PlanH Healthy Communities Grant Program 2022 cycle now open
Local and Indigenous governments in B.C. working to build equitable policies and processes now have access to additional funding and support to help make it happen.
On-demand Speaker Event: Creating Healthy Public Policy – Regional Social Planning Services
Complex challenges need collaborative solutions. More governments are seeing the power of a regional approach to social planning to tackle issues like poverty reduction and social cohesion. Join BC Healthy Communities on March 30 for Creating Healthy Public Policy: Regional Social Planning Services to hear about experience of the City of Powell River, qathet Regional District and Tla’amin Nation as they collaborate to move their communities forward together.
New Resource: Health Impact Assessment Resource
Designed to support local and Indigenous governments embarking on Age-friendly Community Plans, this resource provides a refresher on the concept of equity in planning, offering ideas and guidance to help ensure equity is considered at each step of the planning process.
Learning together: Lessons from our grant communities
If the goal of healthy public policy is to create improved conditions which in turn improve population and community health, then as a whole, healthy public policies must also be equitable and serve to reverse health inequities.
Recipients of Active School Travel Pilot Program announced
Students at 12 schools throughout the province will get more exercise and fresh air as part of their daily commute when the second year of the Active School Travel Pilot Program kicks off. The Active School Travel Pilot Program is designed to increase the number of...
Change-making through government vs. governance
We can often equate change-makers to those who are the loudest or with the most prominent voices. However, change-making can also exist on a smaller, more indistinct scale—through acts of governance, rather than government.