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Rural Health Initiatives in BC
Introduction Providing adequate — let alone excellent — health care in rural and remote BC communities, regions, and First Nations presents a set of unique challenges, including vast distances, lack of transportation infrastructure, staffing difficulties, scattered populations, poor or no bandwidth, and a range of socio-economic conditions that impact on health and well-being. In…
Read MoreGabriola Islanders Make a Healthy Choice!
The community of Gabriola Island was selected for the Rural Coordination Centre of BC’s 2018 BC Rural Community Award at the BC Rural Health Conference in Nanaimo, BC, on May 12, 2018. The community was honoured for its innovation and resiliency in recovering from a healthcare crisis in 2006, when one of the island’s…
Read MoreRural Health — Challenges & Innovations Webinar
Rural health challenges in BC — what are they & what can we do to address them? No rural issue is more pressing than the challenge of ensuring every British Columbian — no matter where she or he lives — has access to excellent healthcare. And no one in BC is more focussed on…
Read MoreYouth Attraction: Rural Challenges, Successes
Introduction We have become a culture of nomads. “Where do you come from?” is a question we now routinely ask one another because we rarely expect the answer to be “here.” Discovering where someone comes from tells us about who they are and what their story is — but we never ask, “When…
Read MoreRural Innovation — How It Happens, How To Inspire More
Rural innovation — how does it happen and how can it be encouraged? A researcher in the USA has received funding to zero in on these questions, as reported in the following article by Matt Swayne, originally published in the Penn State News. “When we think about innovation, we tend to think about big…
Read MoreInnovation In Small Town BC
There seems to be general agreement that innovation — the embracing of fresh new ideas and revolutionary new technologies — is crucial to the growth and health of urban economies. But what about our small towns, rural areas, and First Nations? As described in a recent BC Rural Centre Success Story, the Cowichan Valley is…
Read MoreHealth
Rural Health Access to adequate health care in rural and remote communities and First Nations in British Columbia is an ongoing challenge. Organizations like the First Nations Health Authority and the Rural Coordination Centre of BC have emerged as champions advocating for rural patients and their physicians. Most recently, new, made in rural BC telehealth…
Read MoreConferences & Events
Join Our Newsletter List and stay connected to rural news! Conferences and Events “Keeping it Rural” and other events are just a few ways we connect with our rural audience. Keeping It Rural Conference Annual In-person or Hybrid Conference for Rural, Remote, & First Nation decision-makers and businesses Webinars Webinars hosted by the BC Rural…
Read MoreBC Rural Centre Newsletter
Newsletter Subscribe Today Rural BC went from a state of mill closures. declining and ageing populations, and more tragic news where we were on the verge of our rural, remote, and First Nation British Columbians’ collective future being at stake. Fast forward to today where we have a never before seen housing shortage in rural…
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Webinars Rural Focused Webinars The BC Rural Centre hosts at various times during the year, webinars on topics that are of great importance to rural life. Rural Health Care with the Linked Sectors Rural Development & Housing Solutions Aging In Place & Rural Senior Living Broadband, Amenity Migration, and Digital Nomads The 2023 Schedule: Coming…
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