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Upcoming Events

CDH MSA Meetings:

Medical Staff Meeting Schedule 2023:
Sept AGM - in person – Date & time TBD
Thursday Nov 23 Zoom 7-8am

Meeting invites and supporting documents will be sent via email.

Who We Are

The members of the Cowichan District Medical Society include all of the medical staff, Dentists, Nurse Practitioners, and Midwives that work at Cowichan District Hospital. Our role is to engage with our partners collaboratively to support improved quality of care for patients and their families and improved working conditions and well-being for all our medical staff.

PART of the Solution
Partnerships: building relationships for co-designed solutions
Advocacy: ensuring your voice is heard and represented
Respect: recognizing our members as individuals and professionals in their fields
Transparency: striving for open and straightforward communications

Right Care Right Time Right Place

RHelping Patients Know Where To Go

FAMILY PRACTICE

URGENT CARE

EMERGENCY CARE

Cowichan Valley Physicians
Slack Account

Recognizing Systemic Racism Exists

cdms statement on racism

letter to all residents of
the Cowichan Valley

SUPPORTING THE
PENELAKUT COMMUNITY

The CDMS has joined the Cowichan Division of Family Practice and Island Health in issuing the attached letter of support to the Penelakut Tribe in response to the recent confirmation of over 160 unmarked and undocumented graves at the former Kuper Island Industrial School (see letter from the Penelakut Tribe).
A March for the Children event took place on August 2nd, 2021
- see the flyer for details.

See this article from the Discourse, on what allies can do in support:
https://thediscourse.ca/okanagan/non-indigenous-people-heres-what-you-can-do-right-now

Penelakut Tribe - Leadership letter

CDMS Letter of support

march for the children - flyer

Kuper Island CBC Podcast

An 8-part series that tells the stories of four students: three who survived and one who didn’t. They attended one of Canada’s most notorious residential schools – where unsolved deaths, abuse, and lies haunt the community and the survivors to this day. Hosted by Duncan McCue.

Series link: podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2JjLmNhL3BvZGNhc3RpbmcvaW5jbHVkZXMva3VwZXJpc2xhbmQueG1s?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwiYr-ih6_D3AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