{"id":4269,"date":"2026-05-04T05:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T13:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/?p=4269"},"modified":"2026-10-21T14:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T22:34:23","slug":"bchc-may-2026-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/bchc-may-2026-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"BCHC May 2026 newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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News & resources from BCHC \u2013 May 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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Building welcoming communities: Practical tools for children with disabilities<\/strong><\/h1>\n

How can municipalities advance the BC Accessibility Act to better serve children with disabilities and their families? Join BC Healthy Communities and the City of Powell River for a free one-hour webinar on May 13 to find out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Indigenous Voices Shape Vancouver’s
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Vancouver’s new Urban Indigenous Engagement Report guides City staff in meaningful, respectful collaboration with Indigenous residents \u2014 grounding planning and decision-making in reconciliation commitments, UNDRIP, and the diverse voices of urban Indigenous communities. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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AFC webinar video: Building resilient,
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When the grant runs out, what comes next? Watch this webinar featuring Professor Mario Paris for practical strategies on building permanent, community-led resilience in age-friendly communities. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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\u2022 Presentation<\/strong><\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n

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one month left to apply for 2026 planh grants<\/h2>\n

Watch a PlanH grants info session here<\/strong><\/a> or read more<\/strong><\/a> about the application process. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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Wellbeing Built
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What if health was built into every government decision? Canada’s Quality of Life Framework is doing just that \u2013 weaving wellbeing, equity, and environment into federal policy alongside traditional economic measures. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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News & resources from BCHC \u2013 May 2026 Building Healthy Communities together Building welcoming communities: Practical tools for children with disabilities How can municipalities advance the BC Accessibility Act to better serve children with disabilities and their families? Join BC Healthy Communities and the City of Powell River for a free one-hour webinar on May…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"Uncategorized"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/mATQFimX2ANQRYf8bgSe4G-3.png",612,176,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"Patrick Dunne","author_link":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/author\/bchc_admin\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"Uncategorized","slug":"uncategorized","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":19,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":19,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Uncategorized","category_nicename":"uncategorized","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4276,"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4269\/revisions\/4276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bchealthycommunities.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}