Council approves Healthy City Strategy Phase 1
October 29, 2014 – Council approved A Healthy City for All: Healthy City Strategy 2014-2025 Phase 1. The first phase of the strategy sets out a vision, principles, long term goals, targets, and indicators. Staff will report back to Council with Phase 2, the first four-year action plan, in 2015.
Talk Healthy City for All on Breakfast Television
July 23-25, 2014 – We held a Talk Healthy City for All forum on City TV Breakfast Television from July 23 to 25. Listeners could tune in, learn about the goals, and share their ideas. Afterwards, the forum reopened until August 2.
Review the ideas shared on our Talk Healthy City for All forum PDF file (398 KB)
Healthy City Strategy Phase 1 Action Plan draft complete
June 2015 – We completed a draft of Phase 1 of the Healthy City Strategy.
Talk Healthy City for All: Round Two
June 6, 2014 – Hundreds of ideas were shared since we launched Talk Healthy City for All on April 24. 9 first-round winners were sent to the Social Innovation Exchange Ideas Festival and the THNK Creative Leadership Workshop on May 30.
Healthy People, Healthy Places
June 6, 2014 – We partnered with Vancouver Coastal Health to host a summit called Healthy People, Healthy Places. People from across the Lower Mainland presented ideas, engaged in dialogue, and shared knowledge on planning and designing communities for greater health and well-being. We focused on 3 key opportunities: active transportation and walkability, community and neighbourhood planning, and the Broadway corridor.
Update on Talk Healthy City for All presented to Council
May 14, 2014 – Staff presented an update on Talk Healthy City for All, the public engagement on the Healthy City Strategy where you could share bold and innovative ideas for reaching the Healthy City Strategy targets by 2025.
Review the presentation to Council PDF file (965 KB)
Host your own Healthy City for All Ideas Lab with our kits
May 13, 2014 – We offered Do-It-Yourself kits for people to host conversations around Healthy City for All. The kits contained materials that would encourage participants to develop bold and innovative ideas for reaching our targets.
Recap of #HealthyCity4All Twitter chats on Storify
May 9, 2014 – Since launching Talk Healthy City for All on April 24, we held several #HealthyCity4All Twitter chats to get people thinking about goals of the Healthy City Strategy. We discussed topics like lifelong learning, cultivating connections, and making ends meet.
Talk Healthy City for All
April 24, 2014 – We conducted an engagement process called Talk Healthy City for All, where people had the opportunity to share ideas on ways to achieve the Healthy City Strategy goals and targets. We aimed to build understanding of and support for the Healthy City Strategy, gather innovative ideas, and encourage residents and organizations to take action.
DTES Social Impact Assessment (SIA)
February 26, 2014 – With help from the SIA Reference Group, we prepared a Social Impact Assessment (SIA). The SIA was part of the Downtown Eastside Local Area Plan Process to examine how future developments and land use changes could affect the low-income community in the area. The SIA was meant to identify impacts before any development was implemented to help maximize the positive effects on a community while minimizing the negative.
New award recognizes leadership in making Vancouver a healthier city
February 21, 2014 – We launched the inaugural Awards of Excellence, a new awards program recognizing outstanding civic achievements. Award categories included the Healthy City for All Award, which paid tribute to outstanding leadership by an individual or organization in working towards creating a healthier city.
Learn more about the Awards of Excellence
City supports "A GP for Me" initiative
February 19, 2014 – We supported an initiative by the BC Ministry of Health and Doctors of BC to help you find family doctors and support patient-doctor relationships.
