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Doctors of BC and CMA Joule course: Advocacy for Change
November 29, 2021
The next online session designed specifically for physicians to learn the key elements of effective advocacy, and to build valuable skills to enact...
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About the Blog

During his presidency, Dr Matthew Chow will be writing about his experiences and thoughts.

Flood in BC

In these catastrophic times

November 17, 2021

I struggle to find the right words for yet another disaster that has befallen our province. Events that are supposed to happen only once-in-a-hundred years have hit us in rapid succession. People and communities have been upended, some that were still reeling from the last disaster. So while I...
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climate change
Doctor speaking to elderly patient

One size doesn’t fit all

November 2, 2021

Most of us are familiar with the expression ‘one size fits all’ often used to describe clothing. However throughout the pandemic I’ve noticed it also applies to many other things and many of life’s situations. And just like with clothing, one size seldom fits all.

People come from...
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covid-19 pandemic
Child receiving vaccine

A historic vaccine for kids

October 8, 2021

Every day we are bombarded with news about COVID-19 vaccines. In Canada, we are fortunate to have an abundant supply to the point where BC has taken the lead on donating some unneeded doses to the international COVAX effort. Lately, much of our COVID-19 vaccine attention has turned towards...
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vaccines, children, malaria
Truth and Reconciliation

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

September 29, 2021

September 30, 2021 marks the first ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in which we honour the lost and missing children of residential schools, the families left behind, and the survivors. Reconciliation is the process of healing the relationship between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous...
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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Doctors standing together united

Let us walk together

September 17, 2021

The past 18 months have been traumatizing for our profession, and it’s got me worried.

Rising case counts, hospitalizations, and anti-vaxxer protests rightly occupy much of my time. I have spoken to these issues repeatedly in the media, doing as many as 11 interviews a day. Doctors of BC...
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COVID-19