Fonds comprises records of the Cortes Community Health Association (CCHA) including financial records, correspondence (including print-outs of emails), board governance documents and photographs. Subjects include CCHA initiatives to secure funding for a physician and to build a Health Centre.
The Cortes Community Health Association is a registered Charity, governed by a volunteer Board of Directors elected by the membership. The CCHA owns and operates the Cortes Health Centre (945 Beasley Road, Manson's Landing, BC); acts as liaison between the community, the Ministry of Health and other branches of health care delivery, health education and administration in British Columbia; and provides a variety of community programs.
The CCHA was formed in 1993 by a group of local residents who wished to secure quality health care for Cortes Island. At that point, the only medical services available on the island were provided by the ambulance service and the fortnightly visits of a physician. The first initiatives of the CCHA were to establish a medical clinic and pharmacy in Manson's Hall, and to secure funding for a full-time family physician. When the two-room clinic in the Hall proved inadequate, CCHA undertook to raise funds for and build a clinic on land leased from the Cortes Island Seniors Building Society. Site preparation began in 2003 and the clinic opened in 2005.
Custodial History
Documents were handed over to the Archives by Bernice McGowan, secretary of the CCHA.
Scope and Content
Fonds comprises records of the Cortes Community Health Association (CCHA) including financial records, correspondence (including print-outs of emails), board governance documents and photographs. Subjects include CCHA initiatives to secure funding for a physician and to build a Health Centre.
File contains commentary from Director Ralph Nursall on the plan revision process; detailed APC commentary on the draft, commentary from Bob Bish, and correspondence.
File contains commentary from Director Ralph Nursall on the plan revision process; detailed APC commentary on the draft, commentary from Bob Bish, and correspondence.
File contains a copy of the Bylaw No. 313 (Official Settlement Plan, Cortes Island May 1979), a copy of Bylaw No. 41, (Electoral Area I Zoning Bylaw 1970), correspondence and other background material, including a map of Cortes Island with wetlands and other features drawn in.
File contains a copy of the Bylaw No. 313 (Official Settlement Plan, Cortes Island May 1979), a copy of Bylaw No. 41, (Electoral Area I Zoning Bylaw 1970), correspondence and other background material, including a map of Cortes Island with wetlands and other features drawn in.
File contains a preliminary draft for "The Cortes Initiative" by the Klahoose First Nation and the Cortes Ecoforestry Society, prepared by Silva Ecosystem Consultants Ltd.
File contains a preliminary draft for "The Cortes Initiative" by the Klahoose First Nation and the Cortes Ecoforestry Society, prepared by Silva Ecosystem Consultants Ltd.
Cortes Ecoforestry Society (CES) newsletters, 1999-2000. Clippings with info on: CES sustainability initiatives; development of Cortes Community Forest Cooperative (CCFC) in partnership with Klahoose First Nation (KFN); Island Stance; and Island Timberlands, 2005-2012. Copy of "An Assessment of the Cortes Forestry General Partnership (CFGP) of BC, Canada, open case study from UBC, 2020. CES membership form, undated. CCFC membership form and subscription agreement, undated. CCFC pamphlets, undated. Additional keywords: Bartholomew; Hanks Beach; Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI)
Cortes Ecoforestry Society (CES) newsletters, 1999-2000. Clippings with info on: CES sustainability initiatives; development of Cortes Community Forest Cooperative (CCFC) in partnership with Klahoose First Nation (KFN); Island Stance; and Island Timberlands, 2005-2012. Copy of "An Assessment of the Cortes Forestry General Partnership (CFGP) of BC, Canada, open case study from UBC, 2020. CES membership form, undated. CCFC membership form and subscription agreement, undated. CCFC pamphlets, undated. Additional keywords: Bartholomew; Hanks Beach; Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI)
File contains two copies of a draft of the Cortes Official Community Plan prepared by Planistics Management Inc. in conjunction with the Cortes Island Advisory Planning Commission: one clean copy with a cover letter, and one copy with annotations.
File contains two copies of a draft of the Cortes Official Community Plan prepared by Planistics Management Inc. in conjunction with the Cortes Island Advisory Planning Commission: one clean copy with a cover letter, and one copy with annotations.