iCON Chinese Healthy Lifestyle Changes Workshop
Upcoming workshop for Chinese-speaking community on March 2nd focuses on tips for exercise, nutrition, and stress management.
Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Cardiovascular Health forum in Kamloops, October 21
The interCultural Online Health Network (iCON) project presents a FREE public health forum in Punjabi entitled Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Cardiovascular Health. This event is produced by the eHealth Strategy Office in partnership with health and community organizations. The purpose of this forum is to help change and support the behaviors and […]
Health Fair 2012 attracts Chinese-speaking community to iCON event on Understanding Stroke
This past weekend, our interCultural Online Health Network (iCON) project was proud to be a part of Health Fair BC, an event for the Chinese-speaking community that saw many people come for lectures, exhibits and free health tests, sponsored by social service agency S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Filling the Wosk auditorium at the Jewish Community Centre, attendees of the […]
iCON Featured on Fairchild TV’s Leisure Talk
Prior to the Understanding Stroke event at the Jewish Community Center on September 30, eHealth Strategy Office Director Kendall Ho and iCON Chinese Medical Director Barbara Ho, stopped by Leisure Talk (大城小聚) on Fairchild TV to discuss the interCultural Online Health Network and the upcoming event. Check it out!
Recruiting participants for Diabetes Self-Management Study
DAWN: Development of Online Solutions to Optimize Diabetes Self-Care is a project under the interCultural Online Health Network (iCON) that aims to evaluate and develop online resources in order to provide culturally appropriate educational materials on diabetes care for multicultural communities. This project will study how multigenerational Chinese and South Asian families use online health […]
iCON profiled in Cultures West
The iCON project has been profiled in the latest edition of Cultures West the quarterly magazine of AMSSA (the Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies). The summer 2012 edition explores issues faced by immigrant and refugee seniors, and showcases various resources and programs around the province. Cultures West is available in print or online. […]
Diabetes Prevention and Management Workshop in Guangzhou, China
On March 25, 2012, eHealth Strategy Office, in partnership with the Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, successfully hosted “Diabetes Prevention and Management: Exploratory Workshop through Western and Eastern Medicine” workshop in Guangzhou, China. Together with renowned medical experts and doctors from Canada and Guangzhou china, we explored diabetes prevention and self-management methods through both perspectives of […]
iCON (interCultural Online Health Network) at the Surrey Vaisakhi Parade on Saturday, April 21st
iCON for the first time, hosted a booth at this years Surrey Vaisakhi Parade. The day was a great success! The booth was visited by a continous stream of people. We were particularly delighted to have a special visit from the Minister of Health, Michael de Jong, who recently announced the continued support of iCON with […]