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Shared Care Committee / BY: Val Tregillus May 2017
... in Vancouver at the Sheraton Wall Centre. Close to 600 people came from all over BC to share their experiences, ... meeting of the group, which now numbers more than 2600 people, including seven health authorities, three ministries ... the mental health and substance use needs of their young people and their families. Impact of childhood trauma The ...
Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2017
... completing my PhD in genetics. I wound up in a class with people for whom I’d been a microbiology TA as a grad ... But I wanted to do something that was more involved with people and was more of a demonstrable helping profession. ... get in now. The entrance process is different. There are people who’ve done Nobel Prize–worthy things just to ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2016
... very active embassies in the UK at that time, recruiting people to bring their talent, come overseas, build a new ... in the 1980s, what prompted your move to Canada? Most people will probably anticipate that I chose to move because ... by how different medicine appeared to be. In South Africa people would arrive at hospitals or community clinics with ...
Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2015
... life. There were certainly difficult times as well; many people were hurt. But the most exhilarating moments involved ... adventure. I thought to myself, I like this place; these people are cool!   Having spent 27 years in general ... setting was the extension of my practice. I could ship people down to emerg and have them triaged and worked up, and ...
Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2014
... house I found that knowing how to cook attracted other people. And I really enjoyed the outcome of it. I've got a ... best gig on Earth. I have the opportunity to get to know people and make a positive difference in their lives. Being ... Paperwork, and the hours involved in doing it. And, giving people bad news. Teaching runs in your family. As a doctor, ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2013
... it? I probably worked too much, and made too many other people’s problems my own, which may have been a contributor ... something that the BCMA has done right, but not many people know about? I think it would be great if we could ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper January/February 2012
... the CEO of an organization? That’s a good question. People might also ask, “How did a lawyer end up being the ... senior public servants are more important than sometimes people can appreciate—and are less politically laden than people sometimes imagine. So often, there is no political ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2012
... a 3-month probation through the IMG program, and of those people who go through the probation, half of them will be ... I was amazed, when I was closing the practice, how many people had been with me the full 36 years I’d been in ... is tremendous. You make a good living, you can influence people to make good decisions, and you have influence in the ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2011
... to become a doctor? You mentioned an interest in helping people. Early in my life I felt that I would like to be a ... Can you tell me about them? Yes. They are wonderful young people and I’m very close to them. A lot of people ask why none have gone into medicine, and it’s ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper November 2011
... in 1994, and while president I worked with some tremendous people, both medical folks who were on the Board as well as ... of Professional Relations, being involved with really good people, that’s a tremendous learning experience. I learned ... dynamic organism. It isn’t the building, it’s the people who are in the building. The best asset that the BCMA ...