Physical Activity

Healthier Small Communities – A Virtual Town Hall Event
This interactive webinar explored some of the ways that local governments can build health into the daily life of small towns and rural and remote communities. Speakers provided real examples of how small communities are supporting food security, physical activity and developing a vision for a healthier future. Webinar participants will be encouraged to share…
Walk this Way!
Do you walk to work? To school? To shopping? If you live in Vancouver then you should because the city is built for it. I love to walk my kids home from school, especially when we get those sunny, fall days – you can smell blackberries and fall leaves in the air. I am hoping…
Healthy Schools and Literacy Policies
Our children spend an average of 30 – 50 hours per week in school. Schools are a central community hub in the lives of children and should be places that encourage and support healthy behaviours. Teaching and supporting healthful habits like healthy eating, physical activity, social and emotional wellness are all important in the early…
BCAHL’s Healthy Families Agenda
BCAHL recently completed a policy review and put together a collection of recommendations for improving the health and wellness of families across British Columbia. We have outlined four components that together comprise BCAHL’s Healthy Families Agenda, they include: Creating connected, vibrant communities; Making it easier for families to be healthy; Empowering people; Making it work,…
Move for Health Day Should be Everyday
It can be a challenge to find the time to be physically active. In fact, that is the number one reason people give when asked about what limits them from being more active. ‘Move for Health Day’ which happens every May 10th is a great springboard for physical activity – inspiring us to be more…
Screen Free Week Raises a Good Issue – Who Is Raising Our Kids?
I’ll be honest that I tune in and turn off my brain as readily as the next person. I enjoy some of the quality (and even some of the less quality) TV offerings and can get caught up in the ‘need’ to watch the next episode. But a recent article in the Vancouver Sun and…
“Live Long and Prosper”: Healthy Living in BC – The Next Generation
Do you think it might be easier to get healthy if there was a program at your work? Do you think your kids would stop nagging you for sugary cereal or a dining experience at the superficially-happy-mega-burger-chain if there were no cartoon caricatures bouncing around on TV and the net? Do you think you might…
BCAHL’s 2010 Budget Submission
Soon it will be time for the Provincial Government to consider its budget for the fiscal year beginning in April 2010. As part of the public consultation process, BCAHL prepared and submitted a Brief to the Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services. Our Brief reiterates some of the recommendations that have been part of…
BCAHL Meets Ministers
During August, BCAHL Chair Bobbe Wood and I had the opportunity to meet with our two new Ministers – the Honourable Ida Chong, Minister of Healthy Living and Sport and the Honourable Mary McNeil, Minister of State for the Olympics and ActNowBC. Scott McDonald, Executive Director of the BC Lung Association joined us for the…
Built Environment and Active Transportation Initiative
The formula is simple. Increased awareness + safe opportunities for walking and cycling = more physically active neighbourhoods. However, rural and smaller communities are often limited in their ability to design pedestrian and cycling-friendly neighbourhoods. This initiative, led by the BC Recreation and Parks Association and the Union of BC Municipalities, prepares them to make…
Walk BC
What is the easiest, cheapest and quickest way to exercise? Just put one foot in front of the other and repeat! Brisk walking has the greatest potential for increasing the overall activity level of a sedentary population. This initiative is providing supports to encourage people to walk regularly. The BC Recreation and Parks Association and…

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