Third-party Resources

Please note that the links below are not an endorsement by OTF.

Accessibility

• Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) (Law and regulations)
• Guide to the AODA (AODA Alliance)
• How to make public spaces accessible - Accessibility Ontario (Design of public spaces standard)
• AccessAbility® Advantage - March of Dimes (assessible and universally designed solutions)
• Guidelines for Barrier-free Design of Ontario Government Facilities

Capital Projects: Resources and Links

• Ontario Building Code (Ontario Building code overview, fact sheets, etc.)
• Ontario Building Code Act (Law and regulations)
• Accessibility Amendments to Ontario’s Building Code
• National Model Construction Codes and Guides (for First Nations)

Measurement and Evaluation

Planning

• Evaluation basics
• Good Evaluation Data Practices: Tip Sheet
• Logical Outcomes Resources: Evaluation Planning Handbook & Evaluation Planner Tool (AI)
• The common foundations of impact measurement, by the Common Approach to Impact Measurement
• Budgeting for Evaluation, Section 7.9: The Step-by-Step Guide to Evaluation, How to Become Savvy Evaluation Consumers, by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
• Choosing Evaluators, Chapter 36: Section 4, by Community Tool Box
• Participatory Evaluation Toolkit, by Gillian Krania, HC Link 

Carrying out the Evaluation

• Data Privacy & Confidentiality: Tip sheet
• We All Count: Project for Equity in Data Science
• Survey Tool Catalogue
• YouthREX Research & Evaluation eXchange
• Example Parent Consent Form
• Example Consent Form
• Qualitative Analysis Tool (AI) by Logical Outcomes
• Writing up an evaluation report

Nonprofit Sector Research

• CIW Ontario Report - Canadian Index of Wellbeing
• VitalSigns Reports - Community Foundations of Canada
• Social Planning Council Ontario Landscape Report
• Evolving the Competitive Edge: Rural Community Engagement – Economic Development Council of Ontario

Self-Serve Tools and Resources

• Municipal Data
• Canadian Council on Social Development
• Community Data Program
• Imagine Canada's Standards Program offers a Canada-wide set of shared standards for charities and nonprofits designed to strengthen sector capacity in five fundamental areas: governance, financial accountability, fundraising, staff management and volunteer involvement.
• Ministry of the Attorney General - Not-for-Profit Incorporator's Handbook - The purpose of this Handbook is to provide both the layman and the professional with some general information on the nature of a not-for-profit corporation and guidelines on how to incorporate such a corporation.
• SPARK Ontario - Linking volunteers and nonprofits.