Your QEII Paying it forward Losing a loved one is never easy, but it helps when you have a few angels to get you through it. This is why Paula Chiasson and her family chose to...
Your QEII Sunshine Room celebrates 10 Years Painted blue and yellow with natural light streaming in, the QEII’s Sunshine Room looks more like a room you’d find in a home, not in...
Research & Innovation BIOTIC leads in cutting-edge technology When you walk through the doors of BIOTIC, it feels like you’ve walked into a blockbuster sci-fi movie. With heavy steel doors and restricted...
Your QEII Volunteers invaluable part of QEII’s healthcare team It took 16 years after her husband’s death before Donna McKee was ready to step back into the waiting room at the QEII’s Cancer...
Your QEII Efficiencies behind the scenes improve patient care She has a voice you’ve probably heard around the QEII Health Sciences Centre and a personality you won’t forget. It may be the way she...
Your QEII Making Connections They say when one door shuts, another opens – but in the case of mental health and addictions services, the problem is that the door...
Research & Innovation Building confidence after breast cancer For the Canadian women who undergo a mastectomy due to breast cancer, the scars serve as a constant reminder of a battle hard-won, but femininity...
Your QEII Distress brought on by disease can feel like depression While sharing lunch with her kids, Joanne Graham, a 36-year-old mother of three, has to stop to think before she snacks from her children’s...
Research & Innovation Beyond the text book Ready for anything While there was rarely a typical day during Katrina’s clinical, her eight-hour shift would always begin...