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Obituaries / BY: Nis Schmidt, MD October 2023
... thanks to the dynamic Margaret, was usually crowded with people at Halloween, Christmas, Victoria Day, and Canada Day, ... and kindliness, and his maturity in handling ill, worried people, are now often missing from the busy profession of medicine. The fact that he took time to deal with people meant that others would be waiting, but just the same, ...
Obituaries / BY: Adrienne Melck, MD January/February 2023
... House ( www.covenanthousebc.org ), which supports young people facing homelessness, a cause near and dear to Ruth’s ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kloshe Tillicum Research Team: Chee Mamuk BCCDC, Simon Fraser University October 2023
... ] serve as fundamental sources of mistrust for Indigenous people in Canada today. To get to the heart of this question, ... feel like I’ve seen some really forceful approaches and people being quite aggressive about it, making these kinds of ... a poor track record in Canada when it comes to Indigenous people, and as health care providers, we have a history of ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Rohit Vijh, MD, MPH, CCFP January/February 2023
... ] What patients can do to protect themselves Actions that people can take (particularly those handling birds and/or ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM December 2023
... medical conditions were added in later years, including people who are homeless, underhoused, or using illicit drugs, ...
Obituaries / BY: Mary Conley, MD June 2022
... zest for life. She always looked for the good in people, made friends easily, and was full of cheer and good ...
Obituaries / BY: Ian L. Mitchell, MD, FRCP December 2022
... friends from the mountain. Vance was many things to many people. He was a gifted surgeon; a loving husband and devout ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: BCCDC Overdose Drivers Knowledge Translation Group June 2022
... halt the devastating loss of life. Laws that criminalize people for simple possession of drugs and drug use create ... addressing the unequal impacts of overdose on Indigenous people in BC and Canada. Addressing comorbidities and ... preventing overdose deaths. We have to do better. Engaging people with lived and living experience is necessary to ...
Obituaries / BY: Lorne David Porayko, MD, FRCPC, CIM December 2022
... and this, along with his stocky build, often intimidated people. His gruff facade belied a gentle, generous heart and ...
Obituaries / BY: Jack and Ruth Albrecht September 2022
... He didn’t like the name Dealtry as it was difficult for people to pronounce, let alone spell, so he asked to be known ...