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 primary community land base of the Malahat Nation, 590 acres of reserve land, is essential to the holistic health, wellbeing, and culture of the community. To support the economic needs of the community, the Nation has decided to utilize some parcels of this land...
By Tanis Dagert Coordinator, Alberni-Clayoquot Health Network On Friday May 9th, the Alberni-Clayoquot Health Network (ACHN) hosted the PlanH Health is Everyone’s Business Workshop in Port Alberni. A group of 45 came together from various communities in the region,...
Revelstoke is surrounded by a beautiful and vast mountainous landscape with many opportunities to engage in physical activity, join community clubs or organizations, and explore the wondrous outdoors. The City has been deemed the 7th most desirable place to live in...
Thank you to everyone we met at the Convention of the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities in Qualicum Beach on April 11-13, 2014. BC Healthy Communities had a booth at the trade show providing information to delegates on PlanH and other programs...
In this interview recorded at the 2013 UBCM Convention, Emanuel Machado, chief administrative officer, speaks about how the Town of Gibsons aligned community and council objectives and planning documents to create a sustainability framework which includes community...
The District of Hope received a Healthy Communities Capacity Building Grant to hold a Healthy Communities Committee Mobilization Day for the Hope area. The gathering brought together stakeholders and community partners to discuss challenges and opportunities for...
Public involvement is central to building healthy communities that meet our needs. When citizens engage in a process about important community issues—such as neighbourhood design, transportation planning, and food security, among others—they not only create the...
What is this issue about? Community engagement is the process of inviting community members into the decision-making strategy to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate solutions to issues that affect their daily lives and environments. Centred around trust,...
photo courtesy: Mara Zanette Capacity building describes processes and activities that maximize individual and community potential. A comprehensive approach to capacity building nurtures excellence and expansion in all areas of human and community development:...
