Canadian Index of Wellbeing

The Canadian Index of Wellbeing is based in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo. The CIW Network is an independent, non-partisan group of national and international leaders, researchers, organizations, and grassroots Canadians. The Honourable Roy J. Romanow is Chair and the Honourable Monique Bégin is Deputy Chair of the CIW Advisory Board. Its mission is to report on wellbeing at the national level and promote a dialogue on how to improve it through evidence-based policies that are responsive to the needs and values of Canadians.

The Network's signature product is the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW). The CIW measures Canada's wellbeing and tracks progress in eight interconnected categories or domains (healthy populations, living standards, community vitality, education, environment, time use, democratic engagement, leisure and culture. It allows us, as Canadians, to see if we are better off or worse off than we used to be -- and why. It helps identify what we need to change to achieve a better outcome and to leave the world a better place for the generations that follow.

External links

http://www.ciw.ca/en/Home.aspx