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Age-friendly Communities Grant Program

Posted on May 20, 2022

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 Program in partnership with the Ministry of Health. The program is open for applications across two funding streams: Planning (Stream 1) up to $25,000, and Projects (Stream 2) up to $15,000. Both grant streams include in-kind, customized capacity-building supports provided by BCHC staff.

To learn more and apply go here: https://bchealthycommunities.ca/programs/age-friendly-communities/

The Big Switch: Powering Canada’s Net Zero Future

Posted on May 4, 2022

Today the Canadian Climate Institute launched a major new report: The Big Switch: Powering Canada’s Net Zero Future. This report finds that switching from fossil fuels to electricity is critical to Canada’s climate progress and to making energy more reliable and affordable for all Canadians.The Big Switch explores both the technical and policy changes needed in Canada’s electricity systems to achieve net zero goals. In particular, it examines the technologies that are needed to build electricity systems that are bigger, cleaner, and smarter, and identifies policies that can drive Canada’s “big switch” in ways that make sense in the Canadian federation.

For more information and to read the report go here: https://climateinstitute.ca/reports/big-switch/

Rewriting Public Health Education Towards Action

Posted on April 22, 2022
Public health is due for a change – one that reflects and acts on the needs of Black communities

“The origins and traditions of public health were not designed for Black communities,” says Gideon Quaison, a core member of the Black Public Health Collective. “[It was] founded in settler colonialism and slavery.”

Read the entire article here:

https://www.vancouverfoundation.ca/whats-new/rewriting-public-health-education-towards-action

March 31 is the International Transgender Day of Visibility

Posted on March 31, 2022

Trans Day of Visibility is an annual awareness day celebrated around the world. The day is dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments of transgender and gender nonconforming people while raising awareness of the work that still needs to be done to achieve trans justice.

Right now, members of school communities can take these actions to help create trans-inclusive school environments, using these resources available for download:

For more information go here: https://www.glsen.org/activity/transgender-day-visibility