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Active Communities Grant Program Interior and Island Health Regions Shannon Clarke, BC Healthy Communities Mariah Robinson, Mid Island ARC PHABC Conference November 16, 2018 Vancouver, BC Coast Salish Territory of the Musqueam, Squamish

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Shannon Clarke, BC Healthy Communities Mariah Robinson, Mid Island ARC

Active Communities Grant Program

Interior and Island Health Regions

PHABC Conference November 16, 2018 – Vancouver, BC

Coast Salish Territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations

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  • Launched in 2005
  • Not-for-profit society serving the province of

British Columbia

  • Provides services, programs and resources

to create healthy communities for all

  • Multi-disciplinary team, working

collaboratively across sectors

BC Healthy Communities Society

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ACTIVE COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM - PARTNERS

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ACTIVE COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM - REGIONS

PHABC Conference | November 2018

Interior Island

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ACTIVE COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM - PURPOSE

  • Increase opportunities for physical activity through:
  • Improving access &/or inclusion for targeted

populations or communities

  • Healthy community design
  • Healthy public policy
  • Strengthen multi-sectoral collaboration to increase

physical activity

  • Support context-specific, upstream approaches

PHABC Conference | November 2018

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ACTIVE COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM - COMMUNITIES

Island:

  • Campbell River (City of)
  • Colwood (City of)
  • Metchosin (District of)
  • Nanaimo (RD)
  • Nanoose First Nation
  • Penelakut Tribe
  • Songhees First Nation

PHABC Conference | November 2018

Interior:

  • Aq’am Community
  • Chase (Village of)
  • Esk’etemc First Nation
  • Kamloops (City of)
  • Lillooet (District of)
  • Okanagan Similkameen (RD)
  • Rocky Mountain Métis Association
  • Xaxli’p First Nation
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ACTIVE COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM – DIVERSE TOPIC AREAS

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MID ISLAND ARC

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MID ISLAND ARC – REALITY FACTS

  • Coroner’s Death Panel Review for Jan 2010 -

Dec 2015 was released November 2017:

  • BC Indigenous youth death rate was 2x

higher than non-Indigenous youth

  • Accidental death rate was 1.9x higher
  • 95 Indigenous youth died and were

between the ages of 15 and 24:

  • 60% accidental deaths (motor vehicle

crashes, drownings, overdoses)

  • 32% suicides
  • 25% were young parents
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MID ISLAND ARC – OUR COMMUNITY Target Audiences:

  • Urban Aboriginal Population
  • All Ages

What We Discovered:

  • Youth in Care/Adoptees
  • Lack of cultural connection

Our Goals:

  • Improve accessibility for culture
  • Build understanding for Aboriginal Culture
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MID ISLAND ARC – THE PROJECT

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MID ISLAND ARC – CULTURALLY FOCUSED PROGRAMS Cultural Experiences & Activities

  • Train frontline staff
  • Cultural & physical

experiences

Land & Sea Cultural Program

  • Integrated into the BC

curriculum

  • Minimum once per week
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THANK YOU!

Please stay in touch:

shannon@bchealthycommunities.ca mrobinson@nanaimoaboriginalcentre.ca

www.bchealthycommunities.ca www.nanaimoaboriginalcentre.ca @BC_HC @bchealthycommuniti es