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, Housing for Health in the Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, and its partners were pleased to host our Fit Cities Fit Towns Canada 3rd Annual Conference.

Participants learned about practical ways to impact community environments for health and wellbeing, and innovative strategies to improve our buildings, streets, neighbourhoods and their amenities for health.

This conference introduced the Healthy Community Guidelines: an evidence-based practice-informed Guidelines co-created by over 100 multi-sector partners across 6 provinces in Canada.  The Guidelines highlight strategies at 3 scales, i.e. Neighbourhood, Site, and Building, that can improve healthy living.

Conference presentations and discussions, with videos linked below, provide enhanced knowledge and skills for healthier planning, development, design, and construction in our towns and cities provincially and nationally. Presentations featured international, national and local speakers on panels at Neighbourhood, Site, and Building scales. International speakers included Gehl and LK Policy Lab.  

Conference Recordings

Day 1 - May 30, 2023

 

Keynote Panel 1 (NEIGHBOURHOOD)

- International Case Studies for Healthy Community Guidelines (HCG) Strategies (Built Environments for Active Living, Healthy Food and Beverage Access, Social Connections)

- YYC Playbook and Other Initiatives

- Improving Urban Design and Transit in Edmonton (Including HCG, Safety, Inclusive Design)

 

• Smaller and Indigenous Community Strategies for Improving Active Living and Healthy Eating

- Q&A moderated by Dr. Kate Storey, PhD, CIHR/PHAC Applied Public Health Chair & Associate Professor, School of Public Health, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ

Closing Remarks/Summary, Day 1

 

Day 2 - May 31, 2023

Welcomes

Keynote Panel 2 (SITE)

- GEF Seniors Housing - Lauderdale Terrace Pilot Development Site (Seniors Affordable Housing)

- Community Food/Fruit Forest

- Mixed-Use and Retail Improvement in Both Larger and Smaller AB Communities

- New SW Edmonton Hospital

- Q&A moderated by Dr. Lisa Allen Scott, Ph.D., Director, Healthy Settings, Promoting Health, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Health Services

Keynote Panel 3 (BUILDING)

- Municipal Policies Internationally to Synergize Sustainable and Healthy Buildings, and Opportunities Through Certification Systems such as LEED

- Buildings Incorporating Healthy Community Guidelines Strategies including those using WELL Building Certification (e.g. Institutional Buildings in Canada)

- Residential Buildings in Suburban Neighbourhoods in the Metropolitan Edmonton Area, including Housing for Health Mixed-Income Pilot Development in Leduc

- Q&A moderated by Dr. Eleni Stroulia, PhD, Director of AI4Society Signature Area, Acting Vice Dean & Professor in Department of Computing Science, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ

Closing Remarks & Prayers

Mosom Rick Lighting, Elder in Residence, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