Table 1.
Sooke Navigator steering committee members and activities
| Steering committee members | Steering committee activities |
|---|---|
| Sooke Family Resource Society | Brainstormed the problem |
| Sookeworks Employment Centre | Sought information and advice from stakeholders, key informants |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police Victim Services | Reviewed the literature |
| Sooke Crisis Centre | Applied for funding |
| Ministry for Children and Family Development | Learned about action research |
| Sooke Family Physicians | Secured ethical approval |
| BC Ambulance – Sooke | Built a network of external and internal relationships |
| Edward Milne Community School | Developed and signed a community charter that defines the nature of their service partnerships |
| Center for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction at Simon Fraser University (CARMHA) | Participated in education about MHA service and available services |
| Vancouver Island Health Authority | Reviewed anonymised cases together |
| Sooke Transition House | Responded to changing community circumstances by advocating as a group for improved services when needed (and continue to do so) |
| Pacific Centre for the Family | |
| University of Victoria | |
| T'Sou-ke First Nation | |
| Shoppers Drug Mart Pharmacy | |
| Sooke Seniors Centre | |
| RCMP Sooke Detachment Port Renfrew Health and Social Service Society | |
| Community Volunteers | |