Vanessa Brcic

Family Doctor, Somatic therapist, SDOH Researcher, Wilderness lover, Board Member @BasicsforHealth @CdnDrs4Medicare, Research Associate @CCPA_BC, Tweets my own.

[Dr. Rita McCracken, MD, PhD (she/her) @DrRitaMc]

To all the white, male + >50 yo candidates

THANKS for all you have contributed!

now, pls consider

LEANING OUT
to
make space for
women & indigenous, black + other POC

with sponsorship+vocal support

@EqualVoiceCA
@blackdocscanada @bmsacanada
https://t.co/2zTXORYmsA

[BasicsforHealth @BasicsforHealth]

Thanks @TheTyee for amplifying our call for a #covid19bc pandemic recovery task force for kids. Kids are sacrificing a lot and many are falling behind. @jjhorgan this can't wait. @FirstCallBC #bcpoli https://t.co/Wh19IapFv6

[Vanessa Brcic @vanessabrcic]

Don't forget about kids! Thanks to Drs Kobor, Schmidt, Loock, and @FirstCallBC for speaking up about the ask for an urgent kids' action plan in the #COVID19 recovery. Mental health and disparities are having a big impact. We must act now & together #bcpoli https://t.co/l07okaa1WF

[People First Radio @peoplefirstrad]

listen | https://t.co/j2byGKb9yx | #lifeduringcovid #lifeduringcovid19 #lifeaftercovid #lifeaftercovid19 #wellbeing #wellness #pandemic #Canada #publichealth #healthinallpolicies #sdoh @vanessabrcic

[Benoit-Antoine Bacon @ubcprez]

Nathania Ko, Madison Dartana, and Hayley Farenholtz; UBC harp students of Elizabeth Volpé Bligh play Sleep soon ida moarnin by Janet Witman for the #SongsofComfort Project.

[Vanessa Brcic @vanessabrcic]

@NeeshaInBC @TheTyee @NeeshaInBC thanks for this. Awareness of structural violence and ongoing colonization caused me to ask “What is making people sick? Who is falling through the cracks and suffering health consequences as a result? Who is being marginalized by systems set up to fail them?”

[Vanessa Brcic @vanessabrcic]

#COVID19 is forcing us to pay attention to #sdoh and #inequities. In #cdnpoli we are on a fast-track to Health in All Policies. Let’s keep up the momentum. #UBI #HiAP @BasicsforHealth @PovReductionBC https://t.co/qjvIBcxB0h

[Vanessa Brcic @vanessabrcic]

@_JanByrd @ptsafety_sandi @MisfeldtRenee @CHSPR Looking forward to sharing the results of my MSc thesis work that describes how safety should also include decolonizing and trauma informed approaches - then we will be closer to your goal. 👍

[Vanessa Brcic @vanessabrcic]

Anyone read Brian Day’s Editorial in the BCMJ last month? We did. Here’s our reply. Re: A constitutional solution for an ailing health system? https://t.co/OoXiBFkRSQ via @bcmj #CHSPR2020 @CdnDrs4Medicare

[Vanessa Brcic @vanessabrcic]

A good take-home reference on the Cambie trial by @karenpalmeryvr #CHSPR2020

[Karen S. Palmer @karenpalmeryvr]

Canadian health care on trial: How a BC court case could change Canada's health care system. #bcpoli #cdnpoli #bchealth #cdnhealth

https://t.co/NR3rlU713l

[Vanessa Brcic @vanessabrcic]

Uncertainty is contrary to the culture of medicine: complex new landscapes for doctors and patients. https://t.co/IVjJM1dmg1 #CDNhealth

[Vanessa Brcic @vanessabrcic]

Taking Care of the Physician is "less the individual doctor’s health habits, and more the medical system that is hurting us all" https://t.co/r27eZ2JOfT @BCCFP #SDOH #cdnhealth

[Vanessa Brcic @vanessabrcic]

Great discussion on primary care #Action4ACEs. Key point: need trust, appropriate f/u & long term relationships to safely open the Pandora's box of ACEs screening or history taking.

[Vanessa Brcic @vanessabrcic]

Can healh care fund sufficient #Action4ACEs when it is essentially trying to fill a huge gap left by a society that promotes socio-economic inequity, isolation and self-sufficiency rather than mutual support through injustice, grief and suffering?

[Vanessa Brcic @vanessabrcic]

3/3 Medical care can be reductionist, pathologizing, retraumatizing. Need more time, not FFS, to build safety & relationships. #Action4ACEs

[Vanessa Brcic @vanessabrcic]

2/3 Ongoing structural violence & chronic stress perpetuate trauma & stress response. Need #SDOH support & poverty reduction in #Action4ACEs

[Vanessa Brcic @vanessabrcic]

1/3 Trauma lives in the body & preverbal trauma is not accessible through talk therapy/ CBT. Somatic modalities critical in #action4ACEs

[YES! Magazine @yesmagazine]

Back in the 1990s, Alaska Natives faced a dental health crisis. Here's how they fixed it. https://t.co/qldwDoLWtd @Surdna_Fndn

[Vanessa Brcic @vanessabrcic]

Refocusing debate on #Taxfairness of individual vs family incomes seems more important than debating fairness of income sprinkling. https://t.co/FLWTAeU81i

[Macdonald-Laurier Institute @MLInstitute]

Government should adopt principle of family-based taxation: @Sean_Speer for #InsidePolicy

https://t.co/ydC6Ay5m1b

[Renee Fernandez, MD @DrRFernandez]

Social determinants of health. Part of the job for family doctors. @divisionsbc_KB @vanessabrcic https://t.co/EJ7YGaRp7S