Recent News
This article in The Lancet by Alessandro R Demaio and Johan Rockström links human and planetary health. The piece outlines how healthier diets can have a co-benefit of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Read the full text here.
The B.C. Physical Activity Strategy is designed to guide and stimulate co-ordinated policies, practices and programs in physical activity that will improve the health and well-being of British Columbians and the communities in which they live, learn, work and play. It aims to foster active people and active places.
On October 16th, in celebration of World Food Day, the City of Vancouver joined over 40 cities across the globe in signing an Urban Food Policy Pact to address food security and sustainable development.
With over 2000 people attending the Union of British Columbia Municipalities Conference there are plenty of community stories to share. BC Healthy Communities Society on behalf of the PlanH Program hosted a tradeshow booth at the convention where we photographed delegates sharing inspiring words that described their communities.
This uplifting video on the Farm to School Vancouver Area Regional Hub describes what makes the Farm to School program so important and how food links to so many aspects of our lives.
Farm to School programs bring healthy, local food into schools and provide students with hands-on learning opportunities that foster food literacy, all while strengthening the local food system and enhancing school and community connectedness.
By Meghan Pritchard, BHK, MPH, Community Health Specialist, Surrey and Burnaby
On October 9 the Burnaby Healthier Community Partnership hosted a workshop about finding the links between mental health, physical activity and physical literacy. This workshop was delivered in partnership with the BC Healthy Communities Society on behalf of the PlanH Program.
On October 6th PlanH collaborated with members of the Healthy Built Environment Alliance on an introductory webinar describing the foundations for linking health and the built environment. This webinar was an invited session for a cohort of public health professionals in BC Health Authorities, who are embarking on a training program over the next several months. We are excited to now share the resources from this webinar with others who are interested in foundational information about the 'what and why' of linking health and the built environment, what it means to have a healthy built envi
BC Healthy Communities Society (BCHC) is facilitating a province-wide story-telling initiative to shape the narrative around the impact of healthy community leadership in British Columbia. PlanH has selected five community stories from different health authority regions in BC. Filming is now underway.
Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) and Public Health Association of BC (PHABC) are excited to announce the release of the newly updated BC Food Security Gateway website: www.bcfoodsecuritygateway.ca!
The new site and newsletter can help keep you informed of food security work happening across BC. The BC Food Security Gateway supports knowledge exchange and collaboration to address food security in BC.
Several collaborative tables in the Surrey region recently explored Collective Impact in a workshop co-sponsored by the Community Action Initiative. Four groups, which involved diverse stakeholders from Fraser Health, the City of Surrey and other community organizations explored how to have greater impact on a number of topics ranging from food security to social connectedness.
