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Vancouver Coastal Health and Providence Health Care are working together towards providing culturally competent health care to First Nations and Aboriginal peoples.

The Indigenous Cultural Competency Training Program is an online resource with interactive learning modules and is free for VCH staff.

GreenCare’s Green+ Leaders program is a staff volunteer program designed to create a culture of sustainability throughout VCH. We’re looking for keen green role models to join our growing team.

Clinicians from the GF Strong Spinal Cord Injury Program received several awards recently at the 5th National Spinal Cord Injury meeting in Toronto, Ontario.

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is encouraging the public to “make prevention contagious” by getting vaccinated for the flu this season. Influenza is highly contagious and can cause serious complications for the very young, old and those with underlying health conditions. Approximately 2,000 to 8,000 people die every year across Canada from complications due to the […]

The Staff Flu Clinic Locator includes more than 200 locations where health care workers can be immunized at VCH, FH and PHSA locations.

The open meetings, which are an opportunity for the public and stakeholders to interact with Board and Executive members on issues and topics of concern, are held every three months in different areas of VCH.

On Saturday, November 3rd, the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre will be transformed into the backdrop for the 4th annual Spinal Chord Gala. The evening is a unique, interdisciplinary event that celebrates the work and achievements of performing artists and VCH spinal cord injury researchers, scientists, and clinicians – and a fabulous occasion to get all dressed up, hear an award-winning choir in the spectacular Blusson atrium, enjoy delectable hors d’oeuvres, and bid on an array of exciting silent auction items.

$26 dollars a week buys a lot less food than you would think: that’s what the Welfare Food Challenge taught me. Several VCH employees, including me, took part last week in a challenge sponsored by welfare advocacy group Raise the Rates.

The four Lower Mainland health organizations are scoring high with their GreenCare efforts, receiving recognition from BC Hydro’s Power Smart Partner program for creating integrated energy management programs and implementing energy conservation projects.