About ISPARC Healthy Living

2019 Healthy Living Leader Training!

Region	Location	Hotel	Dates	Registration Link
Northwest	Tsimshian – Terrace	Best Western Inn	Sep. 19 – 20th	Opens Aug. 26th
Northeast	Lhedli T'enneh – Prince George	Coast Inn of the North	Sep. 24 – 25th	Opens Aug. 26th
Interior	Tk'emlups – Kamloops	Sandman Signature	Oct. 10 – 11th	Opens Aug. 26th
Van. Coastal/Fraser	Sumas – Abbotsford	Quality Inn	Oct. 17 – 18th	Opens Aug. 26th
Van. Island	Snuneymuxw – Nanaimo	Coast Bastion	Oct. 29 – 30th	Opens Aug. 26th

About ISPARC Healthy Living

ISPARC Healthy Living is a provincially funded program designed to bring together community leaders and individuals who are passionate about health and wellness and to promote healthy living in four key areas:

Physical activity
Healthy eating
Respecting tobacco
Healthy pregnancies

In 2011/12, the ISPARC successfully completed its first year as the administrative body of the Healthy Living programs.The five initiatives reached over 5000 Indigenous people throughout the province, and participation levels have steadily increased ever since. To date, ISPARC Healthy Living has trained 2,245 healthy living leader, delivering 1,519 healthy living programs, reaching over 53,000 participants across the province.

ISPARC continues to focus on increasing capacity within Indigenous communities and Friendship Centres to develop and deliver innovative, needs-based and culturally responsive programs that are improving the health and well-being of Indigenous people across British Columbia.

Healthy Living Initiatives:

Healthy Living Leader Training Sessions
Indigenous RunWalk & HealthBeat
Honour Your Health Challenge
FitNation
Community Grants
Gathering Our Voices
National Indigenous Peoples Day

ISPARC collaborates with partner agencies in the planning and delivery of initiatives to ensure that Indigenous people are either leading or being mentored as future leaders of training, program design and delivery.