July

WorkSafeBC contracts a wide range of rehabilitation programs and services to help BC’s injured workers achieve a safe and durable return to work and an in­dependent life. They range from traditional, clinic-based programs to workplace-based ones, or a combination of both.

Dr Brigden is medical director of the Algoma district cancer program in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He practised hematology and oncology in BC for 25 years.

What profession might you have pursued, if not for medicine?
Ship’s captain or professional mountain guide.

As I contemplate the year ahead, I am humbled by the opportunity to serve my colleagues. I know that it will be a busy and an exciting year. Being president of our association is a task I very much look forward to, take seriously, and will perform to my utmost ability. Thank you for the opportunity.

1929–2010

After a courageous battle with pros­tate cancer, Dr Gordon Heydon passed away peacefully in Chemainus with his family by his side. 

Born in Victoria, Gordon graduated from South Burnaby High in 1946 and went on to receive an honors degree in bacteriology and immunology from UBC. In 1950 he was accepted into the first class of the University of British Columbia’s new School of Medicine. 

1931–2011

Long ago Brooklyn Dodger manager Leo Durocher said that “nice guys finish last.” But then, Leo the Lip never met Dr Bob Young, the remarkable Victoria family doctor who time and again showed that nice guys can, and do, finish first.