Now Available: Resources tailored to the rural community context The Rural Resource Portal is a response to the unique opportunities, challenges, and approaches to fostering health and well-being in small, rural and remote communities in BC. The portal offers...
Mayor Josie Osborne of Tofino enthuses about the Coastal Family Resource Coalition: a “virtual and real network and hub of people who are involved in all aspects of community, healthy living and personal health, with a special focus on children, youth and...
In this video recorded at the 2015 UBCM Convention, Jessie Hemphill of Port Hardy celebrates the success of many different ministries, organizations, and community members collaborating with local government to discuss health issues within the community. Results have...
This paper will speak to health professionals and policy makers interested in a downstream or prevention approach to health and for whom health is more than the absence of disease; it is “the harmonious integration of mind and body within a responsive...
The toolkit was designed to support (in particular smaller) towns in the UK and Ireland to prepare for change. The compass model helps communities assess and then make plans to strengthen four aspects of resilience: healthy, engaged people; inclusive, creative...
A comprehensive guide for planning and developing your own community investment fund based on the experience of the Vancouver Island Community Investment Fund. See also Unleashing Local Capital for a distinctly rural example. – Sarah Amyot
This toolkit will walk your organization through the basics of creating and implementing a communications strategy. Straightforward worksheets walk you through the steps. – SERA Community Ventures
Social Enterprises and Co-ops (businesses owned by a non-profit) are tools for the provision of health services, employment and training or other non-profit missions. The guide walks you through each stage of the development path with many useful worksheets and...
Open Space (Technology) is a simple way to run productive meetings for five to 2000 people and a powerful approach to self-directed leadership and engagement in any organization or community setting. – Open Space World
This research explored the extent to which rural areas are and should be engaged with sustainability planning, what that looks like in a rural context and if stakeholders feel a sense of engagement with urban and provincial sustainability goals. The findings are...
