Jago Award recipient: Respect – Vanessa Kinch
Northern Health (NH) strives to make our values – empathy, respect, collaboration, and innovation – the core of what we do every day.The Dr. Charles Jago Awards, named after our former board cha...
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National Physiotherapy Month: Kristen Ward’s story
May is Physiotherapy month in Canada! Across Northern Health, we're celebrating the amazing work of physiotherapists. This week, we're highlighting Kirsten Ward, a physiotherapist at the University Ho...
Fraser Bell reflects on nearly 20 years of working for Northern Health
Fraser Bell, Vice President, Planning, Quality and Information Management (PQIM) for Northern Health, retired at the end of April 2024 after more than 30 years in health service management. Fraser was...
Meet Natou Kurtz – a thrill-seeking, outdoor-loving, biomedical engineer
Natou Kurtz is the Clinical Equipment Lead for Northern Health’s Mills Memorial Hospital (MMH) Replacement Project. He’s also a thrill-seeker and an avid outdoor enthusiast, well known in Terrace ...
Recognizing excellence in nursing: Elaine Veldman
In December 2023, the Association of Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of BC (NNPBC) honoured a number of nurses for their demonstration of excellence in the areas of practice, research, advocacy, admini...
Hang ten and triage: Surfing Haida Gwaii with Dr. Jocelyn Black
For me, Haida Gwaii has always been a bit of an enigma. Other than the beautiful photos of the untouched west coast I’ve seen, I wasn’t totally sure what it’s like to live and work on BC’s mos...
National Physiotherapy Month: Baisakhi Sarkar’s story
May is Physiotherapy month in Canada! Across Northern Health, we're celebrating the amazing work of physiotherapists. This week, we're highlighting Baisakhi Sarkar. Graduating from Western University ...