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Hamilton Seniors Portal The provincial government and the federal government are launching seniors portal initiatives and want us as a partner (along with Sudbury, Brockville and Windsor). We know that many Council members have a an interest

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Hamilton Seniors’ Portal

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The provincial government and the federal government are launching seniors portal initiatives and want us as a partner (along with

Sudbury, Brockville and Windsor).

We know that many Council members have a an interest in this issue and have been involved in the consultations We would like Council to know how we plan t to advance the establishment of a Hamilton

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approved Council project using portal techno hnology e to be launched officially in May 2005 roject that uses transformational technology t allow the not-for-profit community to use aboration tools, on-line registration and e- mmerce channels and even web-casting roject that brings together many community tners

Chaired by Christine Swenor and Ken Rober
ject Managed by Shannon McKay

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ersonalized Gateway to information & services, organized around a person’s primar primary interest, not organizations:

Student
Hockey enthusiast
Rural Resident*
Patient
Small business owner
Senior

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mproved self-service channels

Enroll in recreational programs, pay bills and fees on-line

E-Collaboration

Participate in online forums and surveys, take advantag advantage of online workspaces, allowing people in the the community to work together

Connection to Community

Stay up to date on all local happenings, personalize MyHamilton.ca Strengthen Hamilton’s Community and community groups

Government Information & Services

Find information, services and officials at all levels of governme government

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wing # of Seniors – Environmental Scan

Growing number of dependencies

niors constitute one of the fastest growing groups in Ca anada

Impact on demands for services, products, and special progr programs

2041, about 23% of the population will be over 65, up m 12% in 1995

In ‘95, est. 3.6 million seniors; representing 12% of pop. up from 10% in 1981 & 5% in 1921

amilton 2001 Census indicates 14% of Hamilton’s pop. +

exceeding the provincial average of 12%

ernet Usage:

Public Health Agency of Canada (Division of Aging & Senior reports Internet use 65+ is growing faster than all other grou

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/seniors-aines/pubs/tech_fact_sheets/no04_e.htm

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Portal?

mproved convenience etter access to information

Portal supports effective content management management Robust searching and linking

ew ways of engagement with City, commun

mmunity agencies and individuals

ew decision making tools ersonalized space to match needs

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mplement a Senior’s Portal as part of the myhamilton community project

It will be first thematic sub-portal following the Rural

Rural Portal and it will be launched in Fall of 2005

Explore an interim implementation of seniorsinfo.ca/ for Hamilton (similar to Brockville

Brockville)

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create a Senior’s Portal

quirement to work with provincial and federal laborative Senior’s Portal Network project tea m to ensure common data standards, taxono

nomy and integration into a common greater

ater portal solution immediate impact on content management

No specific content development for senior’s po

rtal (tag info relevant to seniors)

E: There would be a significant impact if we were to u province’s method of providing Hamilton with a Seni

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