0902, 2024

Geospatial Targeting in Public Health & Injury Prevention Programs

/ February 9, 2024/ 0 comments

Healthy Way Consulting Owner & Operator, Dr. Andrew Clark, presented at the 2023 Pediatric Trauma Society Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana representing Fanshawe College and the School of Design. Check out our most recent blog post where he discusses the presentation and its connection to Pediatric Trauma. Do you get advertisements on your mobile device as you pass a McDonalds or Tim Hortons? Do you get advertisements in your mailbox that your family in other neighbourhoods may not get? Do you see advertisements on social media that are for things that seem to be targeting you directly? These are all examples of spatially targeting messaging that helps ensure that advertisers send

2606, 2023

The Importance of Research Ethics in the Non-Profit Sector

/ June 26, 2023/ 0 comments

Introduction Many non-profit organizations work with vulnerable and at-risk populations, such as people with disabilities, racialized, unemployed, or living in poverty. Research is conducted to better understand the circumstances faced by these vulnerable people, while assessing the impact of non-profit organization’s programming on improving their outcomes. Drawing conclusions from data can help leadership better understand an individual’s experiences and what programming can be successful at improving their life circumstances. Much of the research conducted in the non-profit sector is qualitative, meaning that researchers ask questions in an interview or focus groups style to better understand the lived experiences an individual or group. Surveys can also be used to measure data in

1805, 2023

Webinar: Active School Travel & the Built Environment

/ May 18, 2023/ 0 comments

Our Owner / Operator, Dr. Andrew Clark, spoke today at the Ontario Association of School Business Officials Active School Travel working group meeting about the relationships between Active School Travel (AST) and the Built Environment. In this webinar, he explores the differences between City Building Environmental factors likes Population Density, Intersection Density, Land Use Mix, and Sidewalk Availability. He also investigates how interventions and policy can be used to change perceptions and reality around the built environment and AST. Here are some of the resources shared in the presentation today: OAST Active School Travel Policy Scan ELMO ASRTS Go Green Travel Clean Tool Kit PowerPoint Presentation To learn more about Active School Travel,

1505, 2023

Frequently Asked Questions

/ May 15, 2023/ 0 comments

Throughout our year in business, we have been asked many questions about Healthy Way Consulting. Below you will find some of the most frequently asked questions and our answers to them. Let us know if there is anything else you want to know, as our company believes in building trust with our clients through strong communication and transparency. Q1: Could you provide a bit of background on Healthy Way Consulting? A1: Healthy Way Consulting is a social enterprise that works to create healthier and more equitable communities. We support not-for-profit and public sector organizations in creating a healthy way forward by moving ideas from conception to impact through grant writing, program

2304, 2023

Our Values at Healthy Way Consulting

/ April 23, 2023/ 0 comments

At Healthy Way Consulting, we support not-for-profit & public sector organizations in creating a healthy way forward by moving ideas from conception to impact through grant writing, program evaluation, and providing technical support. Our core values guide us to help make a positive impact on communities that need support. We approach our work with the conviction that every person deserves to fully participate in their community and live a healthy life. Social Enterprise You might have heard the term social enterprise before, but what does it mean, and how does it apply to Healthy Way Consulting? A social enterprise is an organization that does work that leads to social benefit for

2104, 2023

Save time and money by automating

/ April 21, 2023/ 0 comments

At times when staffing and funding is at a premium, it may be worthwhile thinking about the activities you do regularly and asking yourself how they could be automated. Over the last two years I have worked with staff at Western University’s Human Environments Analysis Laboratory to automate some of their more tedious and repetitive tasks, which included sending email reminders about mandatory training to staff members, submitting work hours, or processing data into easy-to-understand spreadsheets and reports. Automation has so many applications and has the potential to save you time and money! What is automation? Automation may seem like a big scary word that involves a lot of technology and

1404, 2023

Objectives, Outputs, & Outcomes oh my! Clearly defining your objectives, outputs, & outcomes in grant applications

/ April 14, 2023/ 0 comments

Have you seen grant applications ask you to define your objectives, outputs, and outcomes? Have you been told your objectives are not measurable? Are you confused about the difference between outputs and outcomes? Have you asked to better connect your outputs and outcomes to your objectives? All of these questions are common issues that occur with more and more frequently with funding agencies requiring evaluation plans and evidence-informed decision making to be part of grant applications and implemented projects. The terminology can get confusing and misunderstanding the differences can lead to a really good idea going unfunded. In this blog I will be defining these terms and providing you some ideas on how you can

2003, 2023

How to write a winning grant

/ March 20, 2023/ 0 comments

Do you struggle to find time for grant writing? Are you having trouble getting grant funding? This is a familiar refrain from many non-profit organizations that do not have grant writers on staff. In today’s non-profit environment, funding continues to require fewer staff to do more work than ever before, meaning you may be doing work that doesn’t really fit your expertise. As a result, consider hiring Healthy Way Consulting to help you develop a high quality and fundable grant that will showcase your organization, program, and / or projects and the impact it has on your clients and the community. Healthy Way Consulting expertise Healthy Way Consulting owner and operator,

0402, 2023

Webinar: Working with 2021 Census Data

/ February 4, 2023/ 0 comments

In our most recent Webinar, Owner / Operator Andrew Clark provides an overview on how to access data from the Census of Canada for free. This is especially important as Statistics Canada just released the socioeconomic data for the 2021 Census of Canada, meaning the entire dataset is now ready for use by researchers and analysts to help understand the current status of the population in Canada. If you are interested in utilizing this data in your work but don’t have experience or expertise, please reach out to Andrew for help.

2309, 2022

Webinar: Automate Tasks with Office 365

/ September 23, 2022/ 0 comments

Are you responsible for running multiple tasks that require you to complete a series of tasks over and over again? Do the number of hours spent on these tasks add up over the days, weeks, and months? Maybe you should be creating automation process that takes some of the tedious nature of these jobs off your plate. Owner / Operator of Healthy Way Consulting, Andrew Clark, will be walking you through an example of how to take advantage of automation tools available through Office365 for Business to automate a process. He will focus on Microsoft Forms, SharePoint Lists, and Power Automate. To learn more or to get help in automating your