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SUMMARY: "Your Doctor, Your Health" was a three-part series that explored the relationship between physician and patient. The program looks at treatments, traditions and alternatives to tradition. In the seri;es, conservative, progressive and avant-garde physicians are heard discussing their practices, morals and ethics. Program 3 of 3.;

SUMMARY: "Concern" was a CBC radio series about "today's world" and the topics that concerned people. It went on the air on Oct. 2, 1969. "Your Doctor, Your Health" was a three-part series that explored the re;lationship between physician and patient. The program looks at treatments, traditions and alternatives to tradition. In the series, conservative, progressive and avant-garde physicians are heard disc;ussing their practices, morals and ethics. Program 3 of 3.;

SUMMARY: "Concern" was a CBC radio series about "today's world" and the topics that concerned people. It went on the air on Oct. 2, 1969. "Your Doctor, Your Health" was a three-part series that explored the re;lationship between physician and patient. The program looks at treatments, traditions and alternatives to tradition. In the series, conservative, progressive and avant-garde physicians are heard disc;ussing their practices, morals and ethics. Program 2 of 3.;

SUMMARY: "Your Doctor, Your Health" was a three-part series that explored the relationship between physician and patient. The program looks at treatments, traditions and alternatives to tradition. In the seri;es, conservative, progressive and avant-garde physicians are heard discussing their practices, morals and ethics. Program 2 of 3.;

SUMMARY: "Concern" was a CBC radio series about "today's world" and the topics that concerned people. It went on the air on Oct. 2, 1969. "Your Doctor, Your Health" was a three-part series that explored the re;lationship between physician and patient. The program looks at treatments, traditions and alternatives to tradition. In the series, conservative, progressive and avant-garde physicians are heard discu;ssing their practices, morals and ethics. Program 1 of 3.;

SUMMARY: "Your Doctor, Your Health" was a three-part series that explored the relationship between physician and patient. The program looks at treatments, traditions and alternatives to tradition. In the serie;s, conservative, progressive and avant-garde physicians are heard discussing their practices, morals and ethics. Program 1 of 3.;

The item is an audio recording of an interview with Wesley Black.
T1410:0001: Wesley Drewett Black describes: his early career in the teaching profession; his service in B.C. at Newlands, Giscome, Britannia Beach and Creston. Joined Social Credit party in 1951 and attended early Socred organization meetings in this year. He was a winning candidate for the Socreds in the 1952 provincial election in the Nelson-Creston constituency. Appointed Provincial Secretary in July 1952. Mr. Black reflects upon the first Social Credit cabinet in B.C.

T1410:0002: W.D. Black continues to discuss the first Social Credit administration in B.C. in 1952. He reflects upon the defeat of this minority government and their subsequent re-election in 1953. Black recalls in detail the underlying political climate during this era in B.C. history. He discusses in detail the problems he encountered in improving mental health policy in B.C. during the early period of the second W.A.C. Bennett government.

T1410:0003: W.D. Black continues his explanation of the reforms that he implemented in the civil service after 1953 when he was Provincial Secretary. Discussion of life as a cabinet minister. Reference to changes in legislative procedures and the electoral process. Discussion of the implementation of Social Credit policies during 1953-54.

T1410:0004 track 1: W.D. Black discusses the civil service 1952-72. The problem of coming to grips with the civil service upon taking office. The work of the Stevenson Kellogg Co. in studying the civil service. The development of programs and pension plans for the civil service.
Track 2: Also discusses the growth of the B.C. Government Employees Association. The one day strike of the association is discussed. The implications of the Carruthers Report, and relations between the government and the association.

T1410:0005 track 1: W.D. Black discusses: relations with the press; workload as a cabinet minister and travel demands; the Columbia River Basin development on his constituency; road building programs.
Track 2: Black describes the development of a provincial medicare plan, the problems of devising a comprehensive medicare scheme, and relation with the medical profession.

T1410:0006 track 1: W.D. Black discusses the final stages in the development of the Medical Services Plan of B.C., and the legislation that brought the plan into being. W.D. Black appointed as Minister of Health to implement plan. Negotiations with Ottawa to bring the plan under the national scheme's framework.
Track 2: The Sommers scandal and the charges made by Gordon Gibson Sr. regarding payoffs in the granting of forest management licenses.

