Priority area

• Protecting what is valuable establishes policies and development criteria for: Health and safety provisions aimed at ensuring a diverse, healthy environment

Relevant sections

• Chapter 5: Movement of People and Goods – An Integrated Transportation System
• Chapter 7: Community Infrastructure
• Section 11.1: Downtown Guelph Secondary Plan

Priority areas

• A physically active and healthy community that promotes active living: Continued increases in the level, duration and intensity of physical activity for all residents so as to create the most physically active residents in Canada, Improved community wellness and health indicators as a result of physical activity initiatives
• A sustainable network of recreational infrastructure: Recreational opportunities that enable and support unstructured, self‐scheduled, multi‐ability, and low‐cost activities, in addition to local sports and other organized activities

Priority areas

• In Guelph, all older adults will be treated respectfully and included fully in social life
• Guelph will offer facilities and programs that allow older adults to participate in recreational and social activities as they age

Priority areas

• Develop a comprehensive marketing plan so all youth are aware of programming and supports for youth in crisis
• Endorse City of Guelph anti-bullying policy
• Facilitate a City-led health and wellness campaign to support youth wellness

Priority areas

• Research: To understand the prevalence and effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) locally
• Local best practice: To share Circle of Security, an evidence-based, relationship-based program focused on enhancing attachment between parents and children by supporting parents to read their child’s emotional needs, support their child to manage emotions, and develop their child’s self-esteem

Priority area

• Identifying kids earlier and getting them the right help sooner: Trained providers will have a new developmental screen for children in the preschool years. They will screen for potential risks to the child’s development as early as possible.

Priority areas

• Equitable access to early years services for children birth to six years of age and their families
• Increase early years’ service levels, Increase accessibility to early years services and programmes

Priority areas

• Mental health services & supports: Conduct an environmental scan of the mental health services that exist locally, support the work of the lead for children and youth mental health services following the implementation of the Child and Youth Mental Services Framework
• Recreation services and supports: Define the role of recreation in the social and health service system, Integrate recreation with other social and health policies for children and youth
• Family supports: Increase knowledge and awareness of the different parental supports available locally, identify and increase awareness about parental supports that meet the unique needs of priority populations, including youth who are parents
• Social Inclusion: Identify social inclusion support needs of marginalized children and youth

Priority area

• Health inequities

Priority areas

• Prevention
• Harm reduction
• Treatment and recovery

Priority area

• Protecting what is valuable establishes policies and development criteria for: Health and safety provisions aimed at ensuring a diverse, healthy environment

Relevant sections

• Chapter 3: Planning a Complete and Healthy Community
• Chapter 7: Community Infrastructure

Priority areas

• A physically active and healthy community that promotes active living: Continued increases in the level, duration and intensity of physical activity for all residents so as to create the most physically active residents in Canada, Improved community wellness and health indicators as a result of physical activity initiatives
• A sustainable network of recreational infrastructure: Recreational opportunities that enable and support unstructured, self‐scheduled, multi‐ability, and low‐cost activities, in addition to local sports and other organized activities

Priority areas

• In Guelph, all older adults will be treated respectfully and included fully in social life
• Guelph will offer facilities and programs that allow older adults to participate in recreational and social activities as they age

Priority areas

• Develop a comprehensive marketing plan so all youth are aware of programming and supports for youth in crisis
• Endorse City of Guelph anti-bullying policy
• Facilitate a City-led health and wellness campaign to support youth wellness

Priority areas

• Research: To understand the prevalence and effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) locally
• Local best practice: To share Circle of Security, an evidence-based, relationship-based program focused on enhancing attachment between parents and children by supporting parents to read their child’s emotional needs, support their child to manage emotions, and develop their child’s self-esteem

Priority area

• Identifying kids earlier and getting them the right help sooner: Trained providers will have a new developmental screen for children in the preschool years. They will screen for potential risks to the child’s development as early as possible.

Priority areas

• Equitable access to early years services for children birth to six years of age and their families
• Increase early years’ service levels, Increase accessibility to early years services and programmes

Priority areas

• Mental health services & supports: Conduct an environmental scan of the mental health services that exist locally, support the work of the lead for children and youth mental health services following the implementation of the Child and Youth Mental Services Framework
• Recreation services and supports: Define the role of recreation in the social and health service system, Integrate recreation with other social and health policies for children and youth
• Family supports: Increase knowledge and awareness of the different parental supports available locally, identify and increase awareness about parental supports that meet the unique needs of priority populations, including youth who are parents
• Social Inclusion: Identify social inclusion support needs of marginalized children and youth

Priority area

• Health inequities

Priority areas

• Prevention
• Harm reduction
• Treatment and recovery