Acknowledgments

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Special thanks to Andrew Sharpe and his staff Jean-Francois Arsenault, Christopher Ross, Graham Beattie, Patrick Alexander, Benjamin Evans and Alexander Murray at the Centre for the Study of Living Standards, CFC's research partner on this project.

CFC and the CSLS also thank the following for their assistance in providing data: Statistics Canada (Pierre Berard, Marie-Josée Bourgeois, Jennifer Callaghan, Bernie Edwards, Jackie Fracasso, Mimi Gauthier, Mary Frances Lawlis, Serge Legault, Patou Tshomba), Environment Canada (Celine Audette), Canadian Institute for Health Information (Jennie Hoekstra), Canadian Council on Learning (Jarrett Laughlin), Centre for Spatial Economics (Tom McCormack), and HRSDC (Aaron Segaert).

CFC also thanks Michael Adams, of the Environics Institute and Keith Neuman of the Environics Research Group for their work on the Public Opinion Research on Community Quality of Life.

Writing: May Wong, Skana Gee

Translation: Monique Joly

Media Relations: Skana Gee

Website: Foil Media

Thank you to all of the community foundations participating in Vital Signs for helping us gather stories about how it is having an impact in their communities and on their work.

Thanks to Our Funders

Special thanks to the Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation for contributing to this report in partnership with Mackenzie Charitable Giving Fund, and to the Ford Foundation for its ongoing support of Community Foundations of Canada's leadership work. Also thanks to the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation for providing critical support for the national expansion of the Vital Signs program.