OROT illuminates the path of innovation and digital transformation of healthcare Don Sancton January 15, 2024 2503 Chief Innovation Officer Danina Kapetanovic and her team aim to help deliver ‘Care Everywhere’; a vision supported by the Jewish General Hospital Foundation The Jewish General Hospital (JGH) and its associated ...
2024 Wishes – or Resolutions Sam Watts January 14, 2024 768 Think Philanthropically At the beginning of every year many of us have a habit of articulating something we call resolutions. Some of us even write them down. In this context, the word “resolution” is define...
Time to realign Guy Rex Rodgers January 13, 2024 1251 What We Choose to Remember Every nation has its foundational myths. For Quebec, Nouvelle France was conquered by English-speaking foreigners who have been a plague ever since. Most Anglos I know have encounter...
The MUHC Foundation funds a new vision for women’s heart care Stefanie Sweeney January 12, 2024 2671 Did you know that heart disease is the number one killer of women worldwide? Since 2016, more women have died from this disease than ever before. The upward trend is not only alarming the medical community, but...
Valsef Dream Big Foundation raises $422,736 for the Montreal Children’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Paige McEachren December 28, 2023 3372 Guests came out for a James Bond themed unforgettable night of glamour, intrigue, and elegance. The black-tie affair brought together over 250 community members for a gourmet meal, dancing, live music, raffle a...
Generosity in an Era of Uncertainty Sam Watts December 23, 2023 1352 Think Philanthropically It isn’t a secret that Canada is facing a multitude of society-level crises. There is a housing crisis, an opioid crisis, a mental health crisis, a climate crisis, and a crisis of affo...
Women helping women: The Lyceum of Greek Women of Montreal are proud supporters of women’s health care Tara Simonetta Mann December 19, 2023 1670 There’s a Greek idiom that says, Κράτα με να σε κρατώ ν’ανεβούμαι στο βουνό (Hold my hand, and I’ll hold yours, so we can climb the mountain.) This beautiful sentiment perfectly embodies the work of the Lyceum ...
High-Interest Savings Accounts – they’re not all created equal Lynn MacNeil December 17, 2023 1794 Managing Your Money I recently had an interesting banking experience that I wanted to share, hoping it would save you from making the same assumption I did. At my bank, I had some money in a savings account t...
We make memories and retrieve memories all the time, but there’s a lot we don’t understand about how the brain performs these essential functions Alison Palmer December 16, 2023 967 “We can’t possibly try and treat a memory disorder unless we know how memories are normally formed and stored in the brain,” explains Dr. Sheena Josselyn, a Brain Canada-funded researcher based at The Hospital ...
Cedars Geri-CARE Program at the MUHC The Montrealer December 15, 2023 1239 Helping Older Cancer Patients Improve Their Physical and Emotional Health No matter how gracefully we wish to age, getting older almost always leads to some degree of physical and mental decline. Of course, it’...
