The City of North Bay has received the 2018 Ontario Age-Friendly Community Recognition Award under Category 1. The Award has been established to celebrate the work of Ontario communities that are striving to become age-friendly and to showcase promising practices across the province.
To date, the North Bay Age-Friendly Coordinating Committee has hosted two Age-Friendly Expos.
These Expos supported the engagement with local older adults and community partners to develop a vision statement and action plan to guide the City in the hopes of becoming an age-friendly community as designated by the World Health Organization.
Age-friendly communities are characterized by accessible and inclusive environments, both physical and social, that enable seniors to live independent, healthy and active, safe and socially connected lives. Communities selected for the Award demonstrate a strong commitment to key principles for creating age-friendly communities, including engagement with local seniors, collaboration with a diversity of community partners, and significant impact on the local community.
Formal recognition from Province of Ontario enables our community to have access to streamlined eligibility for national recognition through the Pan-Canadian Age-Friendly Community (AFC) Recognition Framework developed by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). PHAC’s endorsement will also trigger the World Health Organization to invite our community to join its Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities.
