Laurel Burton was a Healthy Settings Advisor with the Healthy Communities team, where she supported Northeast communities to become healthier places to live. Previously, Laurel has supported food security work in a variety of geographical regions, and has worked with groups across the lifecycle, within BC and internationally, to support community and regional food systems development, for the aim of optimizing health.
Her work is grounded in the social determinants of health and their impact on overall well-being, both at the individual and population level. In her spare time, Laurel loves a good book, a hike in the mountains with friends, or spending time at home baking sourdough bread, surrounded by her many, many houseplants.
Now that children ages 5-11 are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, I wanted to learn more about what kids think of the vaccine. I decided to sit down with my 8-year-old nephew, Jackson, and ask him ab...
Does COVID-19 make you worry that members of your community cannot access enough food? Household food insecurity is complex and so are the solutions needed to address it. Fortunately, food programs ac...
On May 28, 2020, the Northern Environmental Action Team (NEAT) held its first virtual town hall called Parenting and Food Security. These town halls are designed as a way to bring community members to...
October 16 is World Food Day – a day to raise awareness about food insecurity and poverty. With 1 in 6 Northern BC households struggling to put food on the table, the issues of poverty and food inse...
The new Canada’s food guide has been out for six months. Registered dietitians across Northern BC have shared what they like about the new edition, such as: The emphasis on our relationship wi...
2019 has been a big year for dietitians, with the release of the new Canada’s Food Guide; we recently shared what Northern Health dietitians had to say about this new and improved guide. During t...
