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While many of us are still abed at 4:30 a.m. on these muggy summer mornings, Nate Boles is already on deck at our Hotel Dieu Hospital site, turning on the taps to give hundreds of thirsty plants a long drink before the heat of the day strikes. The...
"I was always taught that when you're not enjoying your job anymore, then it's time to get out but now is not the time for me. I still have lots left to do." Over the last 18 months Bill Gourdier, food and catering manager for the Brockview Caf? at...
A charge nurse in busy outpatient clinics at the Hotel Dieu Hospital site of Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Julie Ballance has been pulling double duty lately as an Accreditation Ambassador, a role that makes her a key frontline resource as...
When she first started training to be a spiritual health practitioner, it wasn't long before Kelly Collins was telling her supervisor: "I want your job." That certainty remains strong after 10 years of spiritual health care training, practice and...
If you've ever ordered a BLT in the Brockview Caf? at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), chances are Margie Callaghan served up that sandwich in record time. Long familiar to Caf? patrons at KHSC's Hotel Dieu Hospital site, Margie is clocking 20...
Robin Robertson never thought she would end up "on the other side" of her addiction and mental health issues. Now 12 years sober and recently hired as the administrative assistant for the Mental Health and Addictions Care (MHAC) program at Kingston...
Her smile is one of the first new employees with Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) are greeted with, virtually. As the facilitator of new employee welcome, part of Akshaya Arun's job is to make sure new hires are set up for success. "No pressure...
By day Andrew Schick is the fire alarm/security system coordinator at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), but in the evenings and on weekends he's lighting it up on stage. More on that in a bit. Schick's role is an important one. For more than 20...
Aveleigh Kyle worked as an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) registered nurse (RN) for almost 37 years before retiring eight years ago. She has never really left, taking on part-time and casual roles throughout Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC). Since...
When Administrative Assistant Barb Patterson accepted a three-week temporary position with Kingston General Hospital (KGH) in 1991, she had no idea it was the beginning of a 30-year career in her dream job. "I can remember sitting in my doctor's...