T1410:0007 track 1: Plans for the 1958 Centennial under the direction of L.J. Wallace and W.D. Black. Discussion of W.A.C. Bennett's concept of Northern Development.
Track 2: Mr. Black's attention to constituency matters during his period in office. The development of regional districts in B.C.

T1410:0008: track 1: W.D. Black discusses Woodlands School and problems with the press regarding it. Development of a legislative Hansard for B.C. The 1958 ferry strike and the development of the idea for a B.C. ferry system. The origination of the official B.C. flag.
Track 2: Discussion of civil defense, the building of fall-out shelters and the problems of getting people involved in civil defense. Discussion of the 1960 provincial election and elections in general.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Live from Victoria, reporter Clem Chapple at the Legislature; Clem and Jack talk about the Vander Zalm government’s Speech from the Throne. In the studio, Jack speaks with Ole Ingstrup, Chair of the National Parole Board. They discuss some individual cases; the Charter of Rights; dangerous offenders and eligibility for parole; mandatory supervision; literacy programs in prison. To end the show, Jack visits the offices of AIDS Vancouver, meets the staff, and discusses the various services provided.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Dr. Michael Rekhart, Chief of the provincial government’s AIDS program, and Dr. Hilary Wass from the AIDS Care Team at St. Paul's Hospital, discuss AIDS. Economist Dian Cohen talks about the government's budget.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Webster goes out to visit Mount Pleasant Health Centre’s Medical Clinic—BC’s first salaried doctor’s clinic—to investigate this model aimed at reducing skyrocketing medical costs facing the Social Credit government. Albert Burke and Fred Coates of PSAC Agricultural Unit reveal that federal meat inspection is at risk because of government changes to the responsibilities of meat inspectors. Gerald Green, a lawyer with Vancouver Community Legal Assistance Society, speaks about involuntarily committed mentally ill patients being forced to pay a daily charge.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Jack is at the Canadian Medical Association conference where they are discussing professional freedom, unionization, and government handling of medical professionals. Further discussion of the issues continues with Dr. Bill Thomas, President of the Canadian Medical Association, then Tony Grabham of the British Medical Association, Dr. Lowell Steen representing the American Medical Association, Dr. Alex Mandeville, President of the BC Medical Association. Psychics Jim Conrad, clairvoyant, and Alfred Ward organizer of the ESP Fair.

Public affairs. Jack Webster’s popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Webster comments on current news stories and his investigations into the administration of justice in BC courts; the RCMP in need of guidelines for high speed chases. Brian Coxford and Webster discuss the case of a 19 year-old woman who was arrested and kept in jail on a failure to appear, which was erroneous. A report on "wasted" hospital beds, that is, the use of acute care beds being used for extended and chronic care patients; care of the aged; includes an interview with Margaret Woodward, Administrator, and Dr. John Fransen, Chief of Staff, both of Surrey Memorial Hospital. Phone in regarding callers' experiences with long term and elder care. Remarks on the United Way report on G.A.I.N. Brian Coxford interviews a former wife batterer. Heart Month; research; Dr. Sidney Katz. Producer Linda Dutka talks about tomorrow's guests.

CALL NUMBER: T0517:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-08-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Walter McNaughton (of the VGH Board of Trustees) discusses: background -- raised in Scotland, came to Canada with his wife in 1932, trained as a chartered accountant; his work history -- working in accounting firms and photographic businesses; retired in 1972; became involved with VGH in early '50s after election of Social Credit government; getting on to the Board of Trustees; first impression of Mr. Hickernell; committees he was on as Board member; disagreements on the Board; VGH's lack of funds. TRACK 2: Mr. McNaughton discusses: his relationship with Eric Martin, the Socred Health Minister; the Hamilton Report; make-up of the Board; civic politics and VGH; few changes in hospital administration while he was on the Board.

