Sunshine Coast Division of Family Practice

05/01/2026

On National Physicians' Day, we want to recognize all physicians for the invaluable contributions they provide to patients on the lower Sunshine Coast. We see you, and we thank you!

01/29/2026

📍UPDATE – Outlook Email Outage

Thursday, January 29, 2026 – 9:15 AM

Our Outlook email account appears to be up and functioning again. If you previously sent an email and it was returned as undeliverable, please re‑send your message.

Thank you for your patience.

01/14/2026

My Tween and Me

A Free 8-Week Program for Parents & Tweens

Join the Sunshine Coast Community Services Society for a fun, supportive program designed to strengthen communication, confidence, and connection between parents and their pre-teens. Each week includes guided activities, meaningful conversations, and time to learn and grow together. Get ready to build healthy tools for communication, promote strong self-esteem, and navigate through the tween years.

A Free 8-Week Program for Parents & Tweens!

Join us for a fun, supportive program designed to strengthen communication, confidence, and connection between parents and their pre-teens. Each week includes guided activities, meaningful conversations, and time to learn and grow together.

Get ready to build healthy tools for communication, promote strong self-esteem, and navigate through the tween years.

WHEN
Tuesdays | January 20th - March 10th, 2026
6:00pm - 8:00pm (dinner included!)

WHERE
Gibsons & Area Community Centre
700 Park Road, Gibsons

COST
Free event - Registration required!

Register with CCRR
Phone: 604-885-5657
E-mail: coastccrr@sccss.ca

www.sccss.ca/events

01/08/2026

Looking for short-term rental for UBC Rural Family Practice Resident who will be completing a rural placement in Gibsons from July 1st, 2026 - October 18th, 2026. Send details to info@scdivision.ca

12/22/2025

Happy Holidays from the Sunshine Coast Division of Family Practice & Sunshine Coast Primary Care Network🎄

12/19/2025

12/17/2025

Yummy holiday deliveries to Family Physician's, Nurse Practitioner's and Specialist clinics!

Thank you Good Friday Cheese for the beautiful grazing platters 🎄

12/02/2025

New Family Physician Joining the Pender Harbour Health Center!!🎉

New Physician Joining PHHC

The Pender Harbour Health Centre would like the community to join us in welcoming a new physician to the Health Centre team. Dr Derek Williams will be joining the Health Centre in early January 2026 and will be attaching local patients from the provincial Health Connect Registry.

Dr Williams is joining us from Montana in the US and has been practicing medicine for 25 years. During this time, he also served as a medical doctor for the US Army in the Middle East and South West Asia. Dr Williams brings many years of experience and knowledge to the Health Centre team, and we are excited to partner with him as he builds his practice on the Sunshine Coast.

Outside of work, Dr Williams is married to “the nicest woman he knows” and is the father to three grown children. When not working, Dr Williams can be found wing foiling, skiing, fishing, or spending time in nature. With access to nature right on our doorstep, we are sure Dr Williams will enjoy living and working in Pender Harbour and the Sunshine Coast.

The Pender Harbour Health Centre Board, staff and patients would like to extend our warm welcome to Dr Williams and his wife and we thank them both for choosing the Health Centre and the Sunshine Coast as a place to practice medicine and call home.

There is no need to call the Health Centre to get attached to Dr Williams. Patients will be attached to Dr Williams and the Pender Harbour Health Centre through the provincial Health Connect Registry. In December, those patients who have been attached to Dr Williams will be sent a letter and encouraged to make an appointment with Dr Williams in January. If you do not have a physician and are not on the provincial registry, we encourage you to sign up at https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/find-care/health-connect-registry

If you have questions, we encourage you to reach out to Nick Gaskin our Executive Director at nick.gaskin@penderharbourhealth.com.

Pictured: Dr Derek Williams, Family Physician and Nick Gaskin, PHHC Executive Director .

11/11/2025

We remember

Our office will be closed Tuesday, November 11th in observance of Remembrance Day

09/29/2025

On September 30th, we encourage everyone to wear Orange to remember and honour Indigenous children who attended Residential Schools

We are proud to acknowledge in support of First Nations communities

Shishálh Nation

09/26/2025

09/04/2025

Exciting news! Foundry Sunshine Coast has a home! We’re thrilled to share that Foundry Sunshine Coast has officially found its location. Our new centre will be right in the heart of downtown Sechelt, in the former Bank of Montreal building at the corner of Wharf Avenue and Cowrie Street.

Foundry is a safe, youth-friendly space where young people ages 12–24 can access mental health care, physical health care, peer support, and work and education support – all under one roof. While our physical doors aren’t open yet, youth and families can already connect with Foundry BC’s virtual services through the Foundry BC app, available now on the Apple App Store and Google Play.

Pictured here are Foundry Manager Myriam Juda and Nievelina Carmona, Indigenous Youth and Caregiver Engagement Facilitator (along with SCCSS unofficial mascot Ruby), outside the new location.

To celebrate this milestone, we’ll be hosting a “We’ve got a spot” site celebration in September – stay tuned for all the details!