Sign up for an info session on Child and Youth Mental Well-Being guide

Sign up for an info session on Child and Youth Mental Well-Being guide

ByPatrick Dunne

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) partnered with BC Healthy Communities to create a series of guides (https://bchealthycommunities.ca/index.php/child-and-youth-mental-well-being-resources/)  to help local governments understand how to promote the mental well-being of children and youth through existing roles and assets. The guides include research, examples and information sources to inform and inspire action on key protective factors that young people need…

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…

Webinar video: Equity in action: How leaders can champion inclusive policymaking

Webinar video: Equity in action: How leaders can champion inclusive policymaking

ByPatrick Dunne

In a one-hour webinar, BCHC’s PlanH program lead Connie Allsopp hosts a webinar designed for local government officials, staff, and regional health authorities on the implementation of an equity lens across all policies, programs, and planning processes. Takeaways from this Healthy Public Policy event will help with applying an equity lens to a wide range…