Day 4 of the ECHO Network Knowledge Exchange Sessions on “Honouring Complexity: Making Space to Address Cumulative Impacts, Climate Change and Co-Benefits”   A youth-centered conversation where youth from across ECHO's regional cases will be sharing their experiences and perspectives from participating in outdoor learning activities out on the land. Youth will describe the activities...

Day 5 of the ECHO Network Knowledge Exchange Sessions on “Honouring Complexity: Making Space to Address Cumulative Impacts, Climate Change and Co-Benefits”   Tips, tricks and tools for tackling complexity in social-ecological systems: Attending to cumulative impacts and persistent challenges that cross-cut environmental, community and health systems.   This session will discuss Canadian pilot projects...

Join the BC Alliance for Healthy Living for their upcoming workshop on Small Towns taking BIG STEPS in active transportation.   This workshop will feature presentations from leading communities that have successfully navigated challenges unique to smaller communities. Some of these challenges include:   Creating a walkable downtown despite the main street acting as a...

Join the BC Alliance for Healthy Living for our upcoming workshop on Small Towns taking BIG STEPS in active transportation. This workshop will feature presentations from leading communities that have successfully navigated challenges unique to smaller communities. Some of these challenges include: Creating a walkable downtown despite the main street acting as a highway Building...

The OD PREP series is coming to a close with our seventh and final installment: A Conversation with Laura Shaver and Reija Jean from the BC Association of People on Opiate Maintenance (BCAPOM) We are ending on a hopeful note. Laura and Reija are incredible peer activists who have worked tirelessly to expand access to opioid...

Notice to PHABC Membership 2021 Annual General Meeting – December 9 Thursday December 9, 2021 11:30AM-1:00PM – ONLINE   We hope to see many of you online Thursday, December 9th, 2021 from 11:30am to 1:00pm for our Annual General Meeting and a special presentation on safe supply and the ongoing opioid crisis in our province. Join us...

We are thrilled to launch the GlobalChild platform: the world’s first comprehensive child rights monitoring tool. Don’t miss the virtual launch event Dec. 13. Children around the world deserve to grow up to become healthy, productive members of society. Dr. Ziba Vaghri’s GlobalChild platform, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, will allow governments...

  Join us for the first of four monthly webinars in which the West Coast Climate Action Network will explore the best policies and practices for transportation in BC, propose a policy platform, and mobilize political action.   We start with the need for great transit, both urban and province-wide, with guest speakers:   Kukpi7...

This International Women’s Day, it’s time to talk about how we can Break the Bias! The Office of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, in partnership with the University of Victoria and Global BC, is very proud to invite you to attend Women Leading Change: Break the Bias, a free panel discussion on March 9th,...

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed many questions and presented numerous challenges for public health systems in Canada and around the world. Acknowledging these, in her latest report, Canada's Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, has called for a strengthening and renewal of public health systems in Canada so that they are better prepared to...

Join the Vancouver Food Policy Council to learn about how the federal and provincial governments are exploring how to grow school meal programs. Together we'll identify the values and priorities of our school food programs. Join us in envisioning what our future school meal program can be! Come learn from our esteemed panel about the...

    Canadian Public Health Week by participating in this special webinar. Dr. Tam will discuss how we can join forces to build the public health system that meets the needs of all people in Canada. #CPHW22

Mark Canadian Public Health Week as Trevor Hancock discusses what is involved in keeping humans and the planet healthy through the creation of a Wellbeing society and the implications for the work of public health practitioners and organizations. #CPHW22

Celebrate Canadian Public Health Week by joining OPHA and alPHa in a discussion about the findings of their recent reports on the impact of COVID-19 on public health programs and the health of Ontarians. #CPHW22

Basic Income and Decent Work can improve population health through economic security. This webinar will reflect on lessons public health can apply when advocating to decrease income inequity as a means to improve health. #CPHW22

We are particularly pleased to invite you to participate in the 24th World Conference on Health Promotion. This major event of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) is held every three years. It will be run virtually, May 15-19 2022, from Montreal, in Quebec. Registration fees vary, More information here: https://iuhpe2022.com

In recognition of this year's theme, "The Power of Collaboration" the Victim Justice Network (VJN) is hosting an online workshop by the VEGA Project, McMaster University to discuss child maltreatment, including physical, sexual, and emotional abuse; neglect; and children’s exposure to intimate partner violence. The VEGA Project presenters will provide an overview of online evidence-based...

BC Healthy Communities (BCHC) is excited to announce our new Age-friendly Communities Grant Program is now accepting applications. All local and Indigenous B.C. governments working to build age-friendly communities through equitable policies, programs, and services have access to age-friendly communities funding and support to help make it happen. BCHC is the new administrator for the Age-friendly Communities Grant...

This webinar will present and discuss key findings from research led and published by Dr Mehdi Ammi, Professor at the Carleton University School of Public Policy and Administration in Ottawa, entitled, “Interpreting Forty-Three-Year Trends of Expenditures on Public Health in Canada: Long-Run Trends, Temporal Periods, and Data Differences”. The NCCHPP is involved in this project...

The 2022 AICR Research Conference will be held as a hybrid event on October 31-November 2, 2022, with both a fully virtual option and an in-person program held at the Lansdowne Resort and Spa in Leesburg, VA We are hosting our annual conference in a hybrid format, featuring both virtual and in-person components. In-person attendance...

  Registration is now on! Click here to join us in Victoria this November!   Draft Program at a Glance Released!! Check out the great line up of speakers, presentations and workshops HERE.   About the Conference PHABC is pleased to share this year’s conference topic: “Our Planet, Our Health: Creating Well-Being Societies and Making...

Join our webinar on Monday, November 21st from 9:00 am – 10:00 am PST to hear Dr. Norman Giesbrecht and Dr. Erin Hobin talk about how alcohol warning labels can help curb alcohol consumption in light of Canada's updated low-risk drinking guidelines.

On November 2, 2023, Forward Food and Simon Fraser University, as part of the university’s Roots initiative, is hosting a plant-based summit in Burnaby, BC. This event will bring together individuals from the foodservice industry and provide them space to network and learn about the many benefits of local and plant-based foods and how they...

October 13th to 19th, 2024  is RSV Awareness Week in Canada. Join us in acknowledging this week by learning more and help prevent the spread. WHAT IS RSV? Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a respiratory virus that causes cold-like symptoms. The virus spreads through direct contact with an infected person. Most people recover from RSV...