The Seed Library is part of an initiative to grow capacity for planetary health workforce development to address health, equity and ecosystem imperatives. The Public Health Association of BC (PHABC) is dedicated to a transformative, integrative and collaborative ‘learning garden’ model designed to jump-start Planetary Health Workforce Development in Canada, and to connect and amplify global efforts.
Our key audiences include:
- Indigenous learners and leaders
- Health workers (public health workers, nurses, social workers, etc.)
- Environment and ecosystems professionals (urban planners, emergency preparedness professionals, architects, engineers, land and water managers, etc.)
- Cross-sectoral government professionals
- Diverse educators, researchers and academics
PHABC is committed to the following transformative actions that can lead to real change:
- Identify and leverage existing strengths across diverse institutions (build on and share existing assets).
- Prioritise Indigenous leadership and knowledges in pilot design team, culture, content, and learners.
- Ground the BC Pilot in Indigenous-led land-based learning as a required part of the learning model.
- Promote cultural safety and equity – investing in capacity development that responds to the unique needs of communities with an overt emphasis to rural, remote and Indigenous communities.
- Foreground a systems-based, ecological perspective, reflecting the nested and connected nature of ecosystems, that demand attention: local, provincial, national, global.
