Our Initiatives

Active Aging Plan - Background

The provincial Active Aging Plan will be launched in Summer 2009. It has been informed by a number of provincial, national and international initiatives:

• Active Aging: A policy framework, 2002 (PDF 1.0 Mb)
• Healthy Aging in Canada:  A New Vision, A Vital Investment From Evidence to Action: A Background Paper (PDF 589 Kb)
• Healthy Aging in Canada:  A New Vision, A Vital Investment From Evidence to Action: A Discussion Brief (PDF 274 Kb)

The plan has also been shaped by feedback received at the Active Aging Symposium, held in Vancouver in March 2007 and by two discussion papers:

• Active Aging in British Columbia:  A Call for Collaborative Action (PDF 3.89 Mb)
• Healthy Aging Through Healthy Living, Towards a Comprehensive Policy and Planning Framework for B.C. (PDF 910 Kb)

The British Columbia Recreation and Parks Association’s (BCRPA) Community Consultation on Active Aging (PDF 156 Kb) further emphasizes that successful aging has a lot to do with what people actually do and their satisfaction with life. Based on extensive province-wide consultations with local communities, the resultant Active Aging Consultation Report (PDF 1.74 Mb) offers considerable support for implementing what is laid out in the provincial Active Aging Plan.