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BC Healthy Living Alliance

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The BC Healthy Living Alliance (BCHLA), formed in 2003, is the largest coalition of health leaders in British Columbia’s history. [1]

40 relations: Affordable housing, British Columbia, Burns Lake, Canada, Canadian Cancer Society, Cancer, Cardiovascular disease, Chronic condition, Cranbrook, British Columbia, David Butler-Jones, Dawson Creek, Diabetes Canada, Diabetes mellitus, Dietitians of Canada, English language, Executive Council of British Columbia, Exercise, Food security, Fort St. John, British Columbia, Gordon Campbell, Healthy diet, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Kamloops, Kelowna, Mary Collins, Nanaimo, Non-governmental organization, Nonpartisanism in the United States, Parliament of Canada, Prince George, British Columbia, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Public Health Agency of Canada, Queen Charlotte, British Columbia, Smithers, British Columbia, Social determinants of health, Terrace, British Columbia, Trail, British Columbia, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Williams Lake, British Columbia.

Affordable housing

Affordable housing is housing which is deemed affordable to those with a median household income as rated by the national government or a local government by a recognized housing affordability index.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (BC; Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains.

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Burns Lake

Burns Lake's welcome sign Burns Lake is a rural village in the North-Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, incorporated in 1923.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Canadian Cancer Society

The Canadian Cancer Society (French: Société canadienne du cancer) is a national, community-based charitable organization of volunteers whose mission is to eradicate cancer and enhance the quality of life of those living with the disease.

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Cancer

Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.

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Cardiovascular disease

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels.

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Chronic condition

A chronic condition is a human health condition or disease that is persistent or otherwise long-lasting in its effects or a disease that comes with time.

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Cranbrook, British Columbia

Cranbrook is a city in southeast British Columbia, Canada, located on the west side of the Kootenay River at its confluence with the St. Mary's River, It is the largest urban centre in the region known as the East Kootenay.

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David Butler-Jones

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Dawson Creek

Dawson Creek is a city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada.

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Diabetes Canada

Diabetes Canada (known from 1953 to 2017 as the Canadian Diabetes Association or CDA) is a registered national charity whose mission includes serving the 11 million Canadians living with diabetes or prediabetes.

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Diabetes mellitus

Diabetes mellitus (DM), commonly referred to as diabetes, is a group of metabolic disorders in which there are high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period.

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Dietitians of Canada

Dietitians of Canada (DC) is the professional association for dietitians representing members at the local, provincial and national levels.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Executive Council of British Columbia

The Executive Council of British Columbia (informally and more commonly, the Cabinet of British Columbia) is the cabinet of that Canadian province.

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Exercise

Exercise is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness.

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Food security

Food security is a condition related to the availability of food supply, group of people such as (ethnicities, racial, cultural and religious groups) as well as individuals' access to it.

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Fort St. John, British Columbia

The City of Fort St. John is a city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. A member municipality of the Peace River Regional District, the city encompasses a total area of about with 18,609 residents at the 2011 census Located at Mile 47, it is one of the largest cities along the Alaska Highway. Originally established in 1794, as a trading post, Fort St. John is the oldest European-established settlement in present-day British Columbia. Fort St. John is served by the Fort St. John Airport. The municipal slogan is Fort St. John: The Energetic City.

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Gordon Campbell

Gordon Muir Campbell, (born January 12, 1948) is a Canadian diplomat and politician who was the 35th Mayor of Vancouver from 1986 to 1993 and the 34th Premier of British Columbia from 2001 to 2011.

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Healthy diet

A healthy diet is a diet that helps to maintain or improve overall health.

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Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, branded since November 2016 as Heart & Stroke, is a Canadian charity dedicated to advocacy, education, and the funding of research surrounding heart disease and stroke.

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Kamloops

Kamloops is a city in south-central British Columbia in Canada at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River near Kamloops Lake.

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Kelowna

Kelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada.

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Mary Collins

Mary Collins, (born September 26, 1940) is a Canadian former politician.

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Nanaimo

Nanaimo (Canada 2016 Census population 90,504) is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.

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Non-governmental organization

Non-governmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, or nongovernment organizations, commonly referred to as NGOs, are usually non-profit and sometimes international organizations independent of governments and international governmental organizations (though often funded by governments) that are active in humanitarian, educational, health care, public policy, social, human rights, environmental, and other areas to effect changes according to their objectives.

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Nonpartisanism in the United States

Nonpartisanism in the United States is organized under United States Internal Revenue Code (501(c)) that qualifies certain non-profit organizations for tax-exempt status because they refrain from engaging in certain prohibited political activities.

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Parliament of Canada

The Parliament of Canada (Parlement du Canada) is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, the national capital.

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Prince George, British Columbia

Prince George, with a population of 74,003 (census agglomeration of 86,622),Statistics Canada 2016 Census is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, and is the "Northern Capital" of BC.

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Prince Rupert, British Columbia

Prince Rupert is a port city in the province of British Columbia, Canada.

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Public Health Agency of Canada

The Public Health Agency of Canada (French: Agence de la santé publique du Canada) is an agency of the Government of Canada that is responsible for public health, emergency preparedness, and response and infectious and chronic disease control and prevention.

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Queen Charlotte, British Columbia

The Village of Queen Charlotte, more commonly known by its residents as Queen Charlotte City or Charlotte, is a village municipality on Haida Gwaii (formerly Queen Charlotte Islands) in the province of British Columbia, Canada.

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Smithers, British Columbia

Smithers is a town in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, approximately halfway between Prince George and Prince Rupert.

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Social determinants of health

The social determinants of health are linked to the economic and social conditions and their distribution among the population that influence individual and group differences in health status.

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Terrace, British Columbia

Terrace is a city on the Skeena River in British Columbia, Canada.

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Trail, British Columbia

Trail is a city in the West Kootenay region of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada.

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Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.

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Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island is in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, just off the coast of Canada.

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Williams Lake, British Columbia

Williams Lake is a city in the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BC_Healthy_Living_Alliance

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