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You are here: Home | Guest Blog | Archives | 01 Dec, 2011

Entries for month: December 2011

The Canadian Index of Well Being – A Gauge of our Economic Growth vs. Social Progress

December 09, 2011 · No Comments

Karra discusses " How Canadians are Really Doing" a report by the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW). The CIW is based in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo, The Network's signature product is the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW). The CIW measures Canada's wellbeing and tracks social progress. In their report and Infographic, they use a number of indicators to determing if Canadians quality of life is "keeping up" with our economic growth.

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