Healthy Natural Environments Action Guide
What you’ll find in this Action Guide:
Active Communities Action Guide
This guide is for local governments of rural and urban communities across British Columbia who want to create active, healthy and thriving places for all people. What you’ll find in this Action Guide:
Tobacco Reduction Action Guide
This Action Guide supports British Columbia’s local governments in decreasing the harmful impact of tobacco use in communities.
Social Connectedness Action Guide
This Action Guide supports British Columbia’s local governments in their efforts to build healthier communities for all. It shares promising practices andexamples of how local governments can create conditions that support healthy and thriving communities.
Healthy Community Engagement Action Guide
This guide is for local governments of rural and urban communities across British Columbia who want to receive community input in a way that is authentic and meaningful.
PlanH Action Guides
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Supporting Equity in Planning and Policy Action Guide
This guide is for local governments across the province working to implement and champion equity across social, economic, environmental and cultural domains. Equity is the fair distribution of opportunities, power and resources to meet the needs to all people, regardless of age, ability, gender, income, education level, culture or background. This means providing support based on an…
Age-friendly Communities Action Guide
This guide is for local governments of rural and urban communities across British Columbia who want to create active, healthy and thriving places for people of all ages. The number of older adults is growing in communities across B.C., and many want to remain in place—in their homes and communities—as they age. Local governments play…
Healthy Housing Action Guide
BC Healthy Communities is excited to announce the release of the newest addition to our PlanH Action Guide series: The Healthy Housing Action Guide. The new guide explores ways that communities can bring an equity and health lens to housing policies and includes definitions, case studies, funding information, legislation, and actions that local governments can take to support healthy housing…
Active Communities Action Guide
This guide is for local governments of rural and urban communities across British Columbia who want to create active, healthy and thriving places for all people. While age and genetics have some impact, it is primarily the physical and socio-economic environments in which we live, learn, work and play that determine if, and how often,…