Innovative Vancouver addiction medicine program receives international accreditation - April 16th, 2013
Dr. Evan Wood, inaugural director of the St. Paul’s Hospital Goldcorp Fellowship in Addiction Medicine and Canada Research Chair in Inner City Medicine at UBC. St. Paul’s Hospital Goldcorp Fellowship in Addiction Medicine will be the first in Western Canada to be accredited by American Board of Addiction Medicine VANCOUVER, BC, APRIL 16, 2013 – Read More...
B.C. steps up measures to address viral hepatitis - March 28th, 2013
VANCOUVER, BC, MARCH 28, 2013 – Health minister Margaret MacDiarmid announced today $1.9 million in funding to support two projects that will help raise awareness about the transmission, treatment and prevention of viral hepatitis among B.C.’s Asian and South Asian population as well as throughout the province. “We are committed to working to improve the health Read More...
Addressing the illicit drug problem in film - February 28th, 2013
VANCOUVER, FEBRUARY 28, 2013 – Organizations across the city are encouraging the public to attend limited screenings of The House I Live In, a U.S. documentary that has been heralded as “the definitive film on the failure of America’s drug war” and “a masterpiece filled with hope and the potential to effect change” showing this month Read More...
St. Paul’s Hospital redevelopment project looking for architects - February 20th, 2013
VANCOUVER, FEBRUARY 20, 2013 – The redevelopment of St. Paul’s Hospital continues to gain momentum with the posting of a Request for Proposals to provide architectural services for the project. Announced in June 2012 by Premier Christy Clark, the St. Paul’s Hospital redevelopment project envisions a new state-of-the-art centre of health innovation, care, and research, Read More...
Silver Wheaton donates $1.6-million to help St. Paul’s Hospital expand its youth mental health outreach program to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside - December 14th, 2012
Left to right: David Poole, Chair, St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation; Dick Vollet, President and CEO, St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation; Lee Johnson, patient, Inner City Youth Mental Health Program; Randy Smallwood, President & CEO, Silver Wheaton; Dianne Doyle, President and CEO, Providence Health Care; Teya Aasen, Director of Communications, Silver Wheaton; Dr. Margaret MacDiarmid, Health Minister Read More...
St. Paul’s Hospital celebrates 15th Lights of Hope on Thursday - November 14th, 2012
VANCOUVER, BC, NOVEMBER 14, 2012 – The Lights of Hope return to St. Paul’s Hospital on November 15 with a special event featuring fireworks and – for the first time ever – an outdoor celebration for the community. The 15th edition of the Lights of Hope campaign, which illuminates the exterior of St. Paul’s with a spectacular Read More...