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Canadian Diabetes Association
A charitable organization which promotes the health of Canadians through diabetes research, education, service and advocacy.
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Centre for Addiction Research of BC
The mission of the CARBC is to create an internationally recognized centre distributed across B.C. that is dedicated to research and knowledge exchange on substance use, harm reduction and addiction.
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Clean Air Coalition
The CAC exists to encourage and support smoke-free environments for all workers and the public.
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Active Communities Initiative
A cross-sectional initiative focused on supporting communities to increase physical activity levels of British Columbians by 20 per cent by 2010.
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Dietitians of Canada
Dietitians of Canada represents over 5,400 dietitians across Canada and is committed to promoting the health and well-being of consumers through food and nutrition.
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Action Schools! BC
Action Schools! BC is a best practices model designed to assist schools in creating individualized action plans to promote healthy living.
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Agri-Food Partners in Healthy Eating Alliance
The Alliance supports and encourages Agri-food initiatives and activities that proactively help make the healthy choice the easy choice for British Columbians and provide as many B.C. products as possible.
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Government of Victoria, Australia
The Province of British Columbia gratefully acknowledges the Government of Victoria, Australia, for granting permission to use content from its Go for your life campaign.
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BC Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation
A non-profit foundation dedicated to working with educators to bring B.C.'s agriculture to students.
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BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
The mission of the BCCEWH is to improve the health of women by fostering collaboration of innovative, multi-disciplinary research endeavours and action-oriented approaches to women's health initiatives, women-centred programs and health policy.
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Health Check
Health Check is the Heart and Stroke Foundation's national food information program that helps consumers identify healthy food choices with the use of the Health Check symbol.
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BC Dairy Foundation
The BCDF is a non-profit organization with the mandate of increasing British Columbia's per capita consumption of milk.
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Heart and Stroke Foundation
The Heart and Stroke Foundation's mission is to improve the health of Canadians by preventing and reducing disability and death from heart disease and stroke through research, health promotion and advocacy.
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BC Healthy Communities
Supports communities and community groups that are taking a holistic and integrated approach to increasing the health, well-being and healthy development in their communities.
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KidSport
KidSport is a national children’s charitable program that helps disadvantaged kids overcome the barriers preventing or limiting their participation in organized sport.
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PacificSport
As the Canadian Sport Centre in British Columbia, PacificSport delivers sport performance programs to help athletes and coaches win medals for Canada. Working in support of our national, provincial and regional sport partners PacificSport is creating a st
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Public Health Association of BC
Preserving and promoting the public's health through disease and injury prevention, health promotion, health protection and healthy public policy.
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BC Lung Association
One of the province's leading voluntary health agencies offering a number of province-wide programs designed to improve the lung health of British Columbians.
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BC Perinatal Health Program
The mission of the BCPCP is to optimize maternal, neonatal, and fetal health in the province through educational support to care providers, outcome analysis, networks and multidisciplinary perinatal guidelines.
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Save-On-Foods
A western Canadian company, carries more than 200 varieties of produce from family-operated farms in B.C. and Alberta and provides nutrition information and healthy recipes on its website.
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BC Nordic
BC Nordic Marketing Society is a non-profit provincial organization that actively promotes and supports Nordic winter recreation activities such as cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, dog sledding, and backcountry skiing at destinations throughout British Columbia.
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BC School Fruit and Vegetable Nutritional Program
The Fruit and Vegetable Nutritional Program promotes healthy eating and increases access to healthier school snacks. The program is administered through the BC Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation.
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Sport BC
Sport BC is a non-profit society founded in 1966. As the provincial federation for sport, it represents more than 80 sport organizations including 64 Provincial Sport Organizations. This also encompasses some 800,000 sport participants in British Columbia
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BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre
BC Women's is the only facility in B.C. devoted primarily to the health of women, newborns and families.
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Tobacco Free Sports
Tobacco Free Sports is a provincially funded project designed to further educate individuals and communities of the negative effects of tobacco use and its direct link to a decrease in sport performance.
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British Columbia Pediatric Society
A society with the goal of advancing the art and science of pediatrics in B.C. and promoting the highest quality of health care delivery to the provinces children and youth.
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Union of BC Municipalities
An organization which serves and represents the interests of local government.
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Tourism British Columbia
Tourism British Columbia's corporate site where you'll find news, research and programs for tourism operators, news media and industry stakeholders.
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Canadian Cancer Society
A national, community-based organization of volunteers, whose mission is the eradication of cancer and the enhancement of the quality of life of people living with cancer.
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WCG International
Through partnerships with B.C. employers, WCG helps income assistance clients and people with disabilities, achieve unsubsidized, sustainable employment. Once in jobs, WCG works with employers to create a healthy work environment.
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