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.
Documents include financial records and reports, treasurer's reports, a list of committee members, Health Centre building plan, correspondence and membership cards.
Documents include financial records and reports, treasurer's reports, a list of committee members, Health Centre building plan, correspondence and membership cards.
File includes an application to become a registered charity, mission statement, a copy of the constitution and amendments to the purposes of the organization, definitions of the duties of committees, and correspondence.
File includes an application to become a registered charity, mission statement, a copy of the constitution and amendments to the purposes of the organization, definitions of the duties of committees, and correspondence.
File includes correspondence and an application to the Ministry of Health for funding for a full-time primary care physician. There is a photocopy of a WNE article by the CCHA summarizing the initiative.
File includes correspondence and an application to the Ministry of Health for funding for a full-time primary care physician. There is a photocopy of a WNE article by the CCHA summarizing the initiative.
File includes correspondence with Telus about the loss of telephone service, and resultant loss of access to emergency services, during a power outage; and a petition to Telus to solve the problem, signed by 242 island residents.
File includes correspondence with Telus about the loss of telephone service, and resultant loss of access to emergency services, during a power outage; and a petition to Telus to solve the problem, signed by 242 island residents.
File contains newsletters and correspondence re the cancellation of on-call funding for rural physicians and the CCHA campaign to have funding restored.
File contains newsletters and correspondence re the cancellation of on-call funding for rural physicians and the CCHA campaign to have funding restored.
File contains CCHA Mission and Vision statements, reports on projects, photograph reprints of a broom bash at the Health Centre site (in a report cover), and a copy of the fund-raising calendar (2005).
File contains CCHA Mission and Vision statements, reports on projects, photograph reprints of a broom bash at the Health Centre site (in a report cover), and a copy of the fund-raising calendar (2005).
File comprises a binder containing material used for a display at Cortes Island Day: an information brochure about the Health Centre, an artist's drawing of the building, informational text, photographs of CCHA members and the building site, and posters for fund-raising events.
File comprises a binder containing material used for a display at Cortes Island Day: an information brochure about the Health Centre, an artist's drawing of the building, informational text, photographs of CCHA members and the building site, and posters for fund-raising events.
File contains membership cards (1994); a clinic inventory (1997); agenda and minutes of two meetings;committee membership list (2000);VolNet application (1999); draft agreement between CCHA and Cortes Island Seniors Building Socity (2002); draft of history of medical care on Cortes??
File contains membership cards (1994); a clinic inventory (1997); agenda and minutes of two meetings;committee membership list (2000);VolNet application (1999); draft agreement between CCHA and Cortes Island Seniors Building Socity (2002); draft of history of medical care on Cortes??
Sous-fonds consists of materials generated or gathered by George Sirk during his term as Regional Director. It includes correspondence; minutes and reports of the Cortes Island Advisory Planning Commission (APC); Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw revision materials; records of foreshore leases and licenses; correspondence on various island issues, and material relating to parks, aquaculture, forestry, treaty negotiations and other island concerns. Sous-fonds is arranged into six series: Advisory Planning Commission; Community Plans and Bylaws; Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: Regional Board; Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: Committees; Rezoning and Development Proposals; Subject Files: Cortes Affairs; Aquaculture; and Treaty Negotiations.
George Sirk was elected Regional Director of Electoral Area I (Cortes Island) in the Regional District of Comox-Strathcona in 1996. He served three terms as Director, from 1996 to 2005.
Custodial History
Material was donated to CIMAS by George Sirk in 2004, prior to his move from Cortes Island to Victoria, BC.
Scope and Content
Sous-fonds consists of materials generated or gathered by George Sirk during his term as Regional Director. It includes correspondence; minutes and reports of the Cortes Island Advisory Planning Commission (APC); Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw revision materials; records of foreshore leases and licenses; correspondence on various island issues, and material relating to parks, aquaculture, forestry, treaty negotiations and other island concerns. Sous-fonds is arranged into six series: Advisory Planning Commission; Community Plans and Bylaws; Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: Regional Board; Regional District of Comox-Strathcona: Committees; Rezoning and Development Proposals; Subject Files: Cortes Affairs; Aquaculture; and Treaty Negotiations.
