Entries by Erin Stevenson

Healthy Foundations Matter: Social Well-Being

Covid-19 has done a number on nearly all of us. The extroverts- we were not okay! Many of us learned just how important relationships and socialization is. Having it taken away in one form or another, has done a job on us. Most of us did so willingly because we understood the greater good of […]

Healthy Foundations Matter: Cultural Well-Being

Covid has taught us many things, including how much we love our culture! And we miss it, a lot. With various levels of restrictions put on us by the provincial and federal governments to keep us health and safe, our culture took a massive hit. We know it, we felt it and we want it […]

Healthy Foundations Matter: Political Well-Being

Politics (from Greek: Πολιτικά, politiká, ‘affairs of the cities’) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations between individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The idea of political well-being may be the hardest one to capture accurately or with certainty. The […]

Healthy Foundations Matter: Environmental Well-Being

Climate change is real, and our city needs to be a leader in climate resiliency. Our summers are hotter, our winters colder. The extremes are becoming nearly unbearable. The smoke coming from forest fires throughout western Canada is becoming a common occurrence in the summers. Increasing powerful weather systems are bringing the 1-in-100 year storm […]

Healthy Foundations Matter: Community Well-Being

Community well-being matters. We all have our values, ethics, principles and tenets we tend to adhere to. They are guideposts on how we act, react and make decisions. They’re all foundations for who we are as an individual. When you represent your community, healthy foundations are as essential. Healthy foundations provide us with the basis […]