The City of Guelph’s Community Wellbeing Initiative received a 2013 Impact Award at this year’s CIC Impact Summit in Chicago. Mayor Farbridge with Barbara Powell, City’s general manager of Community Engagement who accepted the Award on behalf of the City in Chicago. 

Mayor Farbridge highlights different activities during Local Government Week : October 20-26, 2013. She also spoke about the Mayor’s Initiative for World Mental Health Day.

City’s Community Wellbeing Initiative receives Impact Award GUELPH, ON, October 17, 2013 – The City of Guelph’s Community Wellbeing Initiative has received a 2013 Impact Award at this year’s CIC Impact Summit in Chicago. The City and Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) were selected by the Community Indicators Consortium leadership to receive the award which […]

Focus: Culture Days and in motion week challenge from October 7 to 13. The challenge seeks to determine which municipality in Wellington and Dufferin Counties and the City of Guelph is the most active over the 7 day period.

 On Sunday, September 22, the community hosted its first GWellbeing Day—an event that encourages, engages and connects residents in an effort to improve their health and wellbeing.  Mark Kubert, Doctor of Chiropractic and April Dickin, Social Worker talk about the Day on Inside Guelph.

GUELPH, ON, September 19, 2013 – On Sunday, September 22, the community will host its first GWellbeing Day—an event that encourages, engages and connects residents in an effort to improve their health and well-being. Organized by the Guelph Community Wellbeing Initiative’s Healthy Populations Design team, residents of all ages are encouraged to go outside for […]

Mayor Farbridge encourages all residents to take part in this year’s in motion week challenge Guelph, ON, September 19, 2013 – The City of Guelph has issued a challenge to the Town of Minto in the 2013 in motion week contest from October 7 to 13. This year’s in motion week challenge seeks to determine […]

The Governor General of Canada, His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston has described the Guelph’s Community Wellbeing Initiative as ”a wonderful example of university- community collaboration.”  The Governor General was delivering an opening address at the Community – University 2013 Expo: Engaging Shared Worlds in Newfoundland on Thursday, June 13. The Expo is being […]