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On May 27, hundreds of people laced up their sneakers to run, walk or roll in support of Kilometres for Kids. A KidsInclusive Centre for Child & Youth Development fundraiser, this year's event raised more than $58,000! But ever wonder who helps...
For more than 20 years, Emma Hum has been helping stroke patients regain their ability to swallow safely and recover their communications skills. The speech language pathologist works on Kidd 7, an acute stroke unit, at Kingston Health Sciences...
It’s funny how inspiration works. It can strike at any time. For Evan Earl it happened while he was doing his undergraduate. Cut to 2024, and he’s now a physician assistant with the Neurosurgery department at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC)....
It's often said that the Emergency Department (ED) is the 'front door to hospital care.' In fact at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), hundreds of people come through the ED each day, totaling more than 57,000 visits in the last year alone...
Issy Dunn is recognized as a Kingston Health Sciences Centre employee by a typical ID badge but two small pins attached to the badge--a rainbow pride flag and a button reading "they/them"--also help to identify Issy as nonbinary (or genderqueer), a...
When Jacob Kasaboski applied to be a nursing support assistant with Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) in June, little did he know the role would inspire a whole new career path. He heard about the position from his mom, Jennifer Kasaboski, who...
Trigger warning: This post contains information about sexual assault and violence. "How can I help?" It's one of the first questions team lead Jane Lewis asks individuals who turn to the Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Program at Kingston Health...
The 2021 National Nursing Week theme of "we answer the call" fits Jayne Leonard like a glove. Over 17 years of bedside nursing at Kingston Health Sciences Centre, followed by 15 years (and running) as an Occupational Health Nurse (OHN), she has been...
If you ask Jeffrey Lalonde what he enjoys most about being a registered dietitian with Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), you'll see his eyes light up and not even a mask can hide his smile. "The patients of course," he chuckles. "And my work...
When Jessica McCutcheon visited her grandmother in long-term care she was greeted with a sweet sound. "As soon as I walked onto the locked, memory-care unit I could hear her laugh.” She witnessed the power of recreation therapy and it made a big...
