Health promotion initiatives

RésoSanté works with partners to take action to promote good health. Activities and services delivered to date include:

• LEAP BC The adaptation of this resource in French, in collaboration with the Fédération des parents francophones de C.-B. and partners of Western Provinces and Northern Territories, is called GRANDIR CB. The resource is composed of two manuals (“PEP” and “Manger Santé”) and 40 activity sheets for very young children (6 years old and under). Free of charge and presented in a practical format, these activity sheets encourage the healthy development of children by incorporating physical activity and healthy eating into verbal communication and early reading
• HeartSmart Kids™. With the support of RésoSanté, the Heart and Stroke Foundation has translated its award winning program into French. Jeunes Cœur atout ^MC is a free educational health program, directed at pupils in grades 4 to 6. It deals with healthy eating, physical activity and smoke-free living, all key aspects in raising the awareness of young people and helping them develop life-long healthy attitudes. The program includes an educational guide containing lesson plans and activities, posters for the classroom and a collection of magazines created for school children, which they can take home to use with their families
• My choices, my health. Mes choix, ma santé is an educational resource on health produced through a partnership between RésoSanté and the Conseil Scolaire Francophone de C.-B. Created by a team of teachers under the guidance of the CSF, the resource includes 50 health-related educational scenarios for 10th grade students and teachers. Each of the 50 scenarios meets the learning outcomes set by the British Columbia Ministry of Education in the framework of the course Planning 10 (Planification 10)
• Community Workshops. Clients of La Boussole can access health related activities based on their needs (workshops on disease prevention and promotion of good health; anti-smoking campaign; wholesome nutrition campaign), organised by a health care professional
• Distribution of educational materials on health in French to help Francophones take charge of their health. These materials include publications in French from the health authorities, Health Canada,  and the BC Health Guide
• Delivery of health workshops for the public on topics such as diabetes and the prevention of falls. A number of workshops are organized in collaboration with regional francophone associations to connect French speaking health professionals with the local francophone community. You will find some of them online on our website. The topics for workshops were chosen by the members of each community.