CALL NUMBER: T0517:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973-08-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. McNaughton discusses: the issue of hospital insurance; the change from VGH being a city hospital to a provincial hospital; out-patient department; problems with Mr. Hickernell; salary negotiations; VGH had poor public relations in the 1950s and '60s; Centennial Pavilion; Dr. McCreary story. TRACK 2: Mr. McNaughton: Mr. Weaver becomes Executive Director; Dr. Ranta's role; opinion of Loffmark, the minister of health after Martin; always wanted VGH to be a teaching hospital; nursing was often ignored; minutes at Board meetings. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T1675:0006 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Hydro electric power development in British Columbia, 1952-1972 PERIOD COVERED: 1952-1972 SUMMARY: Former Premier W.A.C. Bennett discusses the development of hydro electric power under his government. He is interviewed by Jack Webster of radio station CJOR. The program was broadcast on October 22, ;1976. Towards the end of the interview, the formation of the Bank of British Columbia and the Medical Services Plan of British Columbia are also discussed.;

CALL NUMBER: T1675:0007 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Health care in British Columbia PERIOD COVERED: 1952-1972 SUMMARY: Concluding part of interview with Jack Webster in which Bennett discusses his government's accomplishments in the field of medical care.;

The series consists of correspondence and subject files of the Director of the Tuberculosis Control Division created between 1940 and 1959. The Director's office was located at the Vancouver General Hospital.

In 1907 the British Columbia Anti-Tuberculosis Society built the Tranquille sanatorium for the care of persons afflicted with tuberculosis. The provincial government purchased the sanatorium in 1921 from the Society. This unit includes a small amount of material from the pre-1921 period (1908-1920).

This series includes records of the Anti-Tuberculosis Society, correspondence of the medical superintendent of Tranquille Sanatorium with his counterparts at many sanatoria in North America and with the Deputy Provincial Secretary. The reports of the Central Council of the Tuberculosis Division and the Coordinating Committee at Tranquille give a good picture of life in the institution, as does the file labelled "Pests". The lectures and examinations for student nurses give a useful view of the understanding and treatment of the disease. The unit also includes packages for various departmental conferences in the 1930s which show how the various branches of the Department of the Provincial Secretary were coordinated.

In 1958, when it was no longer required as a tuberculosis hospital, Tranquille was transferred to Mental Health Services.

CALL NUMBER: T4166:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The inside track, no. 79 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1984-03 SUMMARY: On the Toronto-produced radio show "The Inside Track", Grant Thomas Edwards talks about his work studying the medicinal practices of the Bella Coola Indians.

CALL NUMBER: T4166:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): The inside track, no. 80 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1984-04 SUMMARY: On the Toronto-produced radio show "The Inside Track", Grant Thomas Edwards talks about his work studying the medicinal practices of the Bella Coola Indians.;

CALL NUMBER: T4303:0220 SUMMARY: Another copy of the above.

CALL NUMBER: T4303:0256 SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. This program won the Peabody award; in 1980. "Peniel, the private ground of a cancer patient" is a radio feature set in the wards of the Cancer Control Agency of BC. This program won the Peabody award in 1980. Tapes T4303:0378 - 0382 comprise field recordings for this program.

CALL NUMBER: T4303:0220 SUMMARY: Another copy of the above.

SUMMARY: This is part of a group of recordings that document the day-to-day experience of various patients who are undergoing cancer treatment at a BC cancer clinic. They appear to be field recordings for the ;Hornby Collection documentary entitled "Peniel, The Private Ground of a Cancer Patient".;

The item is a video copy of a promotional film. The first part contains "The Good Life" about the economic and other benefits enjoyed by BC residents as a result of political leadership and industrial development in the province. Includes sequences on primary and secondary industries; the damming of the Columbia and Peace Rivers for hydro-electric power and flood control; expansion of highways; BC Ferries; tourism; assistance to homeowners; medical services; educational facilities; etc. Premier W.A.C. Bennett makes some brief prepared remarks at the film's beginning and end.

The second item on the tape is "Twenty great years in British Columbia" which is a review of industrial development and economic growth in the province under the Social Credit government of W.A.C. Bennett, 1952-72, and an outline of the measures planned in its 1972 budget. Beginning with a review of BC's economic situation in 1951-52, the film shows how Social Credit policies encouraged development through improved highways, the BC Ferry system, the encouragement of tourism, the extension of the PGE Railway and the construction of power projects on the Peace and Columbia Rivers. The planned expenditures and priorities of the 1972 budget are illustrated.

