Our Stories

An inside look at how our Champions of Care are changing lives

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For 39-year-old Novelette Munroe, a routine dental appointment is anything…
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When Gill Deacon was sick with Long COVID, she desperately needed hope.…
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Canada has one of the highest rates of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in…
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For Stacey Gitlin, a family vacation over the winter holidays in 1996…
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The last thing Dallas wanted to believe was that there was something…
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As a teenager, Martina Santangelo had decided to pursue nursing as her…
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Jill Rigby
Jill Rigby’s life has been filled with adventure. A former travel editor…
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Dr. Anthony de Buck
How minimally invasive surgery is having a maximum impact on patients
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Beth Gherson with friends on a hiking trip
For 15 years Beth Gherson worked as a nurse at Sinai Health, in the Women’…
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Maliyah with her grandmother, Debra Lynne
Dylan and Stephanie Riches underwent two years of fertility treatments…
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Dr. Keiran Quinn
Frank always knew there’d come a time when he’d have to say goodbye to his…
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Diane had always been one of those people who had a bladder “the size of a…
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Chad Bayne and his wife Ruth had a love story for the ages. “We did it all…
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Three years ago, Christine Squires dislocated her jaw and broke her ankle…
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The ages of 18 -22 are a time of dramatic change in most people’s lives.…
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Asher Lenz
When Asher Lenz learned that his wife was pregnant with their second child…
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Two smiling women sit on a treatment chair.
In early 2015, a few months after her last clear mammogram, then-44-year-…
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Dylan and Stephanie Riches underwent two years of fertility treatments…
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Man and woman sit on exercise bikes. Three children stand beside them.
During her more than 20 years living with Crohn’s disease, Stacey Gitlin…
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Like many first-time parents, Katharine Harris and her partner Derek Hill…
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Inge Neal with her sons, Hudson and Charlie
Inge Neal had been fearing the word “ostomy” for most of her life. Now…
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Baby Jacob looking happy and healthy
Natalie Palmer hoped her fourth pregnancy would be an unremarkable one.…
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Solace Attopley with her infant daughter, Emmanuella
As a long-term care nurse, Solace Attopley was on the front lines of the…
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Alana Robertson was thrilled to be pregnant, and was happily attending all…