Emergency Community Support Fund Open for Applications
The Government of Canada’s $350 million Emergency Community Support Fund is now open. The Emergency Community Support Fund supports community organizations helping vulnerable people during the COVID-19 crisis.
Community Engagement & Physical Distancing: A list of resources
Many organizations are working to make physically-distant community engagement a reality. We’re sharing a list of some free resources to help local governments get started.
Kelowna’s Lived Experience commitment to healthy community engagement
Kelowna’s Journey Home Strategy is a strong example of healthy and equitable community engagement, incorporating a Lived Experience Circle made up of individuals with experience living with homelessness or precarious housing.
THE ISSUE: Economic Equality
Healthy Communities foster health by creating environments that support health. Though we often think of physical environments such as Healthy Built Environments and Healthy Natural Environments, the environments within communities that impact our health can also be social, economic, and political.