BC and Yukon Advocacy resources and useful links

Here you can find a library of topic-focused publications, resources and useful links, view presentations and videos when available, and discover what we’re up to and much more.

Preventing Disease

Children & Youth

• Position Statements
• Childhood Obesity in BC: A Call to Rapid Preventive Action (infographic for provincial government decision-makers)
• A Heart and Stroke Foundation Submission to Our Health, Our Future – A National Dialogue on Healthy Weights, July 2011
• Marketing to Kids (M2K) Webinars
  
  • June 23, 2015 – Dr. Tom Warshawski and Roberta Friedman: Sugary Drinks
    
    • Dr. Warshawski presentation slide deck
    • Roberta Friedman presentation slide deck
    • Roberta Friedman presentation slide deck references
  • June 3, 2015 – Dr. Joel Nigg and Lisa Y. Lefferts: The Link Between Food Dyes and Children's Behaviour
    
    • Dr. Nigg presentation slide deck
    • Lisa Y. Lefferts presentation slide deck
  • March 24, 2015 – Dr. Hans Krueger: The Economics of Restricting Marketing of Foods and Beverages to Children
    
    • Presentation slide deck
  • February 25, 2015 – Dr. Becky Freeman: Digital Junk
    
    • Presentation slide deck
  • January 20, 2015 – Dr. Mary Anne Smith: Media Literacy and the Effects of Added Sugar and Salt in Children’s Diets (Dietitians of Canada Lit Reviews)
    
    • Presentation slide deck
  • November 5, 2014 – Dr. Paul M. Connell: How Exposure to Advertising in Childhood Can Create Biased Product Evaluations that Persist into Adulthood
    
    • Presentation slide deck
  • September 30, 2014 – Dr. Corinna Hawkes: International Best Practices and Direction, M2K
    
    • Presentation slide deck
  • June 26, 2014 – Dr. Jennifer L. Harris: State of the Evidence - Vulnerability to Food and Beverage Marketing by Age Group and Dr. Ellen Helsper: Online Advertising, Child Health
    
    • Dr. Harris presentation slide deck
    • Dr. Helsper presentation slide deck
  • June 5, 2014 – Dr. Monique Potvin Kent: Overview of Canadian Policy Recommendations and Areas of Alignment
    
    • Presentation slide deck
    • Policy Approaches Summary

Saving Lives

Stroke Month and Awareness

• Stroke Month 2015 – Mark Miller: Enjoying life as a stroke survivor
• Stroke Month 2015 – Robert Clark: A FAST survivor story
• Stroke Month 2015 – Adrienne Bakker, CEO, Heart and Stroke Foundation, BC & Yukon on Stroke Report 2015 highlights
• Stroke Awareness – Dr. John Falconer talks about impact of time during a stroke
• Stroke Awareness – Dr. Chris Lane on atrial fibrillation
• Stroke Awareness – BC Paramedic Nic Hume on why you need to act FAST
• Stroke Awareness – Highlights of the FAST signs of stroke public launch at the BC Legislature

Stroke Care

• Signs of Stroke Public Awareness Campaign
• Provincial Stroke Action Plan
• Provincial Stroke Action Plan - Executive Summary
• BC Stroke Strategy Evolutionary Road Map
• Stroke Business Case Report 2007
• Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack - Management and Prevention BC Guideline for Physicians

Tobacco Control

• Clean Air Coalition BC
• Clean Air Coalition Position Statements
• Reducing Tobacco Use in BC: A Strategy for the Government of British Columbia Respecting Points of Sale
• Smoke-Free Housing BC
• Quit Now

Public Access to Defibrillation

• BC PAD Program
• Program Overview
• Evidence Review
• The Case for Public Access Legislation for Defibrillators (an infographic for provincial government decision-makers)
• A video about the impact of sudden cardiac arrest on families and survivors
• Health Minister Terry Lake's PSA on the importance of AEDs and CPR