Remembering the importance of immunizations
(Editor’s note: This article first appeared in Northern Health’s Healthier You – Summer 2018 edition on Healthy Schools. Read the full issue here.) Did you know that in this past century, in ...
Health Awareness
January 20-26 is National Non-Smoking Week!
Did you know most tobacco users want to quit? Or that smoking tobacco is the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death? Yikes! This week, let’s work on helping to prevent young peo...
Five things you can do to help prevent the flu!
Prevent the flu by looking after your health! Getting outside helps me find wellness in the winter. Pictured: my friend and I skiing at Murray Ridge Ski Hill in Fort St. James. As a communications ...
Food Security, Part 3: A call to action
All British Columbians have the right to access a healthy diet in ways that are right for them. In two previous blog posts, I highlighted household food insecurity and the Food Costing in BC rep...
Healthy relationships through harm reduction
I grew up in the North, and I feel blessed to be able to live and practice in my hometown of Quesnel. Guiding my work, I have two strong influences from my childhood: medicine and ranching. On my moth...
World AIDS Day 2018: Know your status
I distinctly remember learning about HIV and AIDS back in 1992 during my grade 7 Family Life class (no need to do the math to calculate how old that makes me!). AIDS was absolutely terrifying to this ...
Food Security, Part 2: Food Costing in BC
How much does it cost for you to put food on your table? Your weekly grocery bill may come to mind, as well as how and where you get your food. But do you also factor in costs like getting to the groc...