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HEALTHY CITIES FOR ALLEmpowering People, Enabling Prosperityand Protecting the Planet
Mayor Gregor RobertsonVancouver, British Columbia, CanadaJuly 22, 2015
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• Unceded First Nations land• Bound by mountains and
water• City population 600,000• Core of Canada’s third
largest city-region• Canada’s largest port• International recognition for
livability and sustainability
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Vancouver’s Approach to Sustainability
Healthy City
Strategy
Greenest City
Action Plan
Economic Action Strategy
Sustainability:+ ecological+ social+ economic
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A Healthy City for All: Vancouver’s Successes
• Physical activity
• Most walkable city in Canada
• A vibrant and diverse population
• A diverse and modern economy focused on emerging green and tech sectors
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A Healthy City for All: Vancouver’s Challenges
• 20% of residents are low income
• Unaffordability
• Homelessness
• Resident concerns about connections with others and community resilience
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Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
• Historic communities
• Strong sense of belonging
• Diverse neighbourhoods with high poverty rates
• High rates of mental health and addictions
• Pressure for development and change
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Vancouver’s Aboriginal Population
• 12,000 residents have Aboriginal identity
• Diverse communities across the city
• Younger than overall population
• Poorer health outcomes
• Challenges accessing employment, education and adequate income
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Healthy City Strategy
An integrated sustainability plan for health and well-being:– 13 Goal Areas– Targets– Indicators– Action Plan
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How Health is Determined
• An urbanizing world:– 81% of Canadians live in
urban areas
• City Leadership makes a difference:– 75% of people’s health is
shaped outside of the health care system
– Cities can in particular influence social and economic factors; and the built and natural environment
Local governments are uniquely placed to provide leadership for health. Many social determinants of health operate at the local and community level. Municipalities have the capacity to influence the determinants of health and inequalities – “the causes of the causes”.
World Health Organization, 2013
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City Leadership in Sustainability
• Vancouver is moving forward toward inclusive economic development
• Cities can lead change toward ecological, social and economic sustainability
• Vancouver’s vision for sustainability—Healthy City for All, Greenest City, Economic Action Strategy and other initiatives —complement global Sustainable Development Goals
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Vancouver Economic Action Strategy
• Global leader in innovation economy – 25% of innovation economy jobs (tech,
digital) in BC are in Vancouver
• World leader in social impact business – over 400 social enterprises
• Childcare for families– facilitated approx 1,500 new spaces
since 2000 & targeting 1,000 more by 2018
Inclusive Economic Development
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2020 Greenest City Action Plan
Targets:
1. Double the number of green jobs by 2020
2. Double the number of companies that are actively engaged in greening their operations by 2020
Green Economic Development
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Positive Results Since 2011
Green Economic Development
- 21%
Vehicle km driven per
capita
+36%
Food assets
+19%
Green jobs
50%
Modeshare
2020 targets achieved
- 18%
Waste to landfill or
incinerator
- 7%
GHGs
Continuing areas of focus:
accelerating GHG reductions
reducing water consumption
greening businesses
Two-time winner of Earth Hour City Challenge:
Global Capital 2013Canadian Capital 2015
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Healthy City Strategy
2025 Healthy City for All Targets:
1. Reduce the city’s poverty rate by 75%
2. Increase median income by at least 3% every year
Goal: Making Ends Meet
Photo: Donovan Mahoney
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Actions Underway
• United We Can: bottle depot recycling & street cleaning
• Downtown East Side Street Market: recycled goods for resale; $500,000 into pockets of low income residents per year
• Social Enterprise Partnership with VanCity Credit Union: 200 new jobs over 18 months
Downtown Eastside:Green Jobs for Low Income Residents
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Solefood Farm
• 20 jobs for people with barriers to employment
• Grow 35,000lbs of food annually
• Distribute to 30 restaurants and to famers markets
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Actions Underway
1. End street homelessness
2. Increase affordable housing choices for all Vancouverites
– From 2011-2014: Facilitated development of 7,250 housing units including supportive, social and rental
Housing and Homelessness Strategy
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Actions Underway
• June 2013: Year of Reconciliation– Understanding impacts of colonization,
residential schools
– Mentorship initiative to create inclusive employment opportunities at the City
• June 2014: City of Reconciliation– Long-term effort to create change and new
relations based on mutual understanding and respect
• June 2015: Truth and Reconciliation Commission– City will implement calls to action including
anti-colonial policies, education and advocacy
City of Reconciliation
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Actions Underway
Mayor’s Working Group on Immigration• Sanctuary City (Access Without
Fear Policy)• Response to Global Refugee
Crisis• Economic Well-Being of
Immigrants
Vancouver Immigration Partnership• Access & coordination of services• Intercultural & civic engagement• Welcoming workplaces• Intergovernmental leadership
Immigrants and Refugees
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Actions Moving Forward
• Living Wage Policy
• Social Procurement Framework to include social enterprise
• Community Benefit Agreements with developers to include low income residents in building construction
• Poverty Reduction and Advocacy Strategy
Healthy City Strategy
Social Innovation
“…new ideas that resolve existing social, cultural, economic and environmental challenges. A true social innovation is systems-changing—it permanently alters the perceptions, behaviours, relationships and structures that previously gave rise to these challenges.”
BC Partners for Social Impact