
How the UBC Thunderbirds and Hope and Health are changing the lives of Indigenous children in BC
VANCOUVER, BC – Bill Yoachim, Deanna Gill-Georgica and Ed Georgica sat at a Christmas party in 2010. Drinks in hand, the three began chatting. The three had recently become connected. Gill-Georgica, a consultant by trade, had taken on work for Yoachim’s Kw’umut Lelum Family and Child Services Agency, a child protective service agency headquartered in Nanaimo, BC. Ed had recently joined the Vancouver Whitecaps of … Continue reading How the UBC Thunderbirds and Hope and Health are changing the lives of Indigenous children in BC