Upcoming Webinar – The Wellbeing Policy Turn: Four Central Government Initiatives and the Role of Public Health

This webinar will introduce the recent trend toward wellbeing policy-making by looking at how this change has emerged, and especially, will report on the wellbeing policies of the governments of Scotland, New Zealand, Finland, and Wales.

This webinar will also be an opportunity to look at how these policies connect with public health concerns and the role that public health played in these cases.

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Whole-of-Government Wellbeing Approaches: A Comparative Analysis of Four Central Government Initiatives

In order to inform decision making related to wellbeing approaches, the NCCHPP has produced a comparative analysis of four wellbeing approaches advanced by the governments of Scotland, Finland, New Zealand, and Wales.

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Wellbeing Budgeting: A Critical Public Health Perspective. Invited Commentary

As part of its series on wellbeing policy approaches, the NCCHPP invited noted public health scholar, Dr. Lindsay McLaren, to offer a critical perspective on the risks and opportunities of this policy development for public health.

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Build Back Better: Wellbeing Budgets for a Post-COVID-19 Recovery?

This fact sheet presents the recent turn to wellbeing in the policy making of central governments and considers whether it holds promise as part of the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.

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Webinar Recording – Wellbeing Budgeting and Public Health: Promising Practice for Pandemic Recovery?

This webinar offered an introduction to wellbeing and wellbeing budgeting with a particular focus on public health and the promises they may hold for a pandemic recovery. The contribution of this type of approach in a post-COVID Canada was highlighted.

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Webinar Recording – Wellbeing policy in Wales and in Canada

The Canadian Wellbeing Knowledge Network (CWKN) is an emerging initiative of a group of organizations and individuals from public, private, academic, and community sectors with a shared interest in advancing and supporting evidence-informed wellbeing policy approaches in Canada. The NCCHPP is part of this network.

The CKWN held its first in the 2022-23 Wellbeing Policy Webinar Series. This webinar was hosted by the McGill Department of Equity, Ethics and Policy. Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, was joined by a group of Canadian experts to exchange learnings and approaches in moving beyond GDP to prioritize wellbeing and quality of life.

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Canada’s Quality of Life Strategy

This report was created for consultation on the development of a Quality of Life Framework and to seek input into a new approach the government is developing to define and measure success and make better use of data and evidence to improve decision-making.

What Works Wellbeing

This UK’s independent body aims to accelerate research and democratise access to wellbeing evidence, policy, and practice.

Wellbeing Economy Alliance (and WEGo)

This time-bound project that is building momentum for economic transformation and changing the debate so that economies around the world deliver shared wellbeing for people and planet.

New Zealand’s Wellbeing Budget

This innovative budget, submitted in 2019, that aimed to make happiness of its citizens a priority. It was developed by considering the population wellbeing indicator instead of the GDP.

First Nations Health Authority of British Columbia

This health authority is committed to supporting First Nations individuals, families and communities in achieving the highest level of health and wellness.

Unity Framework of the Saskatchewan Health Authority

This framework seeks to present a pathway and vision for achieving unity through unlearning historical misconceptions, acknowledging and healing past injustices, rebuilding trust and forging authentic relationships.

He Ara Oranga te tarāwaho putanga toiora / He Ara Oranga wellbeing outcomes framework (New Zealand)

This framework describes what ideal wellbeing looks like. It comprises an aspirational vision, twelve wellbeing outcomes, and associated data.

Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit: The role of Indigenous knowledge in supporting wellness in Inuit communities in Nunavut (NCCIH)

This fact sheet explores the relevance of Inuit traditional knowledge for health and well-being in Inuit communities, and the potential for Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit to be used as a foundation for health and wellness policy and programs.

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