Our Impact
Working Together for a Thriving Halton
– Dianna Williams, Manager of Research, Food for Life
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Our Reach
views of OKN Data Portal
(Jan 2018 – April 2025)
OKN Data Portal active users
(Jan 2018 – April 2025)
visits to OKN website
(Oct 2022 – Sept 2025)
visits to our Resource Hub
(Oct 2022 – Sept 2025)
visits to OKN Research and Data page
(Oct 2022 – Sept 2025)
downloads of our website resources
(Oct 2022 – Sept 2025)
visits to the Early Years Mental Health pages
(Oct 2022 – Sept 2025)
participants to our 147 Learning opportunities
(2015 – 2025)
professionals trained in the Developmental Assets framework
opens to our community messages
(Oct 2022 – Sept 2025)
clicks to our community messages
(Oct 2022 – Sept 2025)
media stories on OKN news
(Oct 2022 – Sept 2025)
social media posts
engagements
impressions
OKN Timeline
1996-2002
- Early Years and School Years Committees established
- Children’s Mental Health and Developmental Services Committee joined
- Partners for Children with Special Needs Committee joined
- Protocol Agreement signed by seven organizations
- Population monitoring cycle started
- Halton 7 Population Results established
- First Community Report Card released
- Research and Evaluation Committee established
2003-2009
- Pilot project evaluation began in 2004
- Results Based Accountability Framework introduced
- First OKN community hub opened in 2005
- Children’s Integration Planning Committee established
- Social Marketing and Communications Committee established
2010
- Pilot evaluation completed
- Strategic directions established
- Executive director and initial core staff hired
2011
- Community Report Card released, and findings presented to community
2012
- Pilot project evaluation began in 2004
- Results Based Accountability Framework introduced
- First OKN community hub opened in 2005
- Children’s Integration Planning Committee established
- Social Marketing and Communications Committee established
2013
- Data Portal launched
- Collective Impact framework adopted
2014
- Halton iparent launched
- OTF funding secured to implement Asset Building Strategy
- Developmental Assets Program Manager hired
- Collective Impact Planning Committee established (formerly Children’s Integration Planning Committee)
- Youth Engagement Policy adopted
2015
- New Strategic Plan adopted
- Early Years Developmental Relationships video launched
- Acton Collective Impact Pilot Project completed
- North Oakville Youth Collective Impact Initiative launched
- Asset-Building Toolkit launched
2016
- Our Kids Network receives three-year funding from OTF for early child development and education
- EY EDI project launched, and Project Coordinator/Community Impact Animator hired
2017
- One-year OTF seed funding secured for North Oakville Youth Collective Impact Initiative
- North Oakville Youth Collective Impact Project Coordinator hired
- EY EDI project launched, and three of six neighbourhood tables established
- EY EDI Research and Knowledge Broker hired
- OKN Researcher and Knowledge Broker hired
- Relationships First Asset-Building in Halton Workshop launched
2018
- North Oakville Youth Development Council created
- Youth Talk Hear Us Out forum hosted by North Oakville Youth Development Council
- Youth Voice Matters survey undertaken for North Oakville Youth CI project
- Two additional EY EDI neighbourhood tables established
- Release of TTFM (Tell Them From Me) Elementary and Secondary School reports
- Knowledge Utilization survey completed
- Awarded Ontario Trillium Foundation grow grant to expand reach of Halton adult-youth councils – inception of Halton Youth Initiative
2019
- Internal review of OKN completed and recommendations approved
- Renewed vision and mission statements and new role and structure defined
- Early Years initiative ends
- Early Years Mental Health Toolkit launched
- Data Portal version 2.0 launched
- Indigenous Reconciliation Initiative begins
2020
- Asset-Building coordination moves to community
- Hubs transition to community
- Indigenous Reconciliation Strategic Plan 2020-2024 initiated
2021
- UNICEF Child and Youth Well-Being Survey (Halton Youth Impact Survey) implemented
- 4 Seasons of Reconciliation Network Learning Initiative begins
- Halton Youth Impact virtual data party
- Halton Youth Initiative concludes
- Research and Knowledge Mobilization Manager hired
2022
- Halton Youth Impact Milton data party
- Launch of Halton Youth Impact Data to Action bulletin series
- Inaugural Halton Knowledge Exchange Conference
2023
- Launch of OKN redesigned website and resource hub
- Completion of 7th Kindergarten Parent Survey
- OKN Neighbourhood boundaries updated
- Data Portal 2.0 update
- Second annual Halton Knowledge Exchange Conference – The Impact of the pandemic on the mental health of children, youth and families
- Adoption of Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion statement
2024
- Release of the Student Mental Health Survey report
- Community consultation for the Halton 7 review undertaken
- Disaggregated Data Guide developed
- Release of 2023 Kindergarten Parent Survey Neighbourhood Cohesion Brief
- First Partnership Roundtable brings OKN partners together to collaborate on shared goals
2025
- Release of the Early Years Municipal Profiles
- Release of the 2023 Early Development Instrument Community Profile Report
- Belonging highlighted at the Annual Knowledge Exchange Conference
- Early Years Resiliency Action Table launched with two working groups
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