Research Agenda: Activities

1. To identify the residential/settlement patterns of immigrants, seniors and low-income groups in York Region, paying specific attention to municipal differences and local spatial variations within the region.
2. To assess the awareness, use and satisfaction with services in York Region among immigrants, seniors, and low-income groups.
3. To build a geo-referenced information database of human services specific to education and personal development, employment and small business development, housing, and settlement, within York Region.
4. To examine the match between the demand and supply of human services in order to identify gaps and to evaluate notions of spatial efficiency and spatial equity for each vulnerable population.
5. To analyse the variables that encourage use of appropriate human services by each vulnerable population in the region.