Dr. Doug Player10 hours ago6 minCrisis = OpportunityThe pandemic has been revealing in BC. It clearly showed that our long-term care practices needed reform. Everything from how many reside...
Dr. Doug Player3 days ago4 minWritten Seven Years Ago; Relevant TodayThe mask issue demonstrates that School Boards seem to be missing in action during this pandemic. I wrote this piece seven years ago in a...
Dr. Doug Player6 days ago4 minR-E-S-P-E-C-T!This weekend we learned that the variant has arrived in our schools. In fact, it has been here for three weeks and is rampant in Surrey s...
Dr. Doug PlayerFeb 154 minJust AskingOn Thursday we registered sixty exposure letters and several multiple exposures in schools. Hollyburn Elementary School, from my old dist...
Dr. Doug PlayerFeb 43 minThere Is No Cure For StupidI sit in disbelief at the news conference just held to announce ‘enhanced’ safety measures in schools. Rather than increasing the mask ma...
Dr. Doug PlayerFeb 14 minReality Is Upon US!The following report is out tonight: “Garibaldi Secondary in Maple Ridge SD#42 exposure from Jan 18th and 19th has confirmed that the ind...
Dr. Doug PlayerJan 255 minMoral OutrageI have resisted writing since school started in January thinking, perhaps just hoping, we might see the Government and the PHO make some ...
Dr. Doug PlayerJan 34 minIgnorance or ArroganceOn New Year’s eve, the PHO issued an order that stopped all alcohol sales at eight o’clock that evening. The order was in effect for that...
Dr. Doug PlayerDec 18, 20204 minChristmas WishesAs schools break for Christmas let us consider what we have learned about how we are dealing with the pandemic in BC. First, we are in te...
Dr. Doug PlayerDec 9, 20204 minWhat A Mess!When it comes to the pandemic, British Columbia is in a mess. Yesterday we had 566 new cases and we had 16 more deaths. We only tested 6,...
Dr. Doug PlayerDec 3, 20205 minWhat Was That?In yesterday’s briefing Marcella Bernardo asked a excellent question of the PHO. She indicated many parents and educators were asking the...
Dr. Doug PlayerNov 29, 20202 minA Scandalous Cry For Help!!!I received this tonight. It makes me angry, sad and frustrated. It also supports everything I wrote in my open letter to the Minister. I...
Dr. Doug PlayerNov 28, 20205 minAn Open Letter to the BC Minister of EducationDear Minister Congratulations on your appointment to the B.C. cabinet. You have assumed a challenging role in what I consider to be the m...
Dr. Doug PlayerNov 24, 20204 minA Travesty!Let’s talk about schools which our PHO says are safe for children. She bases this statement on the following: 1) There are layers of prot...
Dr. Doug PlayerNov 15, 20205 minReality Strikes!On Monday three schools will be closed for two weeks. One in Surrey, one in Delta and one in New Westminster. Even worse, we have a belov...
Dr. Doug PlayerNov 6, 20205 minTwo Months In; Reset The School PlanTwo weeks have past since the BC election and the NDP has a solid majority. Now the hard work begins and there is no bigger priority than...
Dr. Doug PlayerOct 7, 20204 minLocal Leaders Step Up; Support The Parent InitiativeThere is something systemically wrong in the PHO and it is being illuminated by the dedication and commitment of the Caulfeild parents in...
Dr. Doug PlayerSep 24, 20207 minIn Search of LeadershipLet me begin by saying the treatment that Dr. Henry says she is receiving is abhorrent. There is a place for healthy and robust debate of...
Dr. Doug PlayerSep 16, 20209 minIn A Teacher's ShoesIn the novel we all had to read in grade 10, To Kill A Mockingbird, Scout commented: “Atticus said you never really knew a man until you ...
Dr. Doug PlayerSep 7, 20206 minBC Has Abandoned Our TeachersKeith Baldrey stated 90% of the teachers want to return to work. I disagree with Keith. I believe 100% of our teachers want to return to w...