Building Healthy Communities: Bringing Health and Wellness to the Community Planning Table conference presentations:

 

Keynote Plenary–Paul Young: Collaborative Community Planning

Plenary–Catherine O’Brien: Sustainable Happiness

 

Work In Progress panel presentations:

• Randy Murphy: East Coast Trail
• Brian Chmarney: A Municipality in Action
• Neil Dawe: Sustainable Planning for Healthy Communities
• Alice Miro: Health Background Studies Framework, Peel Region
• Karen Linfield: Pests, Homeowners and Healthy Lawns

 

Tools & Resources panel presentations:

• Rob McGrath: Build Better Buildings
• Henry Kielley: Age Friendly Communities
• Le Doan: EQuilibrium Communities
• Erna van Balen: Health 201, Five Things That Planners and Design Professionals Need To Know About Health and The Built Environment
• François Gagnon: Workshop on Transportation Policies and Health Inequalities

 

Day 2: Concurrent sessions

• Erna van Balen: Health & Planning, Exploring Options for Rural Communities
• Alice Miro: Shaping Active Healthy Communities, A Heart & Stroke Built Environment Toolkit for Change
• Mary Bishop: Community Planning and Community Health
• Pat Griffin: A Call to Action on Climate Change and Energy Efficiency

 

Press materials:

Conference press release: link (pdf)

News on the conference presenters and topics:

• Paul Young interviewed on CBC Here & Now (starts at 6:50): link
• Paul Young interviewed by The Telegram (page A10, November 30, 2011)
• CBC Here & Now report on the Heart & Stroke Foundation study finding a lack of supportive environments in Atlantic Canada (starts at 32:00): link
• Randy Murphy interviewed on CBC Here & Now about threats to the East Coast Trail (starts at 34:00): link

 

News on the built environment and health:

• CBC News, “Urban parks offer breath of fresh air for improved health”: link (NEW)
• Globe & Mail story on the need for a healthy built environment (h/t Ken O’Brien): link
• NFB documentary on the impact of urban planning on health outcomes, “The Weight of the World” (h/t Ken O’Brien). From the description: “The Weight of the World reveals that obesity is not an individual problem, but one that requires changes in public policies and attitudes. In this clip, experts shares ideas on how urban planning can contribute to healthier neighbourhoods”: link
• BBC: “Traffic pollution kills 5,000 a year in UK, says study”: link