CityStudio Durham Success Stories

Winter 2023

The Region of Durham wanted to better understand the customer service expectations of the members of the community and the impact of changing demographics on the deployment of the multi channel (e.g.

Winter 2023

Unattached single adults have the highest poverty in Canada and current federal and provincial social assistance programs are inadequate for this population. This project sought to understand:

• What is the local context?
  • What does local data tell us about this target population?
  • Who are key stakeholders supporting poverty reduction for this target population?
  • What poverty reduction supports are available locally to support this target population?
• What are best or promising practices to.

Winter 2023

Durham Region has initiated a Workplace Modernization project. The initial intent of the project was to update the physical workspace to optimize the existing building and defer expansion requirements for several years.

Winter 2023

This project aimed to gain a better understanding of the skills required by employers in Durham Region’s northern municipalities of Scugog, Uxbridge and Brock (hereby known as north Durham) versus the skills of available job seekers in the same geography. As part of this project, datasets related to commuting patterns, educational attainment, job postings, and other forms of workforce data were examined to understand:

• What skills are north Durham employers looking for?
• What skills do.

Winter 2023

Durham Region sought to better understand how residents, evacuated from a disaster, can recover to their pre-disaster state without further displacing them. In addition to municipal and provincial resources and financial programs, this study investigated what other supports are necessary to put families back on track to recover from a disaster, 

Winter 2023

Durham Region owns and operates, in partnership with York Region, an energy from waste facility known as

Winter 2023

The Region of Durham conducts an annual business count to gather employment statistics to ensure sufficient jobs for future population growth, to monitor and strengthen our economy, as well as provide a current and up-to-date directory for residents and visitors alike to shop and discover Durham. This data is collected mainly through in-person visits from May-August, as well as through calls and emails to the businesses.

Winter 2023/2024

Through CityStudio Durham and the Regional Municipality of Durham’s Children’s Services Division, students from Ontario Tech University have wrapped up another successful partnership to help improve the developmental outcomes of children in Durham Region. Dr.

Winter 2022

­Durham College students help parents and educators across the Region

Durham College’s Early Childhood Education (ECE) students have wrapped up their final year placement project with CityStudio Durham. The project not only helped educators and parents across the Region, it helped college students with their future careers as well.

Fall 2021

The Innovation and Research Team in the Strategic Initiatives Division in the Chief Administrative Officer’s (CAO) office has undergone a revise and refresh of our approach to supporting innovation and research at the Regional Municipality of Durham. We identified some strategic areas for maturing our innovation capabilities.