Community Safety & Well-Being Events

For more information about Haliburton County's Community Safety and Well-Being Plan, visit the CSWB landing page.

Upcoming events

Service Canada Outreach

November 20, 2024

After a popular outreach event in October, Service Canada is returning to Minden to offer services from 10 to 3 on November 20. Although appointments are fully booked, walk-ins and residents who join the wait list will be seen if possible. For more information or to join the waitlist, please call 705-286-1333 x.256 or email cswb@haliburtoncounty.ca.

Services offered at this clinic include:

Employment Insurance
Canada Pension Plan / Old Age Security / Guaranteed Income Supplement
Social Insurance Number
Passport application intake

Service Canada outreach poster announcing an event on November 20.

Identification and Employment Supports Clinic

November 21, 2024

Service Canada, Service Ontario and the Canada Revenue Agency will join local organizations and agencies at the Haliburton Legion from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to offer the County's first Identification and Employment Supports Clinic.

This clinic provides barrier-free supports for all residents, including people without a fixed address or access to transportation who might face additional challenges in obtaining identification.

No appointment is necessary, walk-ins are welcome. Fee waivers for birth certificates and photo ID cards are available for residents who qualify. Through community partners, transportation options are available for those who need it: call 705-286-1333 x.256 or email cswb@haliburtoncounty.ca to book transportation.

ID clinic poster advertising November 21st event at the Haliburton Legion from 10 - 3 p.m. Services offered include photo ID, birth certificates, health cards, social insurance number and CPP/GIS/OAS/EI supports.

CSWB Youth Art Exhibition

November 29, 2024

The second annual Community Safety and Well-Being Youth Art Exhibition will be hosted by Haliburton Highlands Secondary School and J.D. Hodgson Elementary School students in collaboration with the Rails End Gallery.

Safe and Well 2 will open at the Rails End Gallery in Haliburton at an event held on November 29th from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The show will run until December 20th.

Youth aged 12 - 24 are also welcome to respond to a Youth Engagement survey on the County's Wade-In page.

A student-made poster advertises the youth art exhibition, opening at Rails End Gallery on November 29.

Community Mobile Outreach

November and ongoing

Haliburton County Community Outreach Services brings together a collaboration of multi-disciplinary service providers to provide supports for those who are underserved. Once a week, Community Mobile Outreach meets in various locations throughout the County to provide easily accessible, low-barrier supports including services around housing help; mental health; addiction and harm reduction; community paramedicine; food supports, and education and employment.

Everyone is welcome to join for snacks and refreshments at no charge, and safe, non-judgmental support from multiple community agencies.

A poster advertises outreach happening in November at 6 Parkside on November 5 and 19, 610 Mountain Street on November 12 and 2256 Loop Road in Wilberforce on November 27. All events take place from 1 - 3 p.m.

Past events

2024

First Responders Day

May 1, 2024

To view the First Responders Day press release, visit our News page.

View the video below for images from Haliburton County's First Responders Day 2024 open house events:

Community Learning Event

May 9, 2024

Recovery, Identity, Resistance: Substance Use Recovery and Stigma in Rural Areas - a virtual presentation and film by Dr. Sandra McNeil, based on interviews conducted with people with lived experience of substance use living in City of Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton County.

Launch of the ROI Community Wellbeing Dashboard

September 25, 2024

The Rural Ontario Institute Rural Community Well-Being Dashboard has launched.

This Well-Being dashboard allows communities to easily interpret their well-being and will enable communities to establish baselines; identify priorities for change; monitor progress over time and share stories and celebrate successes.

View the Community Well-Being Dashboard here.

The County of Haliburton CSWB department worked with ROI as a data champion on Phase 2 of the project.

Service Providers Expo

October 9, 2024

The first Haliburton County Service Providers Expo event brought together more than 70 people from 45 organizations and agencies to meet face-to-face, network, information share and collaborate at the Minden Hills Community Centre.

The event's keynote speaker was Laurie O'Donnell, who spoke on Rethinking professional self-care and wellness, and trauma-informed care. Molly's Bistro Bakery provided breakfast and the Haliburton Highlands Secondary School Hospitality and Tourism team provided lunch.

Information about the Service Providers Expo event held October 9. A room of 70 people attending the Service Providers Expo.

An image of sheets on a wall at the Expo, where participants signed their names and organizations. Service Providers attending the Expo listen to the speaker.

