Devon is a peer worker who provides overdose prevention and harm reduction supports to those living in shelters and supportive housing. As someone who had his own life saved at an overdose prevention site, he understands the value of these services and it’s important to him that others understand the facts.
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Health & Wellness
Substance Use Connections bridges hospitals and community health services like detox, offering compassionate support for patients who use substances.
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Community & Culture
At WorkBC career fairs, that partnership comes to life. The IH booth is busy from set up to take down, filled with people eager to learn about roles across IH
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Community & Culture
In a show of solidarity, members of Yaqan Nuʔkiy, IH staff and Creston community members came together for National Addictions Awareness Week.
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Community & Culture
Born in South Africa, raised in Florida and England, and now serving KGH, Kelly Monks’s journey is nothing short of extraordinary and inspiring.
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Community & Culture
Providing a safe, comfortable and reliable care environment depends on how well our facilities heat, cool and circulate air.
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Community & Culture
Despite living with kidney disease and having needed hemodialysis for eight years, at 97 Leno Benetton is living a full life as B.C.'s oldest dialysis patient.
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