We work collaboratively across all sectors to centre wellbeing as a measure of success and progress that guides us all.
We do this by:
Driving provincial and national initiatives as part of a global movement aimed at measuring and improving quality of life for all.
Equipping governments, organizations, and individuals with insights and tools they can use to address complex challenges, rise to opportunities, invest in what matters most, and affect change in their own backyards.
Nurturing belief in a better world that everyone can feel part of and committed to.
What we do is brought to life through three primary focus areas:
Nova Scotia
Quality of Life Initiative
The Nova Scotia Quality of Life Initiative is leading the wellbeing movement in Canada.
We work with community, government, business, and academic sectors to:
Advance a wellbeing framework for measuring and improving the lives of Nova Scotia residents.
Undertake the NS Quality of Life Survey every 5 years (next up: 2025)
Share the survey results widely and equip people to use them
Sustainable Development
Goals Program
Our Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) project drives opportunities to collaborate on action for sustainable, equitable, and inclusive futures.
To get involved, you can:
Download Survey Snapshots, an infographic report
Partner with us to advance a community project with support and resources
Add your efforts and interests to our crowdsourced map
Join the SDG Network that meets monthly
Projects to strengthen
social connections
Relationships, or social connections, and our sense of belonging are essential to our wellbeing.
We create opportunities for people to strengthen them.
Do a ___ thing, a collection of ideas to (re)connect at school, work, and home.
From Me to You, a provincewide note-writing initiative.
Share Thanksgiving (2014-2018), where Nova Scotia residents hosted newcomers to the province for a meal.