The initiative supports residents growing their own vegetables in their garden, which could help prevent person-to-person contact by allowing residents to make fewer trips to the store, as well as help social programs that are in need of donations, such as local food banks.To get started, residents can request free supplies—such as soil and seeds—by email, and those looking for tips on growing their own produce can view some tutorial videos on the City’s website.

Le Fonds d’action COVID-19 de Toronto appuie des projets à l’UofT et à ses partenaires hospitaliers du Toronto Academic Health Science Network, qui pourrait obtenir des résultats rapides et des répercussions directes sur la santé des personnes, des collectivités et des soins de première ligne. Le Fonds de bourses d’études d’urgence COVID-19 aide à fournir des bourses d’urgence aux étudiants des cycles supérieurs et de premier cycle ayant des besoins urgents, en appuyant les besoins en matière de nourriture, d’abri, de voyages d’urgence et d’accès à Internet pour terminer leur travail de cours.

The Toronto COVID-19 Action Fund supports projects at UofT and its hospital partners across the Toronto Academic Health Science Network, with the potential for rapid results and direct impact on the health of individuals, communities, and on the front lines of care. The COVID-19 Emergency Student Bursary Fund helps to provide emergency bursaries for graduate and undergraduate students with urgent needs, supporting requirements for food, shelter, emergency travel, and internet access to complete their course work.

After weeks of lobbying, and examples set in Montreal and other cities, officials are moving to “pedestrianize” some of Ottawa’s streets for people out on essential trips. That should include bikes and all sorts of active transportation.

Le site devrait être lancé dans un proche avenir et offrira un soutien social et médical aux patients sans-abri coVID-19, en veillant à ce que les résidents soient complètement rétablis avant de retourner au système d’hébergement de Toronto. MSF fournira des “conseils consultatifs et de soutien”. Le site de rétablissement financé par la province marque la toute première opération de MSF au Canada, étant donné que l’organisation ne se concentre généralement pas sur les pays qui ont des systèmes de soins de santé qui fonctionnent bien.

The site is slated to launch in the near future and will offer social and medical supports for homeless COVID-19 patients, ensuring that residents are fully recovered before returning to Toronto’s shelter system. MSF will provide “consultative and supportive advice”. The provincially-funded Recovery Site marks MSF’s first-ever operation in Canada, given the organization does not typically focus on countries with well-functioning healthcare systems.

Residents and businesses can help by contributing donations of personal protective equipment, non-perishable food, other goods and services, and financial gifts. Residents can also use the DonateTO portal to find out about volunteer opportunities in their community.

La Ville de Calgary, en collaboration avec des partenaires locaux, a créé une campagne « acheter des produits locaux » pour soutenir les entreprises locales. #SupportLocalYYC, crée des liens, partage des ressources et des outils, et met en évidence des histoires positives pour inspirer la communauté et susciter d’autres innovations qui peuvent profiter à ceux qui en ont besoin.

The City of Calgary, together with local partners, has created a “buy local” campaign to support local business. #SupportLocalYYC, is creating connections, sharing resources and tools, and highlighting positive stories to inspire the community and spark further innovations that can benefit those in need.

La ville de New Westminster a installé des porta-potties dans les quartiers du centre-ville et du centre-ville, certains qui sont accessibles en fauteuil roulant. Il s’agit d’assurer l’accès aux salles de bains pour les populations vulnérables, qui autrement ne les ont pas, étant donné que toutes les entreprises sont fermées et autrement.

The City of New Westminster has installed porta-potties in the downtown and uptown neighbourhoods, some which are wheelchair accessible. This is to ensure access to bathrooms for vulnerable populations, who may otherwise not have them, given all of the businesses being shuttered and otherwise.

The BC Centre for Disease Control currently considers farmers’ markets low risk for COVID-19 transmission because they are usually held outdoors and can limit the number of people in assigned areas. Additionally, a new public health order bans all non-food and merchandise vendors at the markets.

All curbside regulations in New Westminster remain status quo, including paying for parking, permit parking and time regulated parking

Studying pinch points, the City is studying the situation and acting to “ensure people have safe spaces to walk and cycle – away from motor vehicles while also allowing social distancing to occur,”

The Calgary Herald is compiling a local directory of businesses in Calgary and area that are continuing to serve their communities organized by sector: Food & Beverage; Health & Wellness; Business and Professional Services; Transportation; Home and Garden; Misc. The document also provides businesses an opportunity to be added to the directory

Two versions of this resources exist — a google map https://bit.ly/2RG9thL and a google doc https://bit.ly/2RTM6l1

Le site Web du Housing Job Match mettra en contact les Britanno-Colombiens à la recherche d’un emploi avec des organismes de logement et d’hébergement sans but lucratif qui ont besoin d’aide.

The Housing Job Match website will connect British Columbians looking for work with non-profit housing and shelter organizations that need help.

A Phoenix-based organization is offering grants up to $10,000 to local small businesses experiencing economic distress and sudden loss of revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Relief grants are intended to help for-profit small businesses keep employees on payroll and meet other necessary operating costs. Preference is given to small businesses owned by veterans and underrepresented groups located in economically distressed areas of Phoenix.

Online platform inviting people around the world to send a sound recording about how things are in that location.  Visitors to the site can listen to sounds and read the stories collected on a clickable map

The new grants empowers local community organizations across Canada to ensure food makes its way to Canadians who need it most. The donation platform connects businesses with food surpluses to charities and non-profits in their own communities.

La Quinpool Road Mainstreet District Association a lancé une version en ligne des magasins et services de la rue à l’adresse www.quinpool.shop. Le site comprend des liens vers de nombreux magasins Quinpool, services et restaurants qui ont fait la transition de leurs entreprises dans les ventes en ligne, les livraisons et le ramassage organisé.

The Quinpool Road Mainstreet District Association launched an online version of the street’s shops and services at www.quinpool.shop. The site includes links to many Quinpool shops, services and restaurants that have transitioned their businesses into online sales, deliveries and arranged pickup.

A new initiative has been created to help larger brands use their influence and social followings to lend support to small businesses. Small businesses impacted by the crisis are being asked to add the hashtag “#LikeALocal” to an Instagram post to signal that they are willing to participate. Big brands search the hashtag on Instagram or by using one of their social listening tools to find a local business they’d like to support, reposting their post and explaining why. From there, the brands are encouraged to get in touch with the small business directly to find out if there are other forms of media they might be able to donate.

Écoutez l’information et les idées d’experts des entreprises et de l’industrie sur une variété de sujets, y compris la cybersécurité, le marketing numérique, les médias sociaux, le commerce électronique, la fidélisation de la clientèle et la refonte de la croissance en temps de crise. Les webinaires sont hébergés par le Mississauga Business Enterprise Centre (MBEC) et comprennent des séances de marketing numérique qui sont une extension du programme digital Main Street de la Ville de Mississauga.

Hear information and insights from business and industry experts on a variety of topics, including cyber-security, digital marketing, social media, e commerce, customer loyalty, and rethinking growth during a time of crisis. The webinars are hosted by the Mississauga Business Enterprise Centre (MBEC) and include digital marketing sessions that are an extension of the City of Mississauga’s Digital Main Street program.

Plateforme pour soutenir les entreprises locales en achetant des cartes-cadeaux pour aider à « aplatir la courbe ». Les certificats-cadeaux fournissent des flux de trésorerie rapides aux propriétaires d’entreprise et peuvent aider à payer les employés qui travaillent encore pour eux.

Platform for supporting local businesses by purchasing gift cards to help “flatten the curve”. Gift certificates provide fast cash flow for business owners, and can help pay employees who are still working for them.