Have Wheels, Will Travel

Have Wheels, Will Travel

BC Healthy Communities is beyond delighted to share some exciting news for anyone who’s been daydreaming about hitting the open road on two wheels. Until February 9, the BikeBC program is accepting applications from communities seeking funding to support cycling...
The air we share: Addressing air quality in the Cowichan region

The air we share: Addressing air quality in the Cowichan region

How the Cowichan Regional Airshed Roundtable used evidence and shared leadership to address air quality improvement in the region. THE OPPORTUNITY The Cowichan Valley Regional district historically has a strong reliance on the forest sector and wood burning for home...
Happy Homes

Happy Homes

A toolkit for building sociability through multi-family housing The way we design multi-family housing can make or break social connections and trust. We’ve gathered evidence from psychology, neuroscience, public health and other fields to identify how design...
Bicycling: Health Risk or Benefit?

Bicycling: Health Risk or Benefit?

Communities across BC are motivated to promote cycling as a mode of transportation.  The motivations for these changes are multifaceted. At the municipal level, they include the impossibility of managing traffic congestion via increased roadways, green city strategies...
Cycling in Cities: Injury Risk and Route Infrastructure

Cycling in Cities: Injury Risk and Route Infrastructure

This study examined the association between bicyclists’ injuries and the cycling environment (e.g., route types, intersection types). The study took place in Toronto and Vancouver between May 2008 and November 2009. The participants were adults injured while bicycling...
Six Strategies to accelerate Change in the Built Environment

Six Strategies to accelerate Change in the Built Environment

This report: Building Change – Towards Sustainable Communities in BC – provides an overview of the state of sustainable built environments in BC using the work by the Real Estate Foundation of BC (REFBC) as a research focus. In 2015, the Real Estate...
Bowen Island’s plan to increase active transportation

Bowen Island’s plan to increase active transportation

For the last two years the local government of Bowen Island has led a multi-sectoral and collaborative process to develop an active transportation network and reduce citizens’ reliance on cars. The result is the Integrated Transportation Master Plan (ITMP), a 20-year...
Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change

Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change

The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change is an international, multidisciplinary research collaboration between academic institutions and practitioners across the world. It follows on from the work of the 2015 Lancet Commission, which...