-----Original Message----- 
 May 6, 2005

Introducing the Canadian Index of Wellbeing


 Dear Colleague:

The last time I sent out a cover letter with an edition of Reality Check was to introduce this publication to you. Now, four years and nine issues later, it's time for another note to call special attention to issue number ten. It's time to let people know that tomorrow has arrived, that The Canadian Index of Wellbeing is on the doorstep.

As a reader of Reality Check, you know that experts across the country have been developing measures of the things that count. Now they are working together, under the leadership of the Hon. Roy J. Romanow, Dr. Ron Colman, and others to create a measuring tool that will reflect the full spectrum of Canadian values and report to us regularly how we are really doing as a nation. 

 Supported by partnerships with Stats Can experts and so many other key individuals and organizations, the Canadian Index of Wellbeing will be built around powerful indicators that link the economic reality and longer-term economic prosperity of our country with the social, health and environmental conditions that shape our communities. 

Attached you will find links to the latest issue of Reality Check and to a speech by Mr. Romanow entitled The Canadian Index of Wellbeing: Taking Measure of the Things that Count. This speech was delivered on the occasion of the National Conference of the United Ways of Canada on May 6, 2005. You can find more information about the Canadian Index of Wellbeing by visiting  <http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/ciw> www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/ciw. As well, please advise if you want a hard copy(ies).

We invite you to pass on this message to others who would be interested in this truly transformational work. While our work on the index is well underway, we would benefit greatly from your feedback on what we've done so far. Contact us by visiting our website or by writing to  <[log in to unmask]" target="_blank">http:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] 

Sincerely,


Charles E. Pascal

Executive Director

Attached links:

For a c opy  <http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/ciw/RCheck_May_2005_revised_31.pdf> of Reality Check #10: Introducing...The Canadian Index of Wellbeing

   <http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/ciw/RCheck_May_2005_revised_31.pdf> http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/ciw/RCheck_May_2005_revised_31.pdf 

To read Mr.  <http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/ciw/RJRUNITED_WAY.pdf> Romanow's Speech, The Canadian index of Wellbeing: Taking Measure of the Things that Count

http://www.atkinsonfoundation.ca/ciw/RJRUNITED_WAY.pdf


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