Sick of hearing about Vancouver? BCAHL WANTS YOU!!
Are you sick about hearing about the traffic woes of downtown Vancouver? Eco-Density, smart growth, to add bike lanes or not, or local versus big box retail? These issues echo through the Vancouver Sun on a daily basis, but they are not the same reality for all British Columbians.
What happens when you try to build livable, rural, remote and small towns? How do we plan to increase the health of smaller communities? What type of supports can help move the conversation forward when most communities are challenged economically?
Join BCAHL on November 3rd and explore some of the ways that local governments can build health into the daily life of small towns and rural and remote communities.
Speakers will provide real examples of how small communities are supporting food security, physical activity and developing a vision for a healthier future. Webinar participants will be encouraged to share their thoughts on how to create healthier communities and to identify priorities and this will be communicated to the local governments of participating communities.
Speakers
JOHN INGRAM is a professional planner and partner at EcoPlan, an award winning, multi-disciplinary firm of planners, urban designers, decision analysts and economic development specialists. EcoPlan was recently was recognized for their part in an innovative Regional Growth Strategy for the Comox Valley which won the 2011 Planning Institute of B.C. Award for Excellence in Small Town and Rural Planning. John will discuss how community planning processes that create vision and utilize structured decision-making can build the foundation for healthy, vibrant communities.
EDNA MCLELLAN, with Northern Health’s Kitimat Health Unit and SHAUN O’NEILL with the District of Kitimat’s Leisure Services Department have long worked in partnership to promote active living, health and wellness. They will discuss the evolution of this collaboration and describe how they’ve been able to make health programs more inclusive and to move inactive citizens to healthier lifestyles.
ROSE SONEFF is a Registered Dietitian and Community Nutritionist working in Promotion and Prevention through Interior Health. She will explain how the communities in Williams Lake and the North Thompson have come up with innovative approaches to address both the economic and environmental aspects of local food security issues.
holds the BC Regional Innovation Chair in Tourism and Sustainable Rural Development and as well as leading research she is also a professor in the Department of Recreation and Tourism Management Faculty of Management at Vancouver Island University. She will discuss her research and the multiple benefits that parks and recreation can provide to rural areas.
BC Alliance for Healthy Living
October 2011
