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13 Jan 2022

Children and the COVID-19 Omicron variant

Omicron has overtaken Delta as the most common variant in BC in recent weeks so what does that mean for children? The BC Children’s Hospital experts examine the most recent mutation and the effect it’s having on children in our province, so far.

13 Jan 2022

Feature

11 Jan 2022

Culturally safe care, close to home

Learn how the Compass program is making a difference to Indigenous youth living in remote communities.

11 Jan 2022

We are grateful to all the First Nations who have cared for and nurtured the lands and waters around us for all time, including the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), and səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation) on whose unceded and ancestral territory our head office is located.