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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...

Derek Snake and the sweat lodge at Southwest

Indigenous Sweat Lodge built at Southwest Centre for Forensic Mental Health

Inside a dome-shaped wooden structure, a sacred ceremony unfolds. With guidance from Elders, Knowledge Carriers and a need from the community, sweat lodge ceremonies offer physical, emotional and spiritual healing. Within Indigenous culture stones are referred to as grandfathers and grandmothers....

Parkwood Consortium Site Implementation Team: Anna Kras-Dupuis, Charlie Giurleo, Kristen Johnson, Neal McKinnon, Kristin Wanless, Nadia Andretta-Whelan, Nicole Elliott, Paulo Da Rosa, Dalton Wolfe, Saagar Walia, Stephanie Cornell and Lindsey Guilbault.

Celebrating Professional Excellence

St. Joseph’s Excellence in Professional Practice Awards honour nursing and allied health professionals who embody the organization’s Mission, Vision and Values through exceptional leadership and patient care. Nominated by their peers and leaders, this year’s recipients were celebrated at a ceremony...

St. Joseph’s leads innovative hernia repair using da Vinci Xi surgical robot

His fingertips flit across the controls with a careful, deliberate touch while his right foot lightly taps two pedals on the floor. Like an organist at his console, each movement is so practiced as to seem effortless. Surgeon Dr. Ahmad Elnahas agrees there are parallels between musicianship and...

Celebrating science and spirit

The 2025 Tribute Dinner was a vibrant celebration of curiosity, community spirit and the power of pushing boundaries. Nearly 1,000 guests gathered at RBC Place London on October 9 to hear from Timothy Caulfield, a health law expert, Canadian bestselling author and science communicator. The evening...

The right option at the right time

Fresh off a beach day in Grand Bend in summer of 2015, Lea Seguin suddenly felt pain in one of her breasts. Chalking it up to sand irritation from her day by the water, and with the pain going away with her menstrual cycle, Lea didn’t give it too much thought – until it returned the next month. When...

Something smells good at Parkwood Institute

The hallways of the Finch Family Mental Health Care Building at Parkwood Institute have been smelling delicious —thanks to Let’s Get Cookin’, a hands-on program that is helping mental health inpatients learn practical cooking skills while also supporting their recovery journey. The five-week program...

From counter to clinic: pharmacist’s research points to faster care

Celeste Giovanatti, St. Joseph’s Health Care London’s (St. Joseph’s) second pharmacy resident is finding gaps and solutions that simultaneously build better patient health and reduce the strain on urgent care centres. Giovanatti has completed her residency at St. Joseph’s but she’s not ending her...

Future physiotherapists make a lasting impression

A student-led physiotherapy clinic at Parkwood Institute is expanding access to locomotor training, helping patients regain mobility while giving future physiotherapists valuable hands-on experience.

Shauna Graf holding a copy of the Zero Suicide Community Implementation Toolkit

A vision of hope: St. Joseph’s leads the way with Zero Suicide Initiative

“Zero Suicide.” It’s a bold and thought-provoking name—one that envisions a future where every life touched by despair can find safety, dignity and hope. At St. Joseph’s Health Care London, this vision has been guiding change since 2017, shaping how suicide prevention is understood and delivered...