Active Coastal Communities

Small coastal communities have different barriers to physical activity infrastructure than other communities. The Active Coastal Communities document, developed by BC Healthy Communities, the BC Alliance for Healthy Living, and the Province of B.C, shares success...

PlanH 2020 Grants Application Guide

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Mental Health and Well-being: Considerations for the Built Environment

This report by BC Children’s Hospital and the BC Centre for Disease Control explains how we can build neighborhood spaces that promote mental health and well-being while mitigating unintentional negative impacts. Developed in consultation with expert advisors, the...

The Built Environment: Understanding how physical environments influence the health and well-being of First Nations peoples living on-reserve

This publication from the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH) focuses on five distinct areas of built environments related to health: housing; water and wastewater management; food security; active living; and transportation. With a specific...

Planning for Equity Policy Guide

Developed by the American Planning Association, this guide explores the notion of “equity in all policies” and how to apply this principle in planning, while acknowledging and reflecting on planning’s past and present role in creating and...

Youth Engagement: A Resource Guide

Engaging youth in conversations and decision-making has many documented benefits to both organizations and youth themselves. This guide, developed by the Nova Scotia Health Authority, offers tips and guidance for engaging youth ages 15–30 to ensure their voices are at...

Ten Healthy Built Environment Tools for Local Governments

This guide is designed to support local governments, including Indigenous communities, with assessing features of their community’s built environment. Ten validated healthy built environment assessment tools have been compiled and are presented in this guide. These...

B.C. Community Road Safety Toolkit and Vision Zero

The B.C. Community Road Safety Toolkit is an easily-accessible and electronically-searchable knowledge source about road safety designs and strategies that local governments can implement to improve road safety outcomes. At the same time, the knowledge in the toolkit...

Community Development in the North

In this short article as part of UNBC’s Northern Studies series, geography professor Greg Halseth talks about the importance of considering place and scale when engaging in community development and capacity-building processes.

Learning Initiatives for Rural and Northern BC (LIRN BC)

Learning Initiatives for Rural and Northern BC (LIRN BC) is a collaborative approach to building on the capacities of rural, remote and Northern British Columbian communities. LIRN BC can bring trainers and facilitators to your community to deliver a learning event...