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News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2010
... may be that, given the many opportunities for input that people now have (phone, e-mail, regular surveys, elections), ... the motion about bicycle helmets. And yet we still see people of all ages disregarding the law, riding without a ... I get so worked up about this issue? Because I work with people who have brain injuries.  “Most people outside our ...
News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2009
... place of many informal exchanges among colleagues. When people stop talking to each other barriers can go up, ... group that will look at the care gaps for these young people and the professionals who work with them. The school ... the pulse of a diverse social and ethnic group of young people must be closely involved. In the school we are working ...
News&Notes / BY: Mel Petreman, MD, July/August 2008
... break down. It is, therefore, essential that at least two people in the clinic be interested and keen in learning how ...
News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2008
... are always looking for ways to improve. Health promotion People in BC want to take responsibility for their own health ... • We eat better. • We exercise more than most people in the world.   • We have a world-class cancer ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... BC Day. On the first Monday of August we celebrate the people of BC and their accomplishments, and we will have ... Observing the value of beaver fur worn by the Indigenous people led to an immensely profitable beaver-based fur ... reached the hidden territory in the early 1800s, and met people whose ancestors have lived on the islands and the ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... in the 1890s. Initially it was not a great success. Many people were embarrassed by bodily functions and were too shy ... was sure glad that we don’t have to use the things that people had to use in the past: leaves, fruit skins, ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... various physical activity guidelines for different ages, people with different occupations, and those living with ...
Blog / BY: Darryl Quantz, MFPH, MPH, MSc
... environmental challenges; however, we know less about people’s perceptions of the role of health systems in ... to climate change.   The health care system is full of people passionate about planetary health action both in and ... impacts of climate change.  We need to continue raising people’s expectations and awareness that we are committed ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... packages from distant relatives living in Vancouver, BC—people I’d never know before. Toothpaste, soaps, candy, and ... a Jamaican accent. Looking back, now I wish the admissions people had asked me to take a Canadian history course. It was ... begin to understand the history of this land—and of the people who have lived here for many thousands of years. I ...
Blog, COVID-19 / BY: Matthew Assad Joseph Chedrawe, MSc
... COVID-19 pandemic has made it increasingly difficult for people to connect due to physical distancing. This has had a negative impact on people’s mental health, both at the individual and ... distancing has also been shown to exacerbate symptoms for people living with pre-existing psychiatric conditions.[ 3 ...