For the first time, Island Health and PPHF are partnering to allocate up to $450,000 for the Youth Resilience Grants program (previously known as Resilience and Safety Grants). These grants, now in their third year, aim to help improve mental well-being and build youth resilience to challenging life events.
With the resurgence of a vaccine-preventable disease in Canada, Island Health Public Health is encouraging everyone to ensure they’re up to date with their vaccinations.
To enrich healing environments indoors and outside the new Cowichan District Hospital, expected to open in 2027, Island Health is pleased to announce a call for artwork to be commissioned for display at the site.
Nurses at South Island Urgent and Primary Care Centres (UPCCs) are expanding the type of care they provide by offering several services that patients would traditionally receive from physicians and nurse practitioners.
People living on Salt Spring Island will benefit from enhanced patient-centered care as the Lady Minto Hospital emergency department expansion nears completion.
A youth suicide prevention program that has supported thousands of young people in Greater Victoria is expanding to more school districts on Vancouver Island, thanks in part to an Island Health Community Wellness Grant Program.