Mental Wellness

Guest post: BC Cycling Coalition’s COVID-19 and Active Transportation
Travel restrictions, social distancing, and stay-at-home orders have reduced our ability to move around freely.
Healthy School Programs, Healthy Kids
On January 16th, the BC Alliance for Healthy Living hosted an informative webinar on healthy school programs. We heard from the BC Recreation and Parks Association (BCRPA) and the BC Chapter of the Coalition for Healthy School Food, who shared their insights and spoke about two unique projects that they deliver to increase kids’ health…
Risky play
This September I have two new-school-year goals: 1) walk my son to kindergarten (you can read that blog post at bchealthyliving.ca/starting-school/; and 2) encourage his passion for risky play. The first time I heard the term “risky play” was when I was struck by Dr. Mariana Brussoni’s closing presentation at last year’s Public Health Association…

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