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From YouTube: OCTOBER 25 2021 Statements Jordan Sturdy
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2nd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
west
vancouver
see
the
sky.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Today
I'd
like
to
recognize
dr
karenkowski,
a
whistler
physician
for
her
exemplary
leadership
in
the
challenging
field
of
family
practice,
be
it
in
whistler
or
around
the
province.
Dr
koski
has
was
recently
named
citizen
of
the
year
for
the
whistler
excellence
awards
for
her
efforts
to
elevate
family
practice
medicine
by
deeply
rooting
it
in
the
wider
community.
She
achieved
this
success
through
the
practice
of
social
prescription.
A
This
meant
expanding
the
role
of
health
care
professionals
to
supporting
and
advising
the
community
on
many
social
determinants
of
health,
such
as
food
security
and
housing,
financial
stability
and
emotional
supports,
as
well
as
many
more
during
the
height
of
the
pandemic.
Last
winter,
dr
kowsky
and
her
colleagues
were
meeting
with
patients
that
were
struggling
to
pay,
rent
or
groceries,
or
were
just
feeling
lonely
and
unsupported.
A
To
help
with
this
need,
dr
koski
helped
set
up
partnerships
between
health
workers,
community-based
social
services
non-profits
and
the
local
government.
That
will
hopefully
continue
far
beyond
the
pandemic
through
the
practice
of
social
prescriptions.
Patients
were
able
to
access
more
of
the
supports
they
needed
like
food
bank
deliveries,
rent
relief
and
emotional
support
recognizing
the
people's
health
and
well-being
are
largely
determined
by
a
set
of
social,
economic
and
environmental
factors.
Doctors
are
encouraged
to
work
with
the
communities
to
create
social
prescriptions.
A
Beyond
this,
dr
koski
has
been
a
mentor
to
newer
physicians
and
has
been
integral
in
community
initiatives
to
increase
the
ratio
of
family
doctors
to
residents,
which
has
become
a
crisis
as
a
building
business
model
for
family
practice
becomes
increasingly
challenged.
Dr
koski
is
a
shining
example
of
a
commitment
to
community
a
leader
in
the
benefits
of
implementing
social
prescription
and
a
visionary
who
is
working
on
the
future
of
family
practice
in
the
cedar
sky,
all
with
the
goal
of
improving
patients,
overall
health
and
well-being.