Out-takes. The economic and other benefits enjoyed by BC residents as a result of political leadership and industrial development in the province. Includes sequences on primary and secondary industries; the damming of the Columbia and Peace Rivers for hydro-electric power and flood control; expansion of highways; BC Ferries; tourism; assistance to homeowners; medical services; educational facilities; etc. Premier W.A.C. Bennett makes some brief prepared remarks at the beginning and end of the film.

Promotional film. The economic and other benefits enjoyed by BC residents as a result of political leadership and industrial development in the province. Includes sequences on primary and secondary industries; the damming of the Columbia and Peace Rivers for hydro-electric power and flood control; expansion of highways; BC Ferries; tourism; assistance to homeowners; medical services; educational facilities; etc. Premier W.A.C. Bennett makes some brief prepared remarks at the film's beginning and end.

The British Columbia Health Insurance Act, 1936. i, 53 p, figs. Thesis (M.D.), University of British Columbia, 1967. Bibliography: p 50-53.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Revelstoke Hospital (Queen Victoria Hospital) and Revelstoke ca. 1913 RECORDED: Revelstoke (B.C.), 1975-03-10 SUMMARY: Personal information; nurse's training in Alberta; description of Queen Victoria Hospital in 1913; duties as a nurse; injuries handled; hospital fees; hospital insurance plan; doctors; duties of the matron; trip on a paddleboat; incidents; hospital in Arrowhead; Workmen's Compensation; Revelstoke's nurses training school; medical equipment and techniques; post office robbery; Chase Hospital; Revelstoke in 1913; more on the hospital.

This series consists of records of the 1990-1991 Royal Commission on Health Care and Costs. The members of the commission were Mr. Justice Peter D. Seaton (chair), Robert G. Evans, Marguerite G. Ford, Kenneth J. Fyke, David R. Sinclair, and William A. Webber. The commission's mandate was to inquire into and report upon health care and costs in British Columbia. The terms of reference included the examination of the structure, organization, management and mandate of the health care system; of the utilization, appropriateness and efficacy of health care services; of the costs associated with each of the system's major elements; of the physician, nursing and other health care professional manpower requirements; of the opportunities for public health improvement through health promotion; and of existing legislation. The commission's activities included twelve weeks of public hearings held in communities throughout the province between November 1990 and March 1991, public meetings with commissioners held in various smaller communities not holding public hearings, research carried out by commission staff and by contract, the receipt of both oral and written submissions, public information hearings held in Victoria 20-22 June 1990, the preparation and dissemination of health care issue papers, and the preparation and publication of an interim report "A Great System, But...: What you told the British Columbia Royal Commission on Health Care and Costs" and a final report in three volumes "Closer to Home". Records include submissions, records of hearings, executive summaries, staff files, administrative files, press clippings, and contract research reports.

The commission was established under the Inquiry Act by OiC 370/1990, amended by OiC 1697/1990 to add Webber, and amended again by OiC 1190/1991 to extend the report deadline to November 1, 1991.

CALL NUMBER: T2012:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Aid to the handicapped PERIOD COVERED: 1914-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-02-25 SUMMARY: TRACKS 1 & 2?: Personal background; came to Montreal in 1914, Toronto in 1920, Vancouver in 1927, Hamilton in 1932, Toronto again in 1934 and Vancouver again in 1942. Early education including business courses; working in the business world; working with war service committee from 1940 to 1944; set up first Red Cross unit in church setting; West Vancouver war service committee; encountered working with the handicapped for the first time; started war service committee 1944 to 1946; national employment service contacts; work with handicapped civilians; went to council for the guidance of handicapped from 1946; evolution of the Council for the Guidance of the Handicapped; Vancouver group formed about 1943; Guidance for the Handicapped Council chartered 1946; definition of handicapped person, rehabilitation, community councils and organisations; objectives of the Council for the Handicapped; structure of the council; involvement with the Community Chest and Councils 1952; move to social planning; move to consider whole province, not just Vancouver; objectives. CALL NUMBER: T2012:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Aid to the handicapped PERIOD COVERED: 1945-1976 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-02-25 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Change from city to provincial focus; problems that still needed to be solved; SPARC dealt mainly with health and the aged. Council projects: handicapped day at the PNE; scope and limitations; of agency services; registration of handicapped persons to identify their needs; retail outlet for home handicrafts; problems encountered by the handicapped; by-laws, etc.; public educational meetings; collecting material for workshop use; publicity; consulting services; newsletters; yearly boat trips; indoor sports club. The briefs and the studies conducted by the Council: architectural barriers; to the handicapped; vocational rehabilitation/service coordination; vocational training/placement of blind students; camping program; study for city centre for the handicapped; consulting committee on vocational rehabilitation; screening applicants (until C.E. Bradbury took over provincially, 1958); adult hearing centre; report on advancement for the deaf; study of disabled allowance; educational and vocational needs of the handicapped; employment of the handicapped; social and employment problems of epileptics. In 1956, dealt with the gasoline tax and motor vehicle taxes (law passed in 1959); report on health services, 1961; reviewed report on neurological facilities. 1965 was the 21st year of the Council. TRACK 2: Reference to the brief that Rhona has compiled over the last 30 years on the history of the Council; brief on handicapped housing ; guide for handicapped housing, resulting in facilities in public buildings; world conference in London, 1957; recreation, working closely with Parks Board; adult handicapped registry expanded in 1960; the basis of voluntary organizations. Projects that the council is still trying to solidify: film on architectural barriers; handicapped housing; brief on orthotics, prostheses, etc.; services directory; vocational needs study re: sheltered workshops and homecrafts. Elements of rehabilitation. Member of the Order of Canada. Closing.

