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Island Health grant empowers Indigenous youth through leadership and resilience conference
A transformative conference focused on promoting leadership and resilience brought together 80 Indigenous students from the Cowichan Valley for a day of empowerment and cultural celebration.
Island Health nurse grateful for stranger’s gift of life
As a student nurse, then as an operating room (OR) nurse, and now as a nurse in the preadmission and booking office at North Island Hospital Comox Valley, Sara Cherewaty has witnessed firsthand the life changing impacts of organ donation.
Chief Medical Health Officer releases report on increasing harms from psychoactive substances
The Island Health’s 2024 Chief Medical Health Officer report focuses on the health harms associated with the use of psychoactive substances, including alcohol, illegally manufactured opioids, tobacco and cannabis.
Climate conversations: Island Health grant supports project to help youth address eco-anxiety
A project supported by an Island Health grant has helped Victoria-area youth deal with anxiety about climate change and inspired them to learn about local efforts that are making a difference.
Applications call for Youth Resilience Grants – a partnership of Island Health and Pacific Public Health Foundation
For the first time, Island Health and PPHF are partnering to allocate up to $450,000 for the Youth Resilience Grants program. These grants aim to help improve mental well-being and build youth resilience to challenging life events.
Island Health Winter Magazine 2025
The Winter Issue of Island Health Magazine features stories about how patients are benefiting from three unique types of nursing care.
Four-year-old's visits bring joy to long-term care residents
At Cairnsmore Place long-term care home in Duncan, an unlikely friendship has blossomed between residents and a four-year-old boy named Innis Wright.
Connection is cornerstone for peer coordinator Beth in her substance use recovery journey
For Beth Haywood, connection was more than support—it was survival. Now six years sober and a peer coordinator with Island Health, she credits the life-changing relationships she made along the way as the cornerstone of her recovery.
Island Health encourages men to drink less and live more during Movember
This Movember, Island Health raises a non-alcoholic glass to mental and physical health by increasing awareness around alcohol, especially for men.