variety of indicator initiatives across Canada. Some track specific issues at a local level, such as a police board monitoring crime levels. Others analyze national data from a particular perspective, such as sustainability. All play an important role in helping us better understand our communities. Vital Signs builds on existing initiatives in four valuable ways: • Collate broad range of data. Community foundations develop a distinctly broad picture of the community using relevant national data and identifying local research on a wide range of subject areas. • Engage the community: Vital Signs reflects the community because it involves the community at every level, from determining the report’s indicators and exploring research sources, to assigning grades. • Create a national report: Because community foundations across Canada are participating in this project we are able to provide Canadians with a national snapshot of the issues that are critical to the vitality of our
