Add your voice to defining the priorities that will have the greatest impact on healthy eating and food security in BC
The BC Ministry of Health is refreshing the Provincial Healthy Eating Strategy. Stakeholders from many sectors throughout the province are being consulted to ensure the Strategy addresses the most important priorities. The aim is to make the healthiest choice the easiest choice wherever British Columbians live, work, learn and play.
We invite you to participate in shaping the Provincial Healthy Eating Strategy by completing a short on-line survey. Your input will help to establish the priorities for collective action province-wide. It will take about 10 minutes to complete the survey.
Applications are invited for a 1-year graduate fellowship with the Equity Lens in Public Health (ELPH) Program of Research and the Centre for Aboriginal Health Research (CAHR) at the University of Victoria. We are seeking highly qualified candidates to engage in research related to health equity and Aboriginal health.
To be eligible, the candidate must be a master’s student at UVic working towards a graduate degree related to public health with a clear commitment and focus on health equity and Aboriginal health. Preference will be given to candidates with connections to or experience working with Aboriginal communities.
The successful candidate will receive an annual Graduate Training Stipend of $17,500 and a $5,000 research stipend. The deadline for applications is March 31, 2014, start date negotiable. For a complete description please visit the ELPH website: www.uvic.ca/elph. More information about CAHR is available on their website: cahr.uvic.ca. We would be very happy to discuss this opportunity with you. Please contact project coordinator Kathleen Perkin at elph@uvic.ca or 250-721-6269.
Please join us in congratulating the recipients of the PHABC 60th Anniversary. These awards were presented at the 2013 PHABC Conference & AGM at the Hilton Metrotown Hotel in Burnaby, BC on November 4th to 6th, 2013.
We are pleased to announced the launch of the Canadian Environmental Health Atlas.
The Canadian Environmental Health Atlas (the Atlas) is an online, open access visual publication that emphasizes stimulating research and case studies using maps, graphics, videos, infographics and narrative to explain some key concepts of environmental health.
The Atlas aims to introduce the many ways in which the environment affects human health and highlight the importance of environmental health in health promotion and disease prevention.
The Atlas includes a myriad of environmental health topics that are organized under ten major themes. Initially, the website will include a variety of topics, such as Asbestos, Lead, Heat Waves, SARS, and the Aboriginal Community Well-being Index. Over time, we will add new topics to the Atlas as they are developed.
The Atlas can be accessed at www.ehatlas.ca/. We would be delighted if you would take a few minutes to explore the Atlas and share it with others. We have provided an atlas logo kit for your convenience.
On behalf of Bruce Lanphear, Kate Bassil, Mike Buzzelli, Paul Peters, and Hannah Moffatt, thank you for taking the time to explore the Canadian Environmental Health Atlas.
2013 Public Health Association of BC Conference in Partnership with the Pan-American Health Organization
“Health in all Policies: Taking Intersectoral Action for Equitable & Sustainable Health”
November 4th & 5th 2013
8:00AM – 4:30PM Hilton Vancouver Metrotown
6083 McKay Ave, Burnaby, BC V5H2W7 | (604) 438-1200
The Public Health Association of British Columbia is hosting a Regional Conference for 2013, with a theme focused on the international approach ofHealth in All Policies. This approach is a contemporary development of the ‘Building Healthy Public Policy’ action area of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion. The key foundation for this work is the insight, developed by health promotion and population health, that most of the activities that contribute to the health of societies and communities are generated outside of the health care system itself. Taking action on this insight requires developing a broad, integrated, intersectoral approach to human development in order to achieve equitable and sustainable health for all people. This means that public health must work across government sectors at all levels with coherent, coordinated health promotion strategies. It also means moving beyond government, recognizing that policies and practices in the non-governmental/voluntary and private sectors are equally important to health. This intersectoral conference will be followed by a half-day session from the Ministry of Health focusing on emerging public health priorities.
Ministry of Health Emerging Public Health Priorities
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