Drs. Burrens and Gao

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...
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people examining a vegetable garden

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...
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Lisa Walters

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...
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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...
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Ting-Yim Lee

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...
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Denise and Sumani

Creating pharmacists of tomorrow

As the complexity of chronic diseases evolves - and as rates rise in Canada - St. Joseph’s Health Care London hopes to help create a new generation of pharmacists with expertise in outpatient care of a rapidly growing patient population. St. Joseph’s has launched a residency program for new pharmacy...
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Woman raising a dumbell with care provider's support

Putting the pieces back together

“Having a brain injury feels like none of the pieces connect anymore,” says Maura Brisbane who received care through St. Joseph’s Rehabilitation Program. “It’s like when you shake a snow globe and the sparkling snow swirls through the globe before settling somewhere completely new.” Maura says she...
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Lori Nicholson

Feeding the good wolf

Lori Nicolson has experienced homelessness four times. But In 2019, after years in and out of hospital due to a persistent mental illness, Lori’s discharge from St. Joseph’s aligned with the opening of Indwell’s Woodfield Gate Apartments; a supportive housing residence in London. Learn how Lori’s mental health outpatient team, combined with Indwell’s programming, have helped keep Lori living well in her own apartment.
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