Creekstone Press

Creekstone Press Publications

Front Lines: Portraits of Caregivers in Northern British Columbia

By Sarah de Leeuw, Photographer Tim Swanky

Description: Hard cover edition with dust jacket, 40 essays and full colour portraits, 11'X 12", 104 pages on coated FSC stock

ISBN: 978-0-9783195-4-0

Price: $ 32

On these pages you will meet doctors whose insights into rural medicine have won them national awards, nurses who embody the concept of cultural competence and social workers who restore pride and meaning to lives shattered by residential schools, alcohol, drugs and mental illness. There are general practitioners with specialities in oncology, palliative care and HIV/AIDS, a dispensing optician who sees life through a variety of lenses and a pharmacist who incorporates homeopathy into her practice.

And you will travel…from the shores of Haida Gwaii east to the Robson Valley, from Vanderhoof, at the geographical centre of the province, to Dease Lake on its northern border. In each locale we learn how place and people influence practice and how individual caregivers try to right imbalances in health care resources and access.

All this in a book of sumptuous design with beautiful images of extraordinary people in extraordinary landscapes.

Front Lines is a celebration of innovation, an invitation to those interested in designing care appropriate to different cultures and difficult geographies and, finally, it is a tribute to those who are leading the way.

To see UNBC’s Northern Medical Program’s feature page and the photos click here.

You can also read the essay about Dr. Tammy Attia at Health Match BC. Watch this site for further photos and essays.

Read excerpts from Front Lines: Portraits of Caregivers in Northern British Columbia

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Earla Legault:

"I wanted to tell you how much my family is enjoying Front Lines: Portraits of Caregivers in Northern British Columbia. My mother is 76 years old with a heart that…"
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Sheila Gardezi of BCBusinessBeat.com:

"Story-telling shines through in portraits of northern caregivers…If Northern BC’s healthcare system needs recruitment, officials could consider getting a copy of Front Lines: Portraits of Caregivers in Northern British Columbia…"
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Christine Skorepa, Prince George Citizen:

"Sarah de Leeuw is the author of Front Lines, Portrait of Caregivers in Northern British Columbia. To know people are inspired into action by the landscape of Northern British Columbia…"
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Chris Stanford, eVent Magazine:

"By his own estimation, Kelowna-based photographer Tim Swanky travelled at least 20,000 km. by road to get to his subjects for the book Front Lines – Portraits of Caregivers in…"
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Catherine Baylis, M.Ed. Anishinaabe. Former Executive Director Positive Living North:

"Storytelling is an ancient art, and since time immemorial the sharing of our stories has been fundamental to building relationships and community. With the stories in Front Lines, Sarah de…"
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David Bowering, Chief Medical Officer for Northern Health:

"I started coming to northern BC to work in the early 1960s and have always felt like a man stumbling on a well kept secret. This region is ideal for…"
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Betsy Trumpener, award wining journalist and author of The Butcher of Penetang:

"Never mind the diagnostic wizardry on the TV medical drama, House. Turn off the small-screen passions of Grey’s Anatomy‘s hospital staff. Instead, settle down and crack open Front Lines. You’ll…"
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Shelagh Rogers, Order of Canada. Host and Producer, The Next Chapter, CBC Radio One:

"There’s an old writers’ adage that it’s hard to write about people who are good, because there is no conflict. But in remote parts of our country, there are, by…"
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