Laurie O'Donnell speaks from the stage. The HHSS Hospitality and Tourism class stands with teacher, Darla Searle.

Haliburton County Housing Summit

October 24, 2024

The third annual Haliburton County Housing Summit was hosted by Places for People with support from Haliburton County Development Corporation and the County of Haliburton CSWB on October 24th at the Minden Hills Community Centre.

Keynote speakers were Claire de Souza from the Town of Collingwood and Joe Gallivan from the County of Frontenac with panels on worker housing and densification.

The 2024 Haliburton County Housing Summit poster advertising event details. The summit was held on October 24th at the Minden Hills Community Centre.

2023

Community Learning Series

A series of events hosted by The Connections Committee from April to October 2023.

First Responders Day

May 1, 2023

To view the First Responders Day press release, visit our News page.

View the video below for images from Haliburton County's First Responders Day 2023 open house events:

CSWB Youth Art Exhibition

May 2023 and June 2023

To view the CSWB Youth Art Exhibition press release, visit our News page.

The County of Haliburton's Community Safety and Well-Being Plan (CSWB) Advisory Table thank the young artists who responded to our call for entry and participated in the in-person CSWB Youth Art exhibition at Haliburton Highlands Secondary School in May, and/or the CSWB Youth Art online exhibition that launched in June.

We would also like to acknowledge the support and guidance of community partners including Rails End Gallery & Arts Centre, Limbic Collective, and teachers and students at Haliburton Highlands Secondary School and J.D. Hodgson Elementary School.

The Youth Engagement survey remains open for Haliburton County residents between the ages of 12 and 24 who wish to offer their feedback on ongoing or emerging issues. Please visit our Wade In survey page to share your thoughts.

For more information about Haliburton County's Community Safety and Well-Being Plan, visit the CSWB landing page.

Online CSWB Youth Art exhibition

Haliburton County's CSWB Youth Art online show promotional poster noting the show is open, and the Rails End Gallery link (included below this image in text) to access it

Safe & Well is a collection of works created by local youth to share their thoughts and concerns on Community Safety and Well-Being in Haliburton County. The virtual exhibition launched in June 2023 and is available for viewing on the Rails End Gallery & Arts Centre website.

To view Safe & Well, please visit the Rails End Gallery and Arts Centre virtual gallery. To access the entire virtual exhibition, scroll to the Safe & Well CSWB exhibition section on the Rails End website. Once there, you can take the guided tour option or explore the show using your cursor arrows. While visiting the exhibition, click on any art piece and it will expand to full screen image, and click information for the artist's statement. The image below is a screenshot of the gallery.

In-person CSWB Youth Art exhibition

Photos from the in-person Youth Art Exhibition held May 10, 2023 at Haliburton Highlands Secondary School:

The entrance to the in-person CSWB Youth Art Exhibition held at HHSS on May 10. Artwork arranged on easels can be seen in foreground and background. A view of the CSWB Youth Art Exhibition held at HHSS on May 10. Artwork arranged on easels can be seen in foreground and background.

In the foreground, a painting by Mya Jones called Flatline shows an empty hospital bed, a melting clock, wilted tulips and a stuffed animal, and a healthcare worker sitting on the floor with head in hands in despair. In the background, people look at the other pieces of artwork on display.

A view of the CSWB Youth Art Exhibition held at HHSS on May 10. Artwork arranged on easels can be seen in foreground and background. People are looking at the art around the room.

A view of the CSWB Youth Art Exhibition held at HHSS on May 10. Artwork arranged on easels can be seen in foreground and background. People around the room, both kids and adults, are looking at the artwork.

A police officer and auxiliary officer view the CSWB Youth Art Exhibition held at HHSS on May 10. Two art pieces in the CSWB Youth Art Exhibition held at HHSS on May 10 are seen in the foreground. One shows a transgender teen, and one shows a person sitting in the top of an hourglass while their body sifts into the bottom.

Service Canada outreach

September - November 2023

The Service Canada Outreach Team visited Minden on five separate occasions in fall 2023 to serve community members in need. The outreach sessions were held at the County of Haliburton administration office at 11 Newcastle Street and supported residents with employment insurance, pension plans, guaranteed income supplement, social insurance numbers and passport services. Any upcoming outreach sessions will be shared on the County's social media pages.