1.2 The Initiatives Studied

The initiatives selected for case study touch upon a very broad range of health issues, health determinants and populations. From east to west, they are:

• Atlantic Region: Social and Economic Inclusion in Atlantic Canada.
  The overall aim of this multi-province initiative is to influence the development and orientation of public policy that fosters social and economic inclusion.

• Quebec Region: Alternative Approaches to Food Security.
  The initiative selected for case study in Quebec is a pilot program for the development of alternative approaches to sustainable food security in the Montérégie region.

• Ontario Region: Father Involvement Initiative of Ontario.
  This initiative aims to develop and strengthen supportive conditions for father involvement in healthy child development by consolidating community mobilization into intersectoral actions.

• Manitoba/Saskatchewan Region: Saskatchewan Population Health Promotion Partnership.
  This initiative is a multi-partner coalition established for the facilitation of coordinated planning for population health promotion in Saskatchewan.

• Alberta/Northwest Territories Region: Partnerships for Intersectoral Action in Alberta and the Alberta Community HIV Fund.
  Aimed at supporting community groups in the provision of HIV prevention, care and support activities, the Fund is a joint community/federal/provincial initiative, combining federal and provincial funding programs in a new management structure. It is conducted in the general context of a province-wide capacity-building strategy for intersectoral action.

• British Columbia/Yukon Region: Vancouver Agreement for the Downtown Eastside.
  Through a partnership among the three levels of government and the community, this initiative addresses the panoply of social, economic and health problems that led to the declaration of a major health and social crisis in this part of Vancouver in the late 1990s.

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