Canada’s most vulnerable citizens to get better access to healthcare with national program
September 24 2018 - 10:42AM
On Wednesday, September 26, 2018 in downtown Vancouver’s Thornton
Park, TELUS President & CEO, Darren Entwistle, along with
community partners, will officially announce a national healthcare
program to provide greater access to primary healthcare across the
country for vulnerable Canadians. Details below.
What: |
National Canadian Healthcare Announcement |
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Media interviews and photo opportunities |
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Onsite demonstration |
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Who: |
Photo opportunities and interviews: |
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Darren Entwistle, President & CEO, TELUS |
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Dr. Patricia Daly, Chief Medical Health Officer, Vancouver
Coastal Health |
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Barbara Grantham, President & CEO, VGH & UBC Hospital
Foundation |
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Juggy Sihota, Vice President, TELUS Health |
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Jill Schnarr, Vice President, Corporate Citizenship &
Communications, |
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Community Investment, TELUS |
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When: |
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 |
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9:30 a.m. PT – Event start |
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10:00 a.m. PT - Welcome remarks - Jill Schnarr |
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10:05 a.m. PT - Announcement - Darren Entwistle |
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10:10 a.m. PT - Speaker remarks - Dr. Patricia Daly; Barbara
Grantham, Juggy Sihota |
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10:25 a.m. PT - Onsite demo |
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11:00 a.m. PT - Event end |
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Where: |
Thornton Park |
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1166 Main
Street |
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Vancouver,
BC |
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North-East
side of the park, off National Street |
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Follow the conversation on Twitter at @TELUSNews and @TELUS.
*Media are encouraged to request and coordinate
interviews in advance.
About TELUSTELUS (TSX: T, NYSE: TU) is Canada’s
fastest-growing national telecommunications company, with $13.6
billion of annual revenue and 13.1 million subscriber connections,
including 8.9 million wireless subscribers, 1.8 million high-speed
Internet subscribers, 1.3 million residential network access lines
and 1.1 million TELUS TV customers. TELUS provides a wide range of
communications products and services, including wireless, data,
Internet protocol (IP), voice, television, entertainment, video and
home security. TELUS is also Canada's largest healthcare IT
provider, and TELUS International delivers business process
solutions around the globe.
In support of our philosophy to give where we live, TELUS, our
team members and retirees have contributed over $525 million to
charitable and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered more
than 8.7 million hours of service to local communities since 2000.
Created in 2005 by President and CEO Darren Entwistle, TELUS’ 13
Canadian community boards and 5 International boards have led the
Company’s support of grassroots charities and have contributed more
than $67 million in support of 6,283 local charitable projects,
enriching the lives of more than 2 million children and youth,
annually. TELUS was honoured to be named the most outstanding
philanthropic corporation globally for 2010 by the Association of
Fundraising Professionals, becoming the first Canadian company to
receive this prestigious international recognition. For more
information about TELUS, please visit telus.com.
For more information, please contact:Jill
YetmanTELUS Social and Media Relationsjill.yetman@telus.com
416-992-2639
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