Policy for Healthy Community Planning:
The Healthy Communities Policy defines the role that planning has in fostering vibrant environments and active lifestyles that promote and protect the health of all Canadians, increasing the social and health equity of our communities.
Read CIP’s full policy on healthy communities (context, goals, objectives, and the roles of planners and CIP) by clicking on the adjacent image.
About this Policy
This policy was led by the CIP Healthy Communities Committee and developed through a thoughtful and extensive consultation with professional planners, planning and health practitioners, academics, and other experts in the healthy community field using interviews, surveys, and focus groups.
Update on Healthy Communities webinar
On April 22nd, CIP hosted Planning for Health and Well-Being: a webinar in CIP's Continuous Professional Learning Program series. The webinar included an overview of current developments in planning for health with a particular focus on metrics and measuring healthy community outcomes. Presenters Mikael St-Pierre from the Centre d'écologie urbaine de Montréal, Dr. Sagar Shah from the American Planning Association, Keltie Craig, RPP, MCIP, and Peter Marriott, from the City of Vancouver used engaging case studies to reinforce the interrelation between health and planning.
To listen to this webinar and others previously recorded in the CPL series, please visit the CIP Learning HUB.
Healthy Communities Annotated Bibliography
CIP's Healthy Communities Committee (HCC) is proud to launch a series of annotated bibliographies. These bibliographies are meant to act as a resource for planners looking for a bird's eye view of resources exploring connections between health and the built environment, as well as implications for planning. The committee encourages all members to read and share the bibliographies.
Issue 01 - Planning for Healthy Communities - A Planner's Prescription
Issue 02 - Planning for Healthy Communities - A Planner's Prescription
CIP's
Healthy Communities Practice Guide is designed to help planners promote healthier communities, and to understand how health practioners can support them in attaining that shared goal.
For futher information about CIP's work on Healthy communities, visit our Resource Library.
Integrating health in urban and territorial planning: A Sourcebook (2020)
UN-Habitat and WHO have launched a new sourcebook aimed at planners, city managers and health professionals on integrating health in urban and territorial planning. For more information click here.