The Balance

BC Alliance for Healthy Living

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The Balance is BCAHL’s podcast platform that aims to promote and discuss chronic disease prevention research, campaigns, and programs with leading thinkers and researchers. It is a space to ask questions, talk about policy and emerging issues and hear health promotion success stories.

2025-06-30

Protecting our lung health during wildfire season

Summer is a great time to enjoy our beautiful outdoors: with the warmer temperatures, many of us go on camping trips and spend days with our friends and families by the ocean or the lake. Many of us walk more, cycle to work and school, and go on hiking trips. But lately, our summers have also been plagued with extreme heat and thick wildfire smoke, making the time we spend outside shorter. So what do we do when we need to stay indoors in order to keep ourselves healthy? In this episode, hear what Dr. Emily Brigham (Vancouver Coastal Health and University of British Columbia) has to say about keeping our lungs healthy during wildfire smoke events so we’re resilient when they continue to happen in our future. Resources mentioned in this episode: - Activity recommendations based on AQHI readings, BC Centre for Disease Control: http://www.bccdc.ca/resource-gallery/Documents/Guidelines%20and%20Forms/Guidelines%20and%20Manuals/Health-Environment/BCCDC_WildFire_FactSheet_SmokeAndTheAQHI.pdf - Environment Canada Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) local forecasts: https://weather.gc.ca/airquality/pages/index_e.html - University of Northern BC (UNBC) AQ Map: https://aqmap.ca/aqmap/#4/58.55/-111.60/B31/L38/L40/L41 - Wildfire Smoke and Extreme Heat Action Plan: https://centreforlunghealth.ca/wildfire-smoke-and-extreme-heat-action-plan/ Follow BCAHL - Subscribe to our Newsletters: http://eepurl.com/hcpSNH - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/BC-Healthy-Living-Alliance/100064484400 - Twitter: https://twitter.com/bchealthyliving - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bchealthyliving/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bc-alliance-for-healthy-living/

23 min
2025-03-25

Year-round active transportation: tips and advice for beginners

Listen to Jen Petersen and Peter Ladner from BC Cycling Coalition talk about their experiences using active transportation year-round for work, chores, and leisure. They share tips on how to adjust to different seasons, optimal gear to look out for, keeping yourself safe, and ways you can make active transportation possible for you and your family all year long. Follow BCAHL - Subscribe to our Newsletters: eepurl.com/hcpSNH - Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/BC-Healthy…nce/100064484400 - Twitter: twitter.com/bchealthyliving - Instagram: www.instagram.com/bchealthyliving/ - LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/bc-allia…-healthy-living/

34 min
2024-07-08

Communities Going Active: City of Kamloops

In this five-part Communities Going Active series, we will hear about local governments and groups that launched projects to promote and encourage the use of active transportation in their communities. These projects address barriers that prevent people from trying out cycling or even scootering, such as costs, lack of gear, or perhaps lack of experience. This last episode features Glen Cheetham, the Climate and Sustainability Manager at the City of Kamloops. Glen and his team focus on working with the city's residents and businesses to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including encouraging generations of Kamloops residents to try out active transportation. Follow BCAHL - Subscribe to our Newsletters: http://eepurl.com/hcpSNH - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/BC-Healthy-Living-Alliance/100064484400 - Twitter: https://twitter.com/bchealthyliving - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bchealthyliving/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bc-alliance-for-healthy-living/

19 min
2024-06-24

Communities Going Active: District of North Vancouver

In this five-part Communities Going Active series, we will hear about local governments and groups that launched projects to promote and encourage the use of active transportation in their communities. These projects address barriers that prevent people from trying out cycling or even scootering, such as costs, lack of gear, or perhaps lack of experience. In this episode, you’ll hear from Brendon James, Transportation Demand Management Coordinator and Michelle Lam, North Shore Mobility Options Coordinator at the District of North Vancouver. They’ll talk about the importance of community outreach and different ways of communicating the importance of active transportation and ways to make the message more accessible and appealing to people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities. Follow BCAHL - Subscribe to our Newsletters: http://eepurl.com/hcpSNH - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/BC-Healthy-Living-Alliance/100064484400 - Twitter: https://twitter.com/bchealthyliving - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bchealthyliving/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bc-alliance-for-healthy-living/

