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Specialist Services Committee / BY: Tiffany Wong, MD, FRCPC January/February 2022
... which, in addition to children, particularly affect people with sexually transmitted diseases and women who’ve ...
News / BY: Catherine Clelland, MD October 2022
... to strengthen family physicians’ ability to care for people living with cancer in their communities. In 2016, FPON ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: A. Maria Chung, MDCM January/February 2022
... Europe and elsewhere, Canada has seen continuous waves of people from different lands and cultures. As of 2011, Canada had a foreign-born population of about 6 775 800 people, representing 20.6% of the population, the highest ... groups surpassing the 1 million mark. Seven out of 10 people lived in Toronto, Montreal, or Vancouver.[ 1 ] In BC, ...
News June 2022
... articles, head and shoulders above the rest at 79% of people’s top five favorite sections. Case studies, features ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Katharine McKeen, MD, MBA, FCFP October 2022
... 1 ] The European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People defines sarcopenia as a muscle disease (failure) ... in the province continues to grow, optimal care for people with sarcopenia is essential to address the high ...
News September 2022
... Rena Caron of Prince George is one of 14 exceptional people being appointed to the Order of British Columbia in ... to improve cancer outcomes and wellness among Indigenous people by examining the stories and needs of Indigenous ...
College Library / BY: Chris Vriesema-Magnuson June 2022
... amidst the Dual Crises of COVID-19 and Overdose among People Who Use Opioids in Vancouver, BC: ... about health barriers for sexual- and gender-diverse people. Health statistics are also hiding among other data at ...
Joint Collaborative Committees / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC May 2022
... through learning series and training. Advancing Indigenous people’s representation on its committees. Providing ... the time invested and contributions made by Indigenous people at JCC-initiated meetings and events. Supporting ... Developing linkages to local Indigenous communities and people and ensuring good relationships between physicians and ...
News September 2022
... the history of and ongoing trauma to Indigenous people caused by residential schools and is a time to reflect ...
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 ...