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Let’s talk about it: the social discourse on community safety in the Capital Regional District
Political conversations and engagements can be sparked by news circulated by the media and social media. These conversations can strike power and support towards the topics at hand.
The Public Health Association of BC (PHABC) recently captured some of the discourse surrounding the municipal elections and community safety and well-being in the Capital Regional District (CRD) region.
In order to gather relevant and accurate data, we valued relevance and accuracy over quantity. There is a high chance of outliers.
Download the report below to review the project summary, visualized data and backgrounder.
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Open in new tab Conference 2022 October update: More featured speakers announced! Networking events and awards ceremony.
Featured Speakers
PHABC is thrilled to feature the following speakers for our 2022 Conference, “Our Planet, Our Health: Creating Well-Being Societies and Making Peace with Nature.”
Our speakers include Dr. Danièle Behn Smith, the Province’s Aboriginal Health Physician Advisor. She works closely alongside Dr. Bonnie Henry, the Provincial Health Officer. In support of the Ministry’s strategic agenda, Dr. Behn Smith focuses on closing the gap in health outcomes between First Nations and other British Columbians.
We are also pleased to feature Sione Tu’itahi, the Executive Director of the Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand, Runanga Whakapiki Ake I Te Hauora o Aotearoa (HPF). Sione is also the first Indigenous person to be elected as the Global President of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE). He will be connecting virtually from New Zealand.
The list of speakers continues to grow with high-calibre profiles:
- Dr. Tim K. Takaro is a Professor Emeritus and Physician-Scientist in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University;
- Jeff Masuda is a Professor in the School of Public Health and Social Policy at the University of Victoria and former Canada Research Chair in Environmental Health Equity;
- Dr. Chris Buse is an Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Health Sciences.
Stay tuned to PHABC’s social media channels and website as we prepare to release the agenda for the two day conference early next week. We have been working diligently at designing an interactive and enlightening conference!
Read Speakers’ Biographies
Conference Details
Dates: November 9th and 10th
Venue: Victoria Conference Centre
Address: 720 Douglas Street Victoria, BC
Exclusive Discounts for Conference Registrations
PHABC is pleased to partner with the Victoria Conference Centre to introduce the VIP Program for conference attendees.
The program offers attendees access to discounts at over 70 businesses across the Victoria region including restaurants, whale watching tours, pubs, breweries, retail shops, tours and more.
Your conference badge will be equipped with a unique QR Code that businesses can scan to access the discounts. Learn More.
PHABC Networking Event and Awards Ceremony
We would like to invite everyone to our Networking Event and Awards Ceremony, on November 9th from 4pm-6pm at the Victoria Conference Centre.
This event will be open to conference attendees as well as the general public. It’s an opportunity for public health professionals to meet, mingle, and learn about the current work underway in the field of public health, across disciplines and countries.
The event will feature exhibitor booths, poster presentations, and our annual Awards Ceremony to highlight the outstanding efforts and achievements being made in the field of public health. A cash bar will be on-site and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Pre-registration is not required to attend.
BC-CHSF Network Gathering
Ready to grow your school food advocacy network? Join the BC Chapter of the Coalition for Healthy School Food at the BC School Food Network Gathering on November 9th from 5pm-9pm at Royal Bay Secondary, Victoria BC.
Enjoy a delicious student-cooked dinner, hear school food stories and network with fellow school food practitioners, advocates and supporters!
Conference 2022 Featured Speaker – Dr. Tim K. Takaro
Dr. Tim K. Takaro
Dr. Takaro is a Professor Emeritus and Physician-Scientist in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University.
He is husband to Aggie Black and father to Annie and Ben.
He trained in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Public Health and Toxicology, at Yale, the University of North Carolina and the University of Washington. Dr. Takaro’s research is primarily about the links between human exposures and disease, and determining effective public health based preventive solutions to such risks.
Planetary change poses complex problems for public health never more apparent than during the COVID-19 pandemic. These challenges demand an interdisciplinary approach both in research and action.
To this end, Takaro is a member the Planetary Health Research group at SFU and a Lead Author of the Health Canada 2022 report, Health of Canadians in a Changing Climate: Advancing Knowledge for Action.
His current research program explores the impacts of resource extraction on human health and the relationship to our land and waters.
With immense gratitude to the First Peoples he is beginning to use Indigenous knowledge to relearn environmental health as he tests different interventions in climate action and planet protection.
Conference 2022 Featured Speaker – Sione Tu’itahi
Sione Tu’itahi
Sione Tu’itahi is the Executive Director of the Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand, Runanga Whakapiki Ake I Te Hauora o Aotearoa (HPF).
Sione is the first Indigenous person to be elected as the Global President of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE).
IUHPE is a global professional non-governmental organisation dedicated to health promotion around the world. For more than 70 years, IUHPE has operated an independent, global, professional network of people and institutions committed to improving the health and wellbeing of the people through education, community action and the development of healthy public policy.
As an Educator, Writer, and International Health Promotion Leader, his areas of interest in health promotion include planetary health, determinants of health, human rights, Indigenous knowledge, community development, public policy, and workforce development.
As a former Journalist and Broadcaster, Sione is the author of several books, academic papers, and children’s stories. As a voluntary Community Worker, he is a member of several national advisory groups in the education, health, and community sectors. He is also a Poet.
In recognition of his significant contributions to health promotion and public health at the national and international levels, Sione was given the 2019 New Zealand Public Health Champion Award by the Public Health Association of New Zealand.
Conference 2022 Featured Speaker – Jeff Masuda
Jeff Masuda
Jeff Masuda is a Professor in the School of Public Health and Social Policy at the University of Victoria and former Canada Research Chair in Environmental Health Equity.
A human geographer by training, Jeff is known for his work in environmental justice, urban health inequalities, participatory action research, and critical health promotion.
Jeff’s research currently focusses on tenant organization for housing justice, including increasing concerns over extreme heat vulnerability, particularly through his role in the Right to Remain Research Collective.
His research also centres on land stewardship as a pathway for urban decolonization through his involvement in A SHARED Future, an international collaboration on Indigenous renewable energy leadership.
Jeff’s academic specialty also spotlights other issues at the intersection of the social and ecological dimensions of health.
Jeff presently leads a standing special section in the Canadian Journal of Public Health, which highlights climate change and health equity.