Local Governments: Working with NGOs, Faith-based and Cultural Groups, and the Charitable Food Sector

Local Governments: Working with NGOs, Faith-based and Cultural Groups, and the Charitable Food Sector

ByPatrick Dunne

 Photo credit: Bobbi Barbarich As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, social and economic impacts continue to emerge for communities here in British Columbia. In response, PlanH has developed a series of Rapid Action Resources to support local non-Indigenous governments and Indigenous governments with an understanding of the equity considerations around various aspects of food security, as well as examples…

Rapid Action Resources for Local Governments: Community Food Production: Part II

Rapid Action Resources for Local Governments: Community Food Production: Part II

ByPatrick Dunne

 Photo credit: Bobbi Barbarich As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, social and economic impacts continue to emerge for communities here in British Columbia. In response, PlanH has developed a series of Rapid Action Resources to support local Indigenous and non-Indigenous governments with an understanding of the equity considerations around various aspects of food security, as well as examples…

Rapid Action Resources for Local Governments: Community Food Production

Rapid Action Resources for Local Governments: Community Food Production

ByPatrick Dunne

As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, social and economic impacts continue to emerge for communities here in British Columbia. One of the areas of concern identified for our province has been food security in its many forms (see sidebar for clarification).  In response, PlanH has developed a series of Rapid Action Resources to provide local governments with…

Rapid Action Resources for Local Governments

Rapid Action Resources for Local Governments

ByPatrick Dunne

In early 2020, BC Healthy Communities conducted research to identify local government and health authority needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ways that they could support those needs through the recovery phase. Food security and insecurity was identified as a key concern. In response, BC Healthy Communities developed a series of Rapid Action Resources that explore food…

HPP Webinar Series: Navigating Public Policy Blog

HPP Webinar Series: Navigating Public Policy Blog

ByPatrick Dunne

Ever wonder how local and Indigenous governments update public policies to become healthy public policies?  Are you curious about who is involved in the process, and how to determine if policy has been changed or influenced?  On November 10, 2022, BC Healthy Communities hosted a webinar as part of the PlanH Creating Healthy Public Policy Local…

Webinar video: Climate Change and Well-being: Building Resilience Through Social Connectedness

Webinar video: Climate Change and Well-being: Building Resilience Through Social Connectedness

ByPatrick Dunne

In a one-hour webinar, SFU Assistant Professor Dr. Kiffer Card, a behavioural epidemiologist, social ecologist, and health services researcher, examines how socio-ecological forces relate to mental health, stigmatized behaviour and health inequalities. Caz (Carolyn) Beaumont and Jay Myers – both from the Village of Daajing Giids – shared their experience working in this small, coastal…

Accessibility Planning Through an Equity Lens

Accessibility Planning Through an Equity Lens

ByPatrick Dunne

By Monica DeVidi So, your municipality has created an accessibility plan. Now what? In June 2021 the Government of BC passed legislation that requires more than 750 public sector organizations – including local governments and health authorities – to establish accessibility plans. These plans must outline how local governments will identify, remove and prevent future…