Last week in class we had a presentation from two representatives from 'BC Healthy Communities'. They outlined what their organization was all about, describing how it wasn't a specific program but rather an approach, involving community learning, envolvement and asset collaboration.
They also mentioned that other provinces within Canada and even other countries have this Healthy Community organizagion. As a resident of Ontario I looked at the Ontario Healthy Communities Website to look and see what it was all about.
http://www.ohcc-ccso.ca/en
The Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition also has a focus on building a 'food secure Ontario'.
What I found intersting was the plea for people to become involved with these initiatives. While living in Ontario I had never heard of this Healthy Communities thing. But upon looking into it further I can see the importance in such a thing. But...if people do not know about it, how can they become involved.
I think healthy communities are integral with people being very involved in them. When a person has family, friends, and work within their community they will be more supportive of the health of it. When a person lives in one place, commutes are great distance and works in a different place, they become detched from their community. When a person is more involved and spends a lot of time living, working and playing in their community it is a much healthier balance.
This is a difference I can see between Victoria and Toronto. Most people work much closer to where they live in Victoria, they are able to find alternatives to driving to work and thus are more or less working and living in the same community. In Toronto is is common for a person to commute over 50km one way to work, and thus not really be working and living in the same community.
If we are involved in and living in our community, people will be more for the development of a healthy community:)
They also mentioned that other provinces within Canada and even other countries have this Healthy Community organizagion. As a resident of Ontario I looked at the Ontario Healthy Communities Website to look and see what it was all about.
http://www.ohcc-ccso.ca/en
The Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition also has a focus on building a 'food secure Ontario'.
What I found intersting was the plea for people to become involved with these initiatives. While living in Ontario I had never heard of this Healthy Communities thing. But upon looking into it further I can see the importance in such a thing. But...if people do not know about it, how can they become involved.
I think healthy communities are integral with people being very involved in them. When a person has family, friends, and work within their community they will be more supportive of the health of it. When a person lives in one place, commutes are great distance and works in a different place, they become detched from their community. When a person is more involved and spends a lot of time living, working and playing in their community it is a much healthier balance.
This is a difference I can see between Victoria and Toronto. Most people work much closer to where they live in Victoria, they are able to find alternatives to driving to work and thus are more or less working and living in the same community. In Toronto is is common for a person to commute over 50km one way to work, and thus not really be working and living in the same community.
If we are involved in and living in our community, people will be more for the development of a healthy community:)
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