Brochure on Manual Artificial Respiration, 1952; Offer to Purchase Form for an ambulance, 1988; CEFAS postings in WNE 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991; Newspaper clippings about Cortes Ambulance in WNE 1998, Cortes Marketer 2011; article written by paramedic Paul Brewer, 2007; email from Elizabeth Jordan regarding use of paramedic service, 2011; Posting from BCAS Open House & Career Information Session on Cortes, 2014; Article (2015), brochure (2016), and paramedicine overview (2016) on bringing paramedics to the front lines of rural health care; article in appreciation of Cortes Island Ambulance Service by Marcel Creurer, undated
Brochure on Manual Artificial Respiration, 1952; Offer to Purchase Form for an ambulance, 1988; CEFAS postings in WNE 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991; Newspaper clippings about Cortes Ambulance in WNE 1998, Cortes Marketer 2011; article written by paramedic Paul Brewer, 2007; email from Elizabeth Jordan regarding use of paramedic service, 2011; Posting from BCAS Open House & Career Information Session on Cortes, 2014; Article (2015), brochure (2016), and paramedicine overview (2016) on bringing paramedics to the front lines of rural health care; article in appreciation of Cortes Island Ambulance Service by Marcel Creurer, undated
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.
Info on: wildfire emergency preparedness; Cortes Volunteer Fire Department and Fire Fighting Association; firehalls; fire trucks; by-laws and funding initiatives concerning fire services on Cortes; helipad and expansion of FD services to handle medical emergencies; fire protection equipement at Klahoose FN; fundraising; and posts relating to local fires and fire fighting responses, 1987-2016
Info on: wildfire emergency preparedness; Cortes Volunteer Fire Department and Fire Fighting Association; firehalls; fire trucks; by-laws and funding initiatives concerning fire services on Cortes; helipad and expansion of FD services to handle medical emergencies; fire protection equipement at Klahoose FN; fundraising; and posts relating to local fires and fire fighting responses, 1987-2016
"A Brief History of Medical Care on Cortes Island," with info from the beginning of outsourced medical care by the Columbia Coast Mission in 1905. Pamphlet for the official opening of the Campbell River and District General Hospital Extended Care Unit, 1968. Files with info on: Cortes Health Centre funding and services; Cortes Community Health Association (CCHA); local health care practitioners; social services; wellness resources; home support; medical on-call availability program; employment opportunities; Strathcona Regional District Community Health Network; advance care planning; health notices; patient information, 1994-2019. CCHA newsletters and notices, 2003-2019. Excerpt from Goosegrass and Buttercups by D.C. Kirk, undated.
"A Brief History of Medical Care on Cortes Island," with info from the beginning of outsourced medical care by the Columbia Coast Mission in 1905. Pamphlet for the official opening of the Campbell River and District General Hospital Extended Care Unit, 1968. Files with info on: Cortes Health Centre funding and services; Cortes Community Health Association (CCHA); local health care practitioners; social services; wellness resources; home support; medical on-call availability program; employment opportunities; Strathcona Regional District Community Health Network; advance care planning; health notices; patient information, 1994-2019. CCHA newsletters and notices, 2003-2019. Excerpt from Goosegrass and Buttercups by D.C. Kirk, undated.
Files relating to the Cortes Island Emergency Preparedness Group and Emergency Support Services (ESS), 2016-2017. Pamphlet from PreparedBC In It Together: Neighbourhood Preparedness Guide.
Files relating to the Cortes Island Emergency Preparedness Group and Emergency Support Services (ESS), 2016-2017. Pamphlet from PreparedBC In It Together: Neighbourhood Preparedness Guide.
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 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.
Fonds consists of sixteen photographs depicting people and scenes, primarily of the Manson's Landing area. Identification was provided by Fred Brooks Jr. in an interview with Cathy Jenks.
Alethea and Frederick (Fred) James Brooks Sr. and their two sons, Frederick (Fred) Earl, Jr. and Bob, lived on Cortes Island from ca. 1941 to 1944, near Manson's Landing. Fred Sr. logged in Cortes Bay and employed two of the Hawkins boys, Bill and George.
Fred Jr. attended grades three to six at Cortes Island school before the family moved to Pender Harbour. Some of the names he recalls are: the Christiansen kids (Robert, Jim, and a sister), the Tibers on the west side of Cortes Island, and the Jefferys of Smelt Bay.
Custodial History
Fred Brooks Jr. gave the photographs to Cathy Brooks of Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society, who facilitated the donation by collecting the photographs, donation form and information from Brooks and sending the materials to CIMAS.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of sixteen photographs depicting people and scenes, primarily of the Manson's Landing area. Identification was provided by Fred Brooks Jr. in an interview with Cathy Jenks.
Pender Harbour Living Heritage holds related material from the Brooks family: https://penderharbourheritage.pastperfectonline.com/bysearchterm?keyword=Brooks+family
Series consists of five folders containing a hand-written constitution, meeting agendas, planning documents, a list of donations and a schedule for first aid respondents on call.
Series consists of five folders containing a hand-written constitution, meeting agendas, planning documents, a list of donations and a schedule for first aid respondents on call.
Series consists of one folder containing responses to a survey of islanders designed to establish the feasibility of establishing an emergency first aid service.
Series consists of one folder containing responses to a survey of islanders designed to establish the feasibility of establishing an emergency first aid service.
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 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.
