Themes: Health

In 2007–2008, Canada spent an estimated $14.3 billion in public expenditures for mental health services and supports.1 According to a 2009 report by the Mood Disorders Society of Canada, costs…

An Organizational Capacity Building Toolbox from the Chicago Foundation for Women The SHOW-21 program was designed to expand on the work of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute of Northwestern University’s…

This workbook tells the story of Savannah’s experience in developing a citizen-centered city government that allowed it to work productively with local residents to improve troubled neighborhoods and build a…

Chapter 8 in Claire Dumont and Gary Kielhofner (eds.). Positive Approaches to Health.  Nova Science Publishers, 2007. Abstract: This chapter is about intersectoral action, individual and community empowerment as keys…

This resource guide is designed to assist local governments promote food security and support food systems in BC. It showcases a sample of the wide range of innovative projects being…

The voluntary sector has an important – but currently underutilized – place in Canada’s response to health emergencies in particular. While some voluntary organizations have well established roles in emergency…

Communities Under Pressure: the Role of Co-operatives and the Social Economy brought together policy makers, researchers, and prac- titioners to explore the experiences of an important component of the social…

The explosive and dramatic growth of poverty in Winnipeg, and strategies for combating poverty, are the subject of this collection. Some of the chapters discuss the severity and the consequences…

Worker Co-operative Success Stories showcases some unique achievements made by worker co-operatives in Canada. As you will see from these stories, co-operatives are actively involved in the socio-economic and community…

Health care co-operatives provide services to Canadians through an approach focused on prevention of illness and user responsibility. While health care co-operatives are new to most provinces, they have been…

This tool presents some ideas to assist health and social service agencies and organizations to meet their inclusion and equity goals with respect to Manitoba’s increasingly diverse ethno-cultural and ethno-racial…

The Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition (OHCC) seeks to achieve social, environmental, and economic health and well-being for individuals, communities and local governments. They bring together a broad-based group of community…