BC Environmental and Occupational Health Research Network

Healthy individuals make for strong communities. But for some members of our community it can be a struggle just to meet basic needs. Vancouver Foundation provides grants in the area of Health and Social Development to ease the effects of poverty, and help citizens live healthier, more productive lives. From helping people develop appropriate skills, to encouraging healthy lifestyles or engaging people who are marginalized, these grants build stronger communities from the ground up.

Community-based Health Research is an approach to research in which community members affected by the condition or issue under study are active participants in each stage of the work — from conception and design of a plan of action, implementation, analysis, to the dissemination of results and conclusions. This approach requires that community voices are heard in asking the critical questions, documenting and interpreting the findings, and creating the systemic change in local, provincial, and national policies that will respond to the findings.

From 2011 to 2014, there will be a particular focus on freshwater and habitat protection. In 2011, the Environment Committee grants budget is approximately $500,000. Approximately one-third of the budget will be targeted towards each of the two priority areas. The remaining third is available for requests that meet our general environmental goals (above.) Multi-year requests related to the priority areas are encouraged and evaluation will be supported. We will likely only support two to three multi-year projects in each area.

Healthy individuals make for strong communities. But for some members of our community it can be a struggle just to meet basic needs. Vancouver Foundation provides grants in the area of Health and Social Development to ease the effects of poverty, and help citizens live healthier, more productive lives. From helping people develop appropriate skills, to encouraging healthy lifestyles or engaging people who are marginalized, these grants build stronger communities from the ground up. The purpose of the Health and Social Development grants is to support projects that are designed to enhance the capacity of adults, families and communities to create healthy, caring, safe and supportive environments for all.

Community-based Health Research is an approach to research in which community members affected by the condition or issue under study are active participants in each stage of the work — from conception and design of a plan of action, implementation, analysis, to the dissemination of results and conclusions. This approach requires that community voices are heard in asking the critical questions, documenting and interpreting the findings, and creating the systemic change in local, provincial, and national policies that will respond to the findings. Community-based Health Research grants support initiatives that ensure British Columbians are involved in advancing the health equity of their own communities. These research grants allow researchers and non-profit organizations to collaboratively undertake relevant research at the community level.

From 2011 to 2014, there will be a particular focus on freshwater and habitat protection. In 2011, the Environment Committee grants budget is approximately $500,000. Approximately one-third of the budget will be targeted towards each of the two priority areas. The remaining third is available for requests that meet our general environmental goals. Multi-year requests related to the priority areas are encouraged and evaluation will be supported. We will likely only support two to three multi-year projects in each area.

Health and Medical Education/Research grants support initiatives that ensure British Columbians are involved in advancing the health of their own communities. Community-focused research grants allow researchers and not-for-profit organizations to collaboratively undertake relevant research at the community level. Bursaries provided within the post-secondary health and medical fields enable community members (students) to further develop their knowledge and skills with the goal of providing health and medical services to communities throughout BC.

The purpose of the Health and Social Development Granting program is to review funding requests for projects that are designed to enhance the capacity of adults, families and communities to create healthy, caring, safe and supportive environments for all.

The purpose of the Environment Advisory Committee is to encourage and assist in the resolution of broad environmental issues arising in British Columbia.
Goals:
• support environmental projects that engage and/or encourage broad community
• participation through public education, stewardship activities and outreach to diverse cultural groups, new immigrants and faith-based communities
• support projects that increase scientific understanding, the need and methodology of which are inclusive and seen by the affected constituencies to be well-founded
• support representative, non-government organizations to develop, facilitate and help implement the resource management elements of sustainable development plans
• support the development and delivery of training programs for First Nations and other communities who are or will become involved in the sustainable management of natural resources
• support activities and projects that address broad watershed, marine and urban environmental issues, especially the current priorities of climate change and energy

The purpose of the Environment Advisory Committee is to encourage and assist in the resolution of broad environmental issues arising in British Columbia.
Goals:
- support environmental projects that engage and/or encourage broad community participation through public education, stewardship activities and outreach to diverse cultural groups, new immigrants and faith-based communities ;
- support projects that increase scientific understanding, the need and methodology of which are inclusive and seen by the affected constituencies to be well-founded ;
- support representative, non-government organizations to develop, facilitate and help implement the resource management elements of sustainable development plans;
- support the development and delivery of training programs for First Nations and other communities who are or will become involved in the sustainable management of natural resources ;
- support activities and projects that address broad watershed, marine and urban environmental issues, especially the current priorities of climate change and energy.

Funding is directed towards projects that will have a direct and immediate impact on health and health care in BC. We have a particular interest in rural and remote health and health care and value submissions from all regions of the province. Studies/projects/investigations that apply research methodology to health, the provision of health care and current practical clinical problems, population health, and community based research or health systems or services will be considered. This program wishes to contribute to the expansion of the research community and research capacity in British Columbia. Funding has often been used by investigators as a starting point to establish a research career, test an idea, broaden research experience, pilot methods and/or build a research team. Researchers, teams and projects have often progressed to larger research grants from other funding bodies.

Research grants are targeted to investigators studying or working in the academic and/or health sector in British Columbia. BCMSF funding has often been used by investigators as a starting point to establish a research career, test an idea, broaden research experience, pilot methods and/or build a research team. Researchers, teams and projects have often progressed to larger research grants.

The purpose of the Environment Advisory Committee is to encourage and assist in the resolution of broad environmental issues arising in British Columbia.

The goals of this program are:

• To support environmental projects that engage and/or encourage broad community participation through public education, stewardship activities and outreach to diverse cultural groups, new immigrants and faith-based communities.
• To support projects that increase scientific understanding, the need and methodology of which are inclusive and seen by the affected constituencies to be well-founded.
• To support representative, non-government organizations to develop, facilitate and help implement the resource management elements of sustainable development plans.
• To support the development and delivery of training programs for First Nations and other communities who are or will become involved in the sustainable management of natural resources.
• To support activities and projects that address broad watershed, marine and urban environmental issues, especially the current priorities of climate change and energy.

Action on Addiction Program will provide grants to organizations and projects that are targeting the complex issue of addictions. We are specifically looking for projects that engage multiple levels of community and government to change public attitudes and inspire sustainable, local solutions to addictions.