What is the CHC model all about?
Tell me about your Community Health Centre As champions of the Community Health Centre (CHC) model, we’re often asked “What is this model all about? What does a CHC look like in action?”. Our members are made up of multi-sector, multi-service...
Don’t fight the poor, fight poverty
The cost of poverty on BC health “It can happen so quickly, you have no idea.” If health is influenced by social factors like having enough money, why doesn’t our health care system do more to address the root causes of poverty? The...
Stepping in, stepping up: Community Health Centres address inequity as pandemic supports roll-back
For those made vulnerable Before the pandemic hit Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Atira Women’s Resource Society was already busy providing a range of services to local women including trans, two spirit and intersex women and or those who identify with a femme of...
On the frontlines: BC Community Health Centres addressing the impacts of COVID 19
Providing low-barrier care in a pandemic Across the province of BC, households, businesses, and communities are starting to adjust to a new way of life. For months now, Community Health Centres (CHCs) have been on the forefront of the clinical response to COVID-19....