20 min
2024-06-17

Communities Going Active: Tzeachten First Nation

In this five-part Communities Going Active series, we will hear about local governments and groups that launched projects to promote and encourage the use of active transportation in their communities. These projects address barriers that prevent people from trying out cycling or even scootering, such as costs, lack of gear, or perhaps lack of experience. In this episode, we talk to Hayden Guilderson, who was the Lands Officer at Tzeachten First Nation at the time of their project launch. He’ll discuss how their bike reimbursement program fit in with an existing financial assistance program they have for the Nations’ membership, and how this project has made a difference in the way the community moves. Follow BCAHL - Subscribe to our Newsletters: http://eepurl.com/hcpSNH - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/BC-Healthy-Living-Alliance/100064484400 - Twitter: https://twitter.com/bchealthyliving - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bchealthyliving/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bc-alliance-for-healthy-living/

19 min
2024-06-10

Communities Going Active: City of Nelson

In this five-part Communities Going Active series, we will hear about local governments and groups that launched projects to promote and encourage the use of active transportation in their communities. These projects address barriers that prevent people from trying out cycling or even scootering, such as costs, lack of gear, or perhaps lack of experience. In this episode, we talk to Danica Burwash, the Project Manager at Doctors and Nurses for Planetary Health, which is based in Nelson. We’ll hear about how her organization worked with the City of Nelson to provide essential active transportation gear to community members and how their initiative encouraged residents to cycle all-year round, including in snow and frigid temperatures. Follow BCAHL - Subscribe to our Newsletters: http://eepurl.com/hcpSNH - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/BC-Healthy-Living-Alliance/100064484400 - Twitter: https://twitter.com/bchealthyliving - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bchealthyliving/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bc-alliance-for-healthy-living/

16 min
2024-06-03

Communities Going Active: Town of Sidney

In this five-part Communities Going Active series, we will hear about local governments and groups that launched projects to promote and encourage the use of active transportation in their communities. These projects address barriers that prevent people from trying out cycling or even scootering, such as costs, lack of gear, or perhaps lack of experience. In this episode, we talk to Kira Gill-Maher, the Climate Action and Policy Planner at the Town of Sidney. She’ll walk us through their repair kit lending library and skills workshops, and how this two-part project is making an impact in supporting Sidney residents as they try out active transportation. Follow BCAHL - Subscribe to our Newsletters: http://eepurl.com/hcpSNH - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/BC-Healthy-Living-Alliance/100064484400 - Twitter: https://twitter.com/bchealthyliving - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bchealthyliving/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bc-alliance-for-healthy-living/

20 min
2024-02-01

Going dry with low- & non-alcoholic drinks

In this episode, we explore low- and non-alcoholic beverages: can they help us develop safe drinking habits and can they replace alcohol for those of us struggling with alcohol use disorder or those who simply want to reduce their alcohol intake? We'll hear from Heather Allen (Canadian Alcohol Use Disorder Society) and Ciana Van Dusen (Canadian Cancer Society) about the health benefits of reducing our alcohol intake and tips on how to make going dry manageable. The Balance is recorded and produced by BCAHL’s Communications Manager on the traditional territories of the syilx Okanagan People. Thank you so much for listening. Follow BCAHL - Subscribe to our Newsletters: http://eepurl.com/hcpSNH - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/BC-Healthy-Living-Alliance/100064484400 - Twitter: https://twitter.com/bchealthyliving - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bchealthyliving/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bc-alliance-for-healthy-living/

27 min

The Balance is BCAHL’s podcast platform that aims to promote and discuss chronic disease prevention research, campaigns, and programs with leading thinkers and researchers. It is a space to ask questions, talk about policy and emerging issues and hear health promotion success stories.

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BC Alliance for Healthy Living
Years Active

2020 - 2025
Episodes

23
Rating

Clean
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