{"id":114847,"date":"2025-09-02T18:36:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T18:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/114847\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T18:36:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T18:36:05","slug":"remembering-sylvie-argouarch-victoria-psychiatrist-and-adventurer-killed-by-motorist-while-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/114847\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Sylvie Argouarch: Victoria psychiatrist and adventurer killed by motorist while cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sylvie Argouarch, a geriatric psychiatrist and avid adventurer, died on Aug. 2. She was struck by a pickup truck driver during her morning commute in Victoria<\/a> in July. Argouarch was 68.<\/p>\n

Argouarch, born in Brittany, France, spent five decades in medicine. After moving to Canada in 1983, she repeated her medical degree and specialized in geriatric psychiatry. She spent her career dedicating herself to improving the mental health of seniors. Argouarch worked tirelessly for her patients, her husband of 28 years, Hugh Aitken, said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you were one of her patients, you were really, really lucky, because she was relentless in her striving to help improve people\u2019s situations,\u201d Aitken told the Times Colonist<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Island Health remembered her as \u201cthoughtful and inspirational \u2014 determined to provide comfort and dignity to everyone in her care.\u201d Her warmth and empathy extended beyond the workplace. \u201cShe was in your space and in your face, but in a very good-hearted, loving way,\u201d Aitken said.<\/p>\n

Argouarch\u2019s passions were as vibrant as her career. Childhood summers camping along Brittany\u2019s coast sparked a lifelong love of the water. Family trips with Aitken and their 20-year-old daughter, Lizu, revolved around swimming. \u201cIt was definitely her happy place. She wanted to be moving from the morning \u2019til the evening,\u201d Aitken said to the Times Colonist<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She also loved hiking, cycling and dancing \u2014 often the first on the dance floor and the last to leave, according to her daughter. The psychiatrist also had a never-ending pursuit of knowledge, recently studying Spanish on top of years spent learning Mandarin.<\/p>\n

Friends and colleagues recalled her boundless energy and generosity. Arlene Senft, who met Argouarch 29 years ago through a hiking club, said, \u201cThat\u2019s what drew us together \u2014 our love of the outdoors and just life in general. She just lived life fully.\u201d<\/p>\n

The staff of Canadian Cycling Magazine extends its condolences to the friends and families of Sylvie Argouarch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sylvie Argouarch, a geriatric psychiatrist and avid adventurer, died on Aug. 2. She was struck by a pickup…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82,64593,18581],"class_list":["post-114847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-sylvie-argouarch","tag-victoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}