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Kent Lewis (middle) received the Community Collaborator Award from St. Leonard's Society of Canada. Pictured with Michael Oates, Executive Director at St. Leonard’s Community Services, London & Region; and Anita Desai, Executive Director, St. Leonard’s Society of Canada

Better together: a decade of partnership recognized on the national stage

When Kent Lewis walked into a room full of St. Leonard's colleagues from across Canada in Calgary this June, he felt it immediately: a shared sense of purpose. Lewis, director of St. Joseph's Health Care London's Forensic Psychiatry Program, was in Calgary to accept the Community Collaborator Award from St. Leonard's Society of Canada — a national honour presented to individuals and organizations whose dedication to collaboration is making communities safer, healthier and more equitable. "I started my acceptance speech by saying, 'You are my people,'" he recalls. "These are individuals who see...

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...

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...

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.

Mount Hope celebrates BPSO pre-designation

Mount Hope Centre for Long Term care begins a three-year journey for designation as a Best Practice Spotlight Organization with the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. St. Joseph's Mount Hope Centre for Long Term care is committed to excellence through continuous quality improvement and...

The right hand of a surgeon

Sitting around the kitchen table with her family, Dr. Ivanka Nebor heard about her parents’ lives as physicians in Ukraine. Their stories of science, of compassion, and of courage inspired her to go to medical school. They also led her to found INgenius, a non-governmental organization, and first of...

United in Faith - Meet Nawaz Tahir, St. Joseph’s New Board Chair

A key facet of Nawaz Tahir’s Muslim faith is giving back to the community, making his role as the new Chair of St. Joseph’s Health Care London’s Board of Directors a natural fit with his beliefs. “What better way to give back then to volunteer my time and expertise at an organization like St. Joseph...

Fanshwae students Chieh-Lin Huang and Pablo Jimenez-Lopez

Upgrading with style

Hospital gift shops are not usually considered hip places to hang out, but a group of students from Fanshawe College’s Fashion Marketing and Management Program (FMMP) is changing that perception with some trendy transformations at St. Joseph’s Health Care London (St. Joseph’s). While the...

Engineering a better tomorrow

From the classroom to the real-world, Western University engineering students recently teamed up with staff from St. Joseph’s Parkwood Institute to design medical devices that help solve present-day patient care issues. The first-year engineering students are part of an innovative course offered at...

A lifelong passion to serve and a focus on family

When asked why he became a physician, Dr. Adam Dukelow’s face lights up. His answer is brief, but filled with meaning, “to serve people.” Read below to learn more about St. Joseph’s new Vice President Medical and Academic Affairs and his plans for the role. When did you first know you wanted to be a...