People I care for (and manage). I was fortunate enough to interview patient partner Terry Wilde recently for an article that I'm writing...

My last essay, Moms Need Other Moms , introduced the concept of ACT, which is Acceptance and Commitment Training . I completed my ACT...

Me recently at brunch with my mom friends. xo.   This is the first of a series about what the system calls peer support and I call...

Susannah Fox has written a new book called Rebel Health: A Field Guide to the Patient-Led Revolution in Medical Care . Her book overlaps...

Ella and Isaac holding their baby brother Aaron This essay was originally published in 2005 in the Globe and Mail. I gave birth to my...

I’ve been an advocate in health care for a long time. I first realized the care was being eroded from health care when I was a student...

I’ve read all the memoirs written by moms who have children with Down syndrome (including obviously my own) and I can report that Adelle...

People tell me that American politics are none of my business.   That’s not true.   They say that health care isn’t political.   That’s...

My youngest son Aaron, who is 21 years old and has Down syndrome, had a long-awaited specialist appointment today. I’ll share my...

Well is it dark enough? Can you see me?   - My Skin  by Natalie Merchant   Moral injury, distress and burn-out does not only happen to...

Lately I've been hearing a lot about cancer from: People being investigated for cancer. People who have a brand new diagnosis of cancer....

Early in July, I took three planes and travelled a total of 24 hours to get to the Mount Gambier site at Limestone Coast Local Health...

My husband, youngest son Aaron and I went on an impromptu 12-day trip to Australia in early July. Who spontaneously jumps on a 16-hour...

The Canadian health system is built on the myth of Medicare. The notion that health care is free in our country is, to be blunt, a lie....

These are my notes from a panel I was on with Dr. Kimberlyn McGrail, Dr. Devin Singh and Dr. Khaled El Emam, moderated by Dr. Mohamed...

This essay is a long time coming.  Here is a not-so-eloquent description of my writing process. I get stuff stuck in my head. Then I...

brother do you love me is an exquisite book about the relationship between two brothers.  Co-authors Manni and Reuben Coe have crafted a...

Note: I’m fortunate enough to know authors Sara Fung and Amie Archibald-Varley, as I was a guest on their Gritty Nurse podcast in 2021...

“I tell him I have value. Over and over and over.” -Jamie Hale, poet In early March, we had the privilege of accompanying our son Aaron...

I nominated our family physician for an award last year. Sadly, she didn’t win this well-deserved recognition, but I made sure to send...