May Engagement Update
Christine (our Communications & Community Engagement Liaison) has had a busy month getting out into the community and sharing updates on the new hospital build. Here are some highlights from May:
Northern Health Leadership Forum
To kick off the month, our team had the opportunity to showcase the Stuart Lake Hospital Replacement Project alongside the Mills Memorial Hospital and Dawson Creek & District Hospital replacement projects at the annual Northern Health Spring Leadership Forum in Prince George.
This year’s forum welcomed more than 100 leaders from across the region for two days of education, collaboration, and networking. In addition to the daily speakers and breakout sessions, the leaders explored 50+ demo pods centered around Digital Health, SaferCare, and HealthSpaces.
Our new build project booths, located in the HealthSpaces area, featured:
- Exciting information about the projects
- Draft renderings of the new facilities
- Construction progress photos and video walk-throughs
- Construction time lapse videos
- Swag and giveaways
- And two 3D printed cranes!
Left: Communications & Community Engagement Liaisons Christine Midgley (Stuart Lake Hospital), Ashley Pannozzo (Dawson Creek & District Hospital), and Sarah Artis (Mills Memorial Hospital) get ready to greet conference-goers. Middle: A 3D-printed replica of the crane at the Dawson Creek site. Right: Christine showcases the progress on the new Stuart Lake Hospital. Healthcare Travelling Roadshow
While the UNBC Healthcare Travelling Roadshow (coordinated by the Northern Medical Program) visited Fort St. James, we took the opportunity to take the future doctors on a virtual tour of the new Stuart Lake Hospital! The Nechako portion of the roadshow (Vanderhoof, Fort St. James, Hazelton, Dease Lake, Stewart) made a pit stop at Fort St. James Secondary school to present to students on May 13th.
Each spring, post-secondary medical students from across the province hit the road to visit schools in Northern BC, inspiring high school students to consider health care as a future career. After an exciting morning of facilitating hands-on demonstrations to the high schoolers, the roadshow crew was ready for the lunch spread organized by the Primary Care Society.
Over lunch, we shared the construction time lapse of the new hospital build, renderings of the facility, interior progress photos, and had conversations about the community engagement we’ve done to ensure culturally-safe care.
Several of the future physicians expressed interest in returning to visit the hospital when it’s finished, so we look forward to hosting them again!
Future physicians from the Healthcare Travelling Roadshow lead hands-on learning at Fort St. James Secondary School.
Seniors Association Potluck
We’d heard rave reviews about the Stuart Lake Seniors Association potlucks in the past, so we were excited to get an invitation this month! After the most incredible spread of home-cooked food and fantastic company, we can see why it’s the hot event in town.
Christine walked the attendees through a virtual hospital tour, showcasing construction progress, renderings, and additional information on what to expect with the upcoming naming and art selection working groups.
Thank you to Lynn Dunkley for the invitation, and to the entire Seniors Association for being fantastic hosts.
Our Northern Health bear is set up and ready for a potluck party!
If your group/organization would like members of our team to share a presentation with your team or to set up an information booth at an event, please reach out to letstalkSLH@northernhealth.ca
