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Tall dream comes true

With a list of burning questions in hand, Patricia Prance answered an incoming video call. On the other end of the line – a giraffe and his zookeeper. Prance has virtually visited not one but two giraffes thanks to St. Joseph's Health Care London's Palliative Care Unit at Parkwood Institute. Her interest in giraffes first sparked when she visited African Lion Safari as a kid. “I just fell in love with the way they ran and their tall necks. And I'm tall and lanky and run kind of like a giraffe,” she laughs. Prance always dreamed of meeting a giraffe and being able to pet it, but travel...

2023 Excellence in Professional Practice Awards and Bursaries

St. Joseph’s Excellence in Professional Practice Awards recognize nursing and other allied health discipline staff who are at the heart of patient and resident care. Each year, recipients are nominated by their peers or leaders for leading by example and for exemplifying the Mission, Vision and...

Aligning values with investments

Building upon a long history of supporting and fostering healthy communities, St. Joseph’s has become the first hospital in Southwestern Ontario to align its investments with its values to make an impact across the region. St. Joseph’s is collaborating with VERGE Capital, which provides growth...

Donations create magic

Saying ‘thank you’ seldom feels like enough for what your gifts help to make possible every day at St. Joseph’s Health Care London. That is why we created Donor Matters. A new publication that shows the impact you are having on so many people in our community – and the depth of our gratitude for...

Surrounded by care

St. Joseph’s Parkwood Institute holds a special place in Brenda Schedler’s heart. The care teams provided her with physical and emotional support during some of the best and most challenging times in her life. It’s one of the many reasons she has been giving monthly to St. Joseph’s. She became a...

Providing access to world-class training

Growing up in Chile, Daniel Paccot’s life couldn’t have been more different than Ryan Gao, who was born and raised in New Zealand. Despite the 9,000 kilometre distance between their homelands, they shared a connection through their career goals and appreciation for the value of mentors. As...

Nourishing the care experience

From carrots and broccoli to potatoes and beans, patients and residents at St. Joseph’s Parkwood Institute are enjoying fresh vegetables grown in their own backyard. The vegetable garden is one aspect of the Nourish Project – a multi-year program with ‘food first’ and ‘food is medicine’ philosophies...

Enriching the community

For Lisa Walters, community involvement is a way of life. As a family lawyer, her role is to help people – parents, children and families, and often that can lead to stressful and intense situations. She says that giving back as a volunteer means she can enrich the lives of people in the community...

Doug Webber and his daughter Kareen enjoy coffee together

For the love of family

Myrra Webber was diagnosed with cancer when she was 33 years old. With two little girls, one of whom was diagnosed with leukemia two years later – it was an incredibly difficult time for the Webbers. And despite receiving outstanding health care, having a mastectomy and radiation treatment Myrra’s...

A lasting impact

An exceptional career of innovation prowess, influence and leadership has won St. Joseph’s physicist Ting-Yim Lee the inaugural Career Achievement Award presented by WorldDiscoveries. Ting-Yim, Director of PET/CT Research at Lawson Health Research Institute (Lawson) and medical physicist at St...