Mining for Miracles, the BC mining industry’s long-standing fundraising campaign for BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, is raising $3.385M to establish the BC Children’s Hospital Cellular and Regenerative Medicine Centre (CRMC). The first of its kind in Western Canada, the CRMC will give clinicians at BC Children’s the tools to better understand the genetic cause of heart arrhythmias so they can provide the best possible care to children in BC. It will result in improved diagnoses, identification of optimal treatments, and potentially, cures—improving and saving the lives of children across the province and beyond. In the future, the CRMC may also be used to provide answers for the thousands of children living with other conditions, like diabetes, cancer, bowel disease, and epilepsy. 

The country’s first 3D endoscopic system for high-precision head and neck surgeries at BC Children’s provides surgeons here with never-before-seen 3D views during procedures. With this technology, made possible through the support of Hollyburn Properties, these experts will now have a level of visual detail and clarity of the delicate parts of the body they’re operating on, as well as the entire surgical site, that they didn’t have before.

The holiday season has arrived—and along with it, numerous kids’ activities, gift-buying and hectic schedules that often come with the season. To help you and the kids in your life navigate this busy season, we’ve curated a handful of mindfulness tips.

Today, BC Children’s Hospital Foundation announces its accreditation under Imagine Canada’s national Standards Program. This achievement is awarded to Canadian charities and non-profits successfully demonstrating practices that reflect integrity and build public trust.

Over 380 guests at BC Children’s Hospital Foundation’s 33rd Annual Crystal Ball Gala, presented by Nicola Wealth, raised over $3.8 million and counting, to equip the hospital with its first suite of Next Generation Technologies. over 380 guests at BC Children’s Hospital Foundation’s 33rd Annual Crystal Ball Gala, presented by Nicola Wealth, raised over $3.8 million and counting.

The next revolution in personalized medicine Imagine that, in the months after your child is born, they don’t hit any of the usual developmental milestones, like rolling over or crawling. As time passes, your fears start to mount as your child begins to suffer from more debilitating symptoms, such as seizures and vision loss.

When a child receives a cochlear implant—an electronic device implanted in the inner ear that allows them to hear—they need to have it reprogrammed regularly to ensure it’s working optimally. This requires several visits each year to BC Children’s, the only place in the province able to perform the procedure. For kids and families who don’t live close by, this can be time-consuming, expensive and stressful. There’s now a better option for those who live in Prince George, an 8.5-hour drive away.

An asthma diagnosis can be overwhelming. While there is no cure, symptoms can be managed with proper care—which families get a crash course in once diagnosed. But still, many parents worry that they won’t be prepared to recognize or manage an asthma attack when it happens.

Amblyopia, or lazy eye, is the most common visual impairment in kids. It’s long been defined as a condition that affects just one eye, occurring when the brain favours one, which causes the other to weaken.

We are so grateful for the immense generosity of an anonymous donor’s recent gift of over $1 million that brought a new neuronavigational system to BC Children’s.