Healthy Communities Approach

An approach that uses the World Health Organization's key strategies for improving health to enhance community health and well-being. There are five key strategies:

Community engagement;
Multi-sectoral collaboration;
Political commitment;
Healthy public policy; and
Asset-based community development

More information via BC Healthy Communities Society.

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Upcoming Events

Building Knowledge and Capacity for Affordable Housing in B.C. Communities

Jun 1 2021 - 10:00am to Oct 28 2021 - 12:00pm

Housing demand in non-metropolitan areas is affected by a number of factors. Join BC Housing to learn how housing demand will be impacted in the coming years. Each webinar will focus on a specific region of the province with detailed information about population trends, housing stock, and the housing market.

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On-demand Webinar: Local Government Leaders Speaker Series - Affordable Housing Land Acquisition Strategies

Housing affordability is a key issue for many local governments across the province. Its effects can be felt across a community through secondary impacts such as homelessness, labour shortages, strained transportation networks, hampered local economic development and diminished participation in civic life.

Many communities in B.C. are exploring the use of land acquisition strategies to proactively respond to these challenges, guide decision-making and help create property portfolios that lend themselves to the community’s strategic priorities and goals.

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