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How genuine teamwork can help build a tower

Vio Geana is a Senior Leader on the Richmond Hospital Redevelopment Project team. His genuine positivity, diligence and belief that sour gummy bears can fix anything has helped him lead and support a high performing facilities project team. This is his story about how he came to work on this project and why this work is important to him.

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How moving to Vancouver led to a life changing career in health care

Wendy Ma is a project manager in the Richmond Hospital Project Management Office. In her role, she is responsible for helping to get the hospital ready for a campus-wide rejuvenation and the new nine-floor acute care tower, the Yurkovich Family Pavilion. This is how she came to work in health care and the lessons she's learned along the way.My journey towards improving care for the Richmond community.

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What’s happening on the Richmond Hospital Redevelopment Project 2022

Things are happening behind the scenes on the Richmond Hospital Redevelopment Project. There is a lot of movement as the vital building blocks for this project are being put into place.

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From cardboard to concrete: Mock-ups help refine hospital design

Designing a new, acute-care facility is no small task. To help ensure it is done right, the Lions Gate Hospital (LGH) Redevelopment project team asked people who will use the new space the most to immerse themselves in the plans — literally.

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Copper pilot project expands to phase two, onboarding new partners and new locations

Antimicrobial copper coatings have now been installed on high-touch transit surfaces in Ontario on TTC vehicles and in British Columbia on TransLink vehicles.

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Wuikinuxv First Nation encourages community to Let Their Spirits Dance

The Community Investments team at Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) funds health promotion projects across the VCH region. Community Investments collaborates with other teams at VCH, including Aboriginal Health and the Regional Prevention Program teams, to partner with the Indigenous communities and support their health promotion objectives. Over the past few years, VCH has been working closely with the Wuikinuxv First Nation on several projects that the community has identified as their priorities to support their community's health and wellbeing.

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