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  • Aboriginal Healthy Living Activities & Cultural Learning Initiative

    First Nations and Aboriginal Peoples focus area will build on the achievements as set out in I·SPARC’s 10 year Physical Activity Strategy, and the enormous success of the Aboriginal Healthy Living Activities initiatives (AHLA). With a focus on the train the trainer model I·SPARC has increased the number of leaders trained by 50%, and has…

  • Appetite to Play

    Appetite to Play is a provincial initiative that supports early years providers (those that work in daycare centres, family based daycares , preschools, parent participation programs, or after school day cares)  to promote and encourage healthy eating and physical activity for children in the 0-5 years age group. The initiative aims to build the capacity…

  • Active and Safe Central

    Summary (Intention/Audience/Impact): Active & Safe Central is an online resource for people interested in sports and recreational activity, and the people around them who support sport and recreation—coaches, officials, teachers, parents, and health professionals. Based upon research evidence from around the world, information on common injuries, risk factors, and injury prevention strategies is provided for…

  • Active Communities Grant Program

    Physical activity is important at every age, and it has been recognized as one of the most effective ways to decrease the risk of chronic diseases, including heart disease, hypertension, stroke, type-2 diabetes, and several types of cancers. Physical activity can also support positive mental health and well-being as it helps with stress management and…

  • The kids are not alright

    Walk this Way: How School Safety Zones Make Space for Active Kids

    Last week, alarm over the death of a pedestrian at an intersection near her school of 500 students prompted Sue Groesbeck, the Head of Stratford Hall to go public about her concerns.  She wants the area to be declared a school zone and some basic safety supports, including a 30km/hour speed limit, an illuminated cross-walk…

  • Announcing our new name: BC Alliance for Healthy Living Society

    Guess what?! We’ve got a new name! The organization you know as the BC Healthy Living Alliance is now the BC Alliance for Healthy Living Society (BCAHL). On May 31, 2017, members voted to incorporate as a society and on June 1st it became official. The change was made to address internal operational issues. But,…

  • Declared Candidates by Riding

    *RED = Incumbent     BC Liberals NDP Greens Other Abbotsford South Darryl Plecas 604-744-0700 Darryl.plecas@bcliberals.com Jasleen Arora jasleen.arora@bcndp.ca William Aird Flavelle abs@bcgreens.ca Abbotsford West Mike de Jong 604-870-5444 Mike.dejong@bcliberals.com Preet Rai 604-897-4586 Preet.rai@bcndp.ca Abbotsford Mission Simon Gibson 604-820-6203 Simon.gibson@bcliberals.com Jennifer Holmes abm@bcgreens.ca Boundary – Similkameen Linda Larson 250-498-5122 Colleen Ross Colleen.ross@bcndp.ca Vonnie Lavers bds@bcgreens.ca…

  • Sample Letter to the Candidate

    Below is a sample letter – feel free to use it ‘as is’ or to customize with your own message. Dear Candidate, Congratulations on your decision to run in the upcoming election! I’m writing to flag some issues that I think are important and should be a consideration for the representative of our region and…

  • Video Inspiration for Your Aspirations of a Healthier Workplace in 2017!

    Set against the visually stunning backdrop of our worksites in BC and the NWT, Working on Wellness (WoW) has launched a series of 5 videos. Each 5-minute video will walk you through how to launch a wellness program in your workplace – taking you from planning to action, step by step. The final video profiles…

  • Early Years

    Request for Proposal: Appetite to Play: Phase 2 Healthy Eating & Physical Activity Capacity Building for Early Years Providers

    BC Alliance for Healthy Living (BCAHL) is inviting proposals for the Appetite to Play initiative. Appetite to Play will be a website and resource that provides a comprehensive and coordinated approach to healthy eating and physical activity for early years providers. Request for Proposals document can be found here. Deadline for Confirmation of Interest form…

  • Extreme Marketing has Canadian Teens Drinking over a Kilo in Sugar per Month!

    Recently, my son asked me to buy him a sports drink after baseball practice with a sideways glance to see if I would bite. He followed with a flurried explanation about being sweaty after running around and some mumbling about electrolytes and his muscles. He whined and pleaded after my predictable answer that ‘water is…

  • You’ve Got to Move it, Move it! – Building Communities that Motivate People to Walk and Bike

    On June 23rd, BC Alliance for Healthy Living together with our partners at the Real Estate Foundation of BC hosted an exciting webinar on healthier built environments. Given that communities that make walking and biking more convenient and comfortable for people also make it easier for people to be healthier.   The webinar focused on research…

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