This series consists of responses to the Royal Commission on Health Care from the Royal Commission Response Office of the Ministry of Health, 1979-1992.

The series includes records received from various healthcare related associations and organizations, such as hospitals, nurses, midwives, acupuncturists, podiatrists, optometrists and others. These include their submissions to the Commission, responses to the Commission’s final report or general information about the professions and issues impacting their work.

Records created by the Ministry address specific recommendations from the Commission to improve Ministry of Health policies and practices. Issues were divided into the following working groups:

Working group 1 (W1): better management
Working group 2 (W2): regionalization
Working group 3 (W3): governance of professions & financing

These files include correspondence, reports, planning documents, policy documents, meeting minutes, statistics, maps, journal articles, newspaper clippings, work plans, and agendas. Issues addressed in the file include managing health information, immunization, sexually transmitted diseases, and healthcare regionalization and governance models. Records culminated in responses to the Commission’s recommendations and a series of discussion papers.

Note that some files have been removed by the Ministry for tobacco litigation.

The series consists of the records of the Provincial Health Officer from 1984-1988 and 1997-2010. These records are arranged into subseries for each Provincial Health Officer.

Subseries 1 is the records of H.M. Richards, Provincial Health Officer from approximately 1981 to 1993, though records only cover the dates 1984-1988. Richards had previously been the Assistant Deputy Minister, Preventative Services. Records may also be those of Ron de Burger the later, Assistant Deputy Minister, Preventative services and Robert Fisk, Acting Provincial Health Officer.

The majority of records relate to epidemiology, AIDS and tuberculosis. Records include correspondence, including letters from concerned members of the public and interest groups, draft and final copies of educational material and pamphlets, reference material, and reports.

Subseries 2 is the records of Dr. Perry Kendall, who served as the Provincial Health Officer from 1999-2018. The series consists largely of news releases, correspondence, annual reports, presentations, and notes dating from 1997 to 2010. The series includes records that address the health of the province’s aboriginal population, air quality, fall prevention for the elderly, infant mortality, teenage obesity and activity levels, teenagers’ sex education, and a provincial drug strategy. The series also consists of a VHS recording of Dr. Kendall at a December 15, 2004 press event, as well as a DVD and audio dubbing master for the short informative film “Step by Step : preventing falls among the elderly.”

The records in subseries 2 are arranged by project and were originally housed in file folders within expandable project folders. Files have been removed from the expandable folders due to over-stuffing, however, the first half of each file title reflects the title of the expandable file.

Dr. Richard Gordon Foulkes was appointed as a Special Consultant to the Minister of Health in 1973. His terms of reference were "to present recommendations which could lead to a rationalization of health care services of the Province".

The files include working papers (produced by other researchers), subject files of Dr. Foulkes, and published material gathered by Dr. Foulkes. The published material includes the 1946 Plan of Medical Services in B.C. by the Rockefeller Foundation.

Access to these records will be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The working papers and the published material do not contain any restricted material.

Series 1 - Working papers

Series 2 - Subject files

Series 3 - Published material