Links Between For-Profit Healthcare and Corporations

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Application ID: 000108
This project is available.
Project Description
Project Title
Links Between For-Profit Healthcare and Corporations
What is the central research question you want answered?
What are the objectives of your project?
Goal: To investigate links between various corporations and for-profit healthcare projects in British Columbia.

Corporations of Interest:
1.) Macquarie Bank
2.) Angus Contract Management Ltd.
3.) Canada Diagnostics
4.) GWIL Industries
5.) Trammell Crow
6.) Shenker Logistics

Objectives:
1.) To develop corporate profile and history
2.) To understand the role of each corporation in for-profit healthcare projects in British Columbia
Project Type
Computer Related     
Creative     
Formal Research     
 Organizational Development     
Survey     
Other  
Size of Project (Number of pages, minutes, cm, etc.)
4-6 pages max.
Project Description (Use this space to further elaborate on the project)
A student can chose to do corporate research on one or two corporations from the list above. This project is open to as many as 6 students (one for each corporation).

For each corporation, we would like the following questions addressed:

1.) Name the members of the Board of Directors, and specify if they are insider or outsider investors
2.) List any corporate affiliations of each of the board members
3.) List previous Public Private Partnership projects or other for-profit healthcare projects they were involved with, and how much money they earned from it.
4.) List any lawsuits brought against the corporation
5.) Identify donations made to political parties
6.) List any campaigns initiated against them
7.) Brief history of corporation and locations of their headquarters
How do you plan to use the results of this project?
We would like to use the information as part of our on-going struggle to safeguard Medicare.
Information gained from this research will be made available to all Health Coalitions across Canada.
What larger goal is served by undertaking this project?
Maintaining accessible, public healthcare for all Canadians.
The Organization
Organization Name
BC Health Coalition
What community do you represent or work with?
We represent 50 groups from labour and community organizations, working to protect Medicare.
What is your organization/group's goal or mandate?
We are dedicated to the following principles:

1.) Health care is a right - everyone must have the right to high quality, responsive and appropriate health care which is publicly funded, publicly accountable and publicly controlled.

2.) Access to health care must be equitable - regardless of an individual's income, level of ability, age, cultural heritage, sex, sexual orientation or geographical location.

3.) Issues that are basic to good health must be addressed - food, education, income, housing, social support and personal safety determine an individual's ability to achieve and maintain good health.
Are you a registered not-for-profit?
No
Contact Information
Contact Person
Lew Macdonald
  
Position
Coordinator
Mailing Address
2nd Floor- 411 Dunsmuir Street
Vancouver, BC
V6B 1X4
Telephone
(604) 681-7945
Fax
(604) 681-7947
Email
coordinator@bchealthcoalition.ca
  
Alternate Telephone
 
Alternate Fax
 
Alternate Email
info@bchealthcoalition.ca
Project Plan of Action
Duration of Project
Smaller (One semester)
If you know the duration more specifically, please indicate here
 
What are the specific deliverables that you expect of the student?
1.) Providing the BC Health Coalition with the full report including references and other consulted sources.
2.) To contact the Liaison regarding any questions
3.) To provide verbal (phone conversation) progress reports on the project on a weekly basis.
Estimated time commitment per week
3-4 hrs/wk per student
Liaison
Liaison Name
Maryann Abbs
  
Liaison Position
Coordinator
Liason Contact Info (If different from above)
same as above
How much time per week will the
liaison be available to the project?
Monday to Friday, 9:30am-4:30pm
How will the liaison provide direction and support to the project?
Via personal meetings, phone, or email.
Student Researcher
Student area of study/experience
Communications, Business Administration, Sociology, Canadian Studies, Political Science, Economics, Labour Studies, Library Science
Student skills/attributes
Independent worker
Creative thinker
Analytic
Persistent
Good communication skills
Student related interests
Healthcare research
Healthcare models

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