This toolkit is intended to help City of New Westminster staff when they engage seniors in municipal planning and development processes. Increased and more effective engagement will ensure seniors’ viewpoints are addressed and community solutions are responsive to...
This toolkit is a user-friendly resource that was designed to support staff and community partners in building youth engagement practices and finding ways to make young people genuine partners in their work. It was developed by the Ministry of Children and Family...
Created by the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), this guide is designed to help planning practitioners work toward healthier communities and to increase the understanding of the supporting role that health practitioners can play in reaching our common goals. It...
This toolkit consists of a series of self-guided steps designed to ensure that Port Moody staff and council are able to determine the potential impact of a community development or issue and are able to identify the level and type of engagement that is most...
The Metro Vancouver Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of Transportation and Land Use Activities: Guidebook provides a structured approach for planners and policy-makers to evaluate the potential health-related outcomes of an activity (i.e., a project, plan, or policy)...
New PlanH Social Connectedness Action Guide available for download here! RECORDING Link to Enhancing Social Connectedness for Healthier Communities Webinar on June 22, 2015 RESOURCES City of Kelowna Engagement Events Summary (February 18, 2015) Connections and...
This document has been prepared for use by local governments, the development community, landowners and environmental organizations as a comprehensive guide to maintaining environmental values during the development of urban and rural lands. It sets out the program...
My Health My Community is a non-profit partnership between Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), Fraser Health (FH) and the eHealth Strategy Office (eHSO) at the University of British Columbia (UBC), which seeks to involve you, your community and community organizations....
Development strategies that can improve health outcomes, such as providing protected bikeways, minimizing noise pollution, and offering amenities such as community gardens, are highlighted in a new publication from the Urban Land Institute (ULI), the Building Healthy...
Want to know a bit more about what the Kaslo Food Security Project? At the Food Forum in Kaslo on April 12, 2014, Aimee Watson gave a presentation on the history of the project including information on the Kalso Food Charter. You can watch the video of her...
