“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we have been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” For Don Tom, the newly elected Chief for Tsartlip First Nation (W̱JOȽEȽP), these words from Barack Obama serve as a guide both personally and professionally. Read the rest of this entry »

Some readers may remember Premier Gordon Campbell’s health care initiative back in 2006 when a “Conversation on Health” was launched province wide in anticipation of improving access to health services. Many suggestions to decrease wait times for surgeries, increase primary care with family doctor clinics, and methods to determine outcomes were proffered. Read the rest of this entry »

I walk for a long time. My hands lost in my pockets. My eyes lost in the bubbling horizon. Without the excitement of Christmas, and without the reckless joy of New Year's the streets are cold and grey. Read the rest of this entry »