In today's episode we wrap up our 3-part interview series with the Rural Evidence Review team about their successful survey asking rural residents about their healthcare priorities. Today we hear about what survey respondents had to say and an

How can we learn about rural patient priorities? What happens then? - Part 2: Interview with Christine Carthew

Nov 30th, 2020 9m 58s

This episode is part two of a three part series exploring how the Rural Evidence Review (RER) project set out to gather information on rural patient health priorities using a survey which received over 1800 responses. Part one focuses on the wo

How can we learn about rural patient priorities? What happens then? - Interview with Dr. Jude Kornelsen

Nov 23rd, 2020 10m 3s

This is part one of a three-part series exploring the RER's very successful rural patient health priority survey, which received over 1,800 responses from people all over BC. Stay tuned for our next episodes where we'll discuss how the survey r

Citizen Patient Engagement - Out of Pocket Cost Survey - Eva and Gal

Nov 2nd, 2020 20m 36s

We sit down with Eva Sullivan and Gal Av-Gay to discuss the CRHR's Out of Pocket Cost Survey - where citizens of rural BC have shared their experiences traveling to access the healthcare that they need. Gal and Eva share how the survey results

Citizen Patient Engagement - Interview with Ed And Nienke of the BC Rural Health Network

Oct 13th, 2020 28m 18s

On today's episode we sit down with Ed Staples and Nienke Klaver of the BC Rural Health Network. The BC Rural Health Network is an organization composed of health advocacy groups from rural and remote communities across British Columbia who wor

Citizen Patient Engagement - Interview with April Hards and Dr. Jude Kornelsen

Jul 27th, 2020 20m 30s

In this episode we speak with April Hards, the author of the Hards Method, a tool that expecting parents can use to help plan for their own mental wellness following childbirth. As a resident of rural BC living in the town of Golden, April took

Citizen Patient Engagement - Interview with Dr. Jude Kornelsen and Christine Carthew

Jul 20th, 2020 31m 56s

Healthcare is supposed to serve the needs of the patient - but how do the people who design our healthcare system know what those needs are? What happens when a rural patient wants to share an idea for making healthcare better? How are rural pa

Interview with Jane McKenzie, Salt Spring Arts Council - COVID Chronicles

Jun 22nd, 2020 21m 18s

This week's episode wraps up our mini-series on stories of resilience and ingenuity in rural communities in the COVID-19 era with a discussion with Jane MacKenzie of the Salt Spring Arts Council (SSAC). The SSAC has been collecting any and all

Interview with Colin Moss, Councillor (and much more) for New Denver

Jun 15th, 2020 20m 32s

On this week's episode, we discuss the how a small village in the interior of BC has responded to the pressures of COVID with Colin Moss, town councillor amongst many other roles.

Checking-in while keeping a distance, Interview With Carrie Chard

Jun 8th, 2020 20m 38s

On this episode of Innovation from the Edges, we talk to Carrie Chard, Fire Chief for the District of Wells, about how her community has developed a system to safely check-in on households while maintaining physical distance - all you need is a

Fundraising and the Cowichan Hearts Campaign, Interview With Sierra Acton

Jun 1st, 2020 15m 6s

In this episode of Innovation From the Edges, we chat with Sierra Acton, Director of the Shawnigan Lake Area in the Cowichan Valley, about the success of the Cowichan Hearts fundraising campaign and life in Shawnigan during the COVID-19 pandemi

Quadra Island Caremongering, Interview with Kristine Perron

May 13th, 2020 19m 23s

In this episode of Innovation From the Edges, we chat with Kristine Perron, the organizer of the Quadra Island Caremongering group, about how one small island community has banded together to care for each other during the COVID-19 pandemic.

CRHR Podcast Series Trailer - Innovation From The Edges

May 4th, 2020 53s

The Centre For Rural Health Research at the University of British Columbia is launching a new podcast series gathering stories of innovation and resilience from rural communities across British Columbia in the fight against COVID-19.

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