WOMEN’S HEALTH IS PUBLIC HEALTH: ADVANCING EQUITY One’s gender identity is a major in昀氀uencer over one’s health. Women and all genders should have the opportunity to reach their highest health potential. In our blog post, we offered some questions to consider in support of gender health equity, like: How can I better understand the difference between “equality” and “equity?” and How can I support women’s health equity and gender equality? We urged our community to act, in their own unique ways, to improve the lives of women and girls, and all genders. ACTIVATE HEALTH: WHY #PUBLICHEALTHMATTERS We would be remiss if we didn’t talk about Activate Health during Canadian Public Health Week—declared in British Columbia this year for the 昀椀rst time! The theme was #PublicHealthMatters, an opportunity to shine a light on the importance of public health, something that many knew little about pre-pandemic. We educated our community on the difference between public and population health, and re-introduced Decoding Public Health, our series to raise awareness, educate, and help to break down concepts that can be dif昀椀cult to understand. Most importantly, we wanted to get our community excited about public health! Because we all have a role to play, and we are all responsible for doing our part to create an equitable society of healthy, thriving individuals, this year through Activate Health, we continued to strive to make public health something everyone can get excited about. You can 昀椀nd more information and stories on our website. 21 2022-23 ANNUAL REPORT