HCA has worked on a variety of projects and programs. The following is a sample of some of our projects in recent years:

Food Flow Study, Dec. 2005

Recently Harry Cummings and Associates performed a study as part of a plan to increase local food production, processing, and consumption in the region of Waterloo. The plan consists of five interrelated studies, one of which being the Food Flow Study which HCA conducted.

Food Flow Study PDF

Economic Impact Study of the Agriculture and Food related Sectors, October, 2003

There has been a shift in focus in the Waterloo Region, from the agri-food industry to emerging industries like information / communication technology, biotechnology and high tech manufacturing. In October 2003, HCA conducted a study of the Waterloo Region's agri-food products and services to refocus on this important part of the area's economy.

Economic Impact Study PDF

Evaluation of a Vegetable and Fruit Behavioural Intervention:, Nov. 2003

Take 5 is a program developed by Cancer Care Ontario and was evaluated by Harry Cummings and Associates. Take 5 is a community based, multi-component, skill and knowledge based intervention program. The initiative for the program stems from consistent scientific evidence that points to increased vegetable and fruit consumption as an important factor in the prevention of a number of chronic diseases including cancer (World Cancer Research Fund, American Institute for Cancer Research, 1997; Steinmetz and Potter, 1996), cardiovascular disease (Ness and Powles, 1997; Joshipura et al., 2001; Gillman et al., 1995), diabetes (Ford and Mokdad, 2001) and associated risk factors including obesity.

Evaluation of a Vegetable and Fruit Behavioural Intervention PDF

Report Describing Impacts of the Practice Review Program for Ontario College of Pharmacists, April 2004

This report prepared by Harry Cummings and Associates Inc. (HCA) for the Ontario College of
Pharmacists (OCP) describes the Impacts of the Practice Review Program. It is the first of a
number of evaluations that the OCP is commissioning of its Quality Assurance Program
(QAP). These evaluations are being done after more than 5 years of formal implementation of
the program as part of the requirements of the Regulated Health Protections Act. The surveys
carried out for this evaluation were done in the fall of 2003 and this report was prepared in the
period from January to April of 2004.

Report Describing Impacts of the Practice Review Program for Ontario College of Pharmacists PDF

Huron Healthkick Evaluation Program, May 2006

HealthKick Huron was originally a Skills for Healthcare Attraction and Retention Pilot (SHARP, February 2005) project drafted by Paul Nichol, manager of the Huron Business Center, and Gwen Devereaux, a physician recruiter for Huron Perth hospitals. The mission of HealthKick Huron is to develop local capacity in Huron County for creating communities of choice for healthcare professionals in rural Ontario. As part of this process, HealthKick Huron is testing innovative strategies for rural healthcare recruitment. The initiative also proposes to develop a new partnership of health care agencies, community economic development interests and community volunteers.

Huron Healthkick Evaluation Program PDF

Results based Approaches to Program Logic Models and the Evaluation Matrix, June 2004

This workshop helped attendees to understand Program Logic Models and develop a greater understanding of the Evaluation Matrix, with regards to Evaluation Programs.

Bali Workshop PDF

Institutional Assessment of World Vision Canada's Rural Integrated Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Project, August 2006

The Institutional Assessment of World Vision Canada’s Rural Integrated Water,
Sanitation, and Hygiene (RIWASH) Project was conducted with two major
objectives in mind. The first objective was to examine the policy context for rural
water and sanitation service provision as well as decentralization and the roles of
local government. The second objective was to assess the institutional capacity
of central and decentralized bodies of government, community based
organizations and partner organizations to be involved in a water and sanitation
service delivery project in the North-East Province. Recommendations based
upon the team’s research program applied to these objectives are provided to the
World Vision Canada Tsunami Response Team manager and the RIWASH
project leader in the form of the RIWASH Institutional Assessment Final Report.

Riwash Report PDF