On-demand Webinar: Local Government Leaders Speaker Series – Living Wage Policies

In collaboration with partners in communities across the province, BC Healthy Communities (BCHC) is launching a new speaker series to bring fresh ideas for healthy public policy to local and Indigenous government leaders in B.C. Healthy public policy is a powerful...

Five key takeaways from the Healthy Communities, Equity & Economic Recovery discussion

For communities across Canada, 2020 was an especially trying year. However, the difficulties we are all facing continue to impact community members to varying degrees. Though inequities existed in our communities prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, current challenges have...

On-Demand Webinar: Healthy Communities, Equity and Economic Recovery

For communities across Canada, 2020 was an especially trying year. However, the difficulties we are all facing continue to impact community members to varying degrees. Though inequities existed in our communities prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, current challenges have...

Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (CRRF)

The Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation works to improve understanding of issues and opportunities that are of common interest to rural residents across Canada. Their members include rural leaders, rural organizations, development practitioners, government policy...

Health is Everyone’s Business: Vancouver’s Healthy City Strategy

The City of Vancouver has a bold and ambitious strategy to build a healthy city for all by 2025. The Healthy City Strategy and Action Plan is a long-term plan for healthier people, healthier places, and a healthier planet. It addresses health in the broadest sense by...

When Community Food Security Isn't Enough: Repairing the Poverty 'Bridge' in BC

First in a series of BC Food Security Gateway stories addressing the widespread food insecurity and poverty plaguing BC

Long Overdue: Why BC Needs a Poverty Reduction Plan

This report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives examines the most recent statistics on poverty and its associated hardships in BC, and demonstrates that strong policies are urgently needed to dramatically reduce and ultimately eliminate poverty in our...

Nelson at its Best website

The aim of Nelson at its best is to help residents, businesses and community leaders develop a long-term strategy to reduce poverty and make their community the best place it can be.

Columbia Basin Rural Development Institute

The Rural Development Institute (RDI), at Selkirk College, is a regional research centre with a mandate to support decision-making by Columbia Basin-Boundary communities through the provision of information, applied research and outreach and extension support.

Building Healthy Communities Promotes Economic Opportunities

This resource explores the links between healthy communities and economic opportunities. -All-In Nation:  An America that Works for All