Our Division
Governance and Leadership
The Victoria Division is a member-driven organization that supports and advocates for family physicians. We bring physicians together to foster an engaged community, provide professional support, and co-create and co-lead meaningful change in our community. All local family medicine-trained physicians from all work settings are welcome to join the Division.
Happy Doctors, Healthy Communities.
Our mission reinforces that well-supported family doctors are foundational for healthy communities and doctors’ ability to provide excellent primary care to patients. A happy doctor in this context is a physician who is fulfilled and re-committed to their work because they are supported, healthy, valued, and empowered. Patients are at the centre of the healthcare system and continue to be the ultimate focus of our work.
Family medicine in Victoria is fulfilling, sustainable, and attractive to all family medicine-trained physicians in their various roles.
- Affirming the value of all physicians trained in family medicine by amplifying their voice and experience.
- Committing to being respectful, equitable, and inclusive.
- Ensuring our work is member-driven in response to local concerns.
- Engaging with interest holders to effect needed change at a community and systems level.
- Executing innovative solutions grounded in practice- and research-based evidence.
The 2024-25 work plan reflects two priorities to achieve our vision:
- Build physician community
- Strengthen family doctors’ ability to meet their patients’ needs
View our work plan here.
Distinct Purposes of BC’s Health Care Organizations
A who’s who for family doctors
Do you have questions for the Division? Please contact [email protected]
- Find out more about the Victoria Division’s elections and Annual General Meeting.
- View our current bylaws. Read other policies on our member involvement page.
Board of Directors 2023-24
Send Your Feedback to the Board of Directors
The Board of Directors needs your feedback on Division priorities, programs, activities, and events. You can contact any director by emailing [email protected]. Or join a Beer Banter with the Board to connect directly!
Consider Joining the Board
We always want to hear from members who are interested in a director role. Read our board director FAQ and email [email protected] to speak with a director or with our Executive Director Catriona Park.
Our Impact
The Victoria Division of Family Practice is working to better support family medicine-trained physicians in their various roles and their patients.
- Click here to read our 2023-24 Impact Report
- Click here to view our 2024-25 work plan
- Click here to read our 2022-23 Impact Report
- Click here to read our 2021-22 Impact Report
- Click here to read our 2020-21 Impact Report
- Click here to read our 2019-2020 Impact Report
- Click here to view our 2018-2019 Impact Report
“The Division has become an entity that physicians could not do without: This kind of support, forum and voice is what family physicians deserve.”
– DR AARON CHILDS
Read what former board members said at our 10-year anniversary about the Victoria Division’s progress.
The Victoria Collaborative Services Committee (CSC) is the vehicle through which Victoria family physicians, represented by the Victoria Division, collaborate with partners in the local primary care system, including Island Health, our Indigenous partners and the Family Practice Services Committee (FPSC), a partnership between Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health.
