The Victoria Hospitals Foundation (VHF) works in partnership with Island Health to enable donations to every area of care at Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria General Hospital, and the Gorge Road Health Centre. As Island Health’s charitable partner, we raise donations for medical equipment, special projects, education, and research. As a registered charity, our charitable registration number is: 10793 5637 RR0001.

In 2023/24, over $15.4 million was raised to support our hospitals, including gifts from over 6,600 donors. Since 1989, the Victoria Hospitals Foundation has raised more than $209 million to benefit our hospitals. Our community has generously funded thousands of pieces of urgently needed medical equipment and special projects to help these hospitals provide care to all 885,000+ residents of Vancouver Island.

Funding interests

Award types

Health Professional-Investigator


Research interests

The Victoria Hospitals Foundation is interested in funding research that has an impact on health care on Southern Vancouver Island. Researchers must have some form of affiliation with Island Health.

Awards

2020

Recipient

Laura Cowen

Award type

COVID-19 Research Response Fund


Project title

Managing the Risks of Future BC COVID-19 Outbreaks Using Mathematical and Statistical Modelling