November 30, 2023
Advancing community safety and wellbeing policies in Alberta's communities: an interactive knowledge sharing, idea generation, and networking event.
Virtual event hosted by the Centre for Healthy Communities, School of Public Health in partnership with Alberta Health Services, the Alberta Real Estate Foundation, the Canadian Cancer Society, and the National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy.
Let's connect passionate people with bright ideas
We believe that connecting passionate people with bright ideas will help to advance the wellbeing and sustainability of Alberta's communities. Given the timeliness of the topic of community safety and wellbeing for municipalities throughout Alberta, it is important that we come together from across sectors to share insights and experiences, generate ideas, and take action to collectively advance community safety and wellbeing.
The Forum is an opportunity to gain connections and relationships that can enhance your work.
You will:
- create connections to help bridge knowledge and resource gaps;
- develop relationships to support the development of actionable steps in your work;
- share knowledge and experiences with different stakeholders;
- be inspired by, learn about, and understand the unique needs and diverse contexts of others working on similar issues;
- develop novel and synergistic approaches to define, achieve, and sustain a healthy community; and
- foster new opportunities for networking and collaboration.
Let's bring our ideas and work together
By coming together, we are catalysts to fostering healthy, sustainable, and flourishing communities. On November 30, 2023, you will connect with practitioners, decision-makers, policy professionals, industry professionals, students, Indigenous organizations, researchers, and members of the general public interested in this topic. At the Innovation Forum, you will engage in visionary conversations that will spark insights, ideas, and actions about community safety and wellbeing policies in municipalities – a critical topic facing communities across Alberta and Canada.
Let's make relationships that last
You can expect to connect with a variety of people working in the area of community safety and wellbeing policies in Alberta's communities. The connections we will create will allow you to build relationships that last with:
- health, education, recreation, and social services professionals;
- engineering, architecture and design, transportation, planning, and environment professionals;
- government officials;
- private and not-for-profit organizations employees and volunteers;
- researchers and academics;
- corporate leaders, industry professionals, and developers; and
- citizens and communities interested in the topic.