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Vote for Health! 2014 Local Government Elections   Below is a sample letter – feel free to use it ‘as is’ or to customize with your own message.   Dear Candidate, With the local government elections coming up, I’m writing to flag some issues that I think are important and should be part of the…

Vote for Health! 2014 Local Government Elections Healthy Living Policy Checklist How will you as an elected official ensure that the health of citizens is considered in future zoning, planning and development decisions? What incentives would you put forward to encourage more choices in affordable housing for those in our community who are living with…

Network Cathy Priestner Allinger CEO 1000 – 510 Burrard Street Vancouver, BC V6C 3A8 cathyp@viasport.ca Tel: 778-327-5134 www.viasport.ca  

Network Parkinson Society BC 600 – 890 West Pender Street Vancouver, BC V6C 1J9 Laura Darch Marketing & Communications Coordinator ldarch@parkinson.bc.ca Robin Jeffereys Director, Education & Support Programs rjeffereys@parkinson.bc.ca www.parkinson.bc.ca

[1] Public Health Agency of Canada (2008). The Chief Public Health Officer’s Report on the State of Public Health in Canada. [2] Mahoney M., Simpson S., Harris E., Aldrich R., Stewart Williams J. (2004). Equity Focused Health Impact Assessment Framework. Australasian Collaboration for Health Equity Impact Assessment (ACHEIA).   [3] BC Alliance for Healthy Living (2009).…

In 2005, BCAHL submitted The Winning Legacy – A Plan for Improving the Health of British Columbians  to the BC government, which included twenty-seven evidence-based recommendations. The government rose to the challenge and we are pleased to see progress on many of these through policy and regulatory action, including removing junk food from schools, tightening…

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Thank you for registering for our Healthy Futures for BC Families: A Policy Discussion, to be held on Thursday, October 2, 2008Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue9:00 am – 3:45 pm Please note: Registration is open to invited participants only due to limited seating.   

Vision A healthy British Columbia Mission To improve the health of all British Columbians through leadership and collaboration to address the risk factors and health inequities that contribute significantly to chronic disease. Goal To reduce the burden of chronic disease in British Columbia by: Advocating for and supporting health promoting policies, environments, programs and services. Enhancing…