KEYNOTE SPEAKERS & SHARED EXPERTISE
WHO ATTENDED
HCHS is for community leaders and
stakeholders from various sectors committed to the health and well being
of our children, communities and environment:
Health & Well
Being
Planning & Design
Education
Early Childhood Education
Recreation & Physical Activity
Environment & Sustainability
Risk Management
Play, Transportation & Youth
Municipal, Provincial & Federal Government
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The Healthy Children | Healthy Spaces Initiative addresses children’s health, concepts of risk and the quality of natural spaces that we create around them.
November 14 to 16, 2010 | Canadian Museum of Nature | Ottawa
As a strategic and action based forum, the HCHS Conference took place at the Museum of Nature in Ottawa from November 14th to 16th, 2010.
With more than 100 multi-sector
champions and experts engaged, we explored the roles that
outdoor spaces, risk, perceptions of risk and liability,
access to safe, inspiring outdoor play, learning and living
have on the health of our children and communities. Outcomes
addressed eliminating existing barriers and increasing access
to healthy spaces towards fostering opportunities
so that every child can learn, live and play outside
Delegates closed the conference by declaring their personal
commitments and actions towards moving the HCHS energy forward. Browse
these inspiring pledges and view
Conference presentations as
we continue to upload them.
The
HCHS Conference led to the formation of a collaborative initiative
of the same name. Stay up to date with the HCHS Initiative
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