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  • Movers and Shakers: How Active Transportation Champions Can Change a Community

    On May 16th, BCAHL hosted an engaging webinar on active transportation. We heard from three unique perspectives and projects happening in our province.

  • Planning In Context – Supporting Healthy Choices

    The built environment sets the context for how we live and play.  Rita and I have blogged many times about our own experiences and the types of environments that allow us to make healthy decisions or not. My community is really pretty good (although, it can always get better…). I live in Vancouver, where I…

  • Giving Kids a Chance!

    Last week something rare happened to me at a work-related event – I cried. To be precise, I was moved to tears by the story of a mother struggling to give her kids their best chance despite living in poverty. The event was ‘Place Based Strategies: A Community Dialogue on What Works, which looked at…

  • Planning for “Heart” Healthy Communities this February

    Do you walk to the store or drive? How many times in the last week have you taken your kids to the park? Would you bike to work or does the thought of combating traffic leave you cold? All of this is impacted by decisions at the municipal and community level. When it comes to…

  • Knowing your neighbours can improve your health

    What are you doing to celebrate the holidays? If it includes a block party with your neighbours then you can count eggnog and cookies as a healthy option! The most recent newsletter from the Vancouver Foundation outlines that the top concern of people in Metro Vancouver is the lack of connection in our communities. This…

  • My Vote is For Healthier Small (and Big) Communities

    If I was to ask you to think about the health of rural communities, what would come to mind? Would it include: hale, hearty and healthy – farmers, fishers, foresters and otherwise pioneer-types chopping wood and working the land or sea? Well, that would fit the stereotype. But the reality today isn’t the quaint portrait…

  • Food Skills for Families

    Cooking healthy food that is tasty and appealing to our families can be confusing and is not always easy. Adding to the challenge is the fact that some families have limited incomes or do not even have basic information about where to start. Drawing on the strengths of two existing programs – Cooking Fun for…

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