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Maia’s childhood friend inspired her journey with CHEO
Posted on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 09:02 AM
Meet Maia Popovic, child and youth counsellor with CHEO’s Eating Disorders Day program
When Maia was 17 years old, her best friend confided in her that she had an eating disorder. Confused and saddened that her friend, who portrayed such beauty and confidence, could be struggling so much, Maia turned to Google to try and find her friend some help. Her search led her to the CHEO website which provided resources on how to support your loved ones through eating disorders.
Maia remembers thinking,...
Indigenous communities help shape new CHEO treatment centre
Posted on Friday, June 21, 2024 09:00 AM
CHEO is highlighting its engagement with First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities featuring different perspectives from various Indigenous partners.
This article features a conversation with Anita Tenasco, Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, on CHEO's new Integrated Treatment Centre.
The new CHEO Integrated Treatment Centre has engaged First Nations, Inuit, and Métis partners to ensure the building, spaces and care are welcoming and inclusive for everyone.
The treatment centre, set to open in 2028, will improve care and...
“CHEO is the reason I moved to Ottawa.” – Jessica McAdam
Posted on Tuesday, June 18, 2024 10:26 AM
Meet Jessica McAdam, Registered Nurse First Assistant with Perioperative Services-Operating Room
“CHEO is the community that gave me a permanent home,” says Jessica, a registered nurse (RN) with CHEO since 2009. Growing up in a military family, Jessica spent her childhood moving across North America. But today, she considers the CHEO community her home base and rather than move from city to city, like she did as a child in a military family, she expands her nursing skills while staying in one...
One woman’s crusade for a children's hospital in Ottawa
Posted on Friday, June 14, 2024 09:00 AM
Barbara Mair says she’s never been backward about coming forward to fight for things she cares about.
That’s why, as president of the volunteer CHEO Auxiliary in the 1960s,she helped lead a group of women that refused to back down when detractors thought Ottawa didn’t need a children’s hospital.
They claimed Ottawa’s adult hospitals had space and expertise to treat kids, and money would be better spent elsewhere.
“The women of the community had other thoughts,” said Mair.
“We spent many years convincing people that children...
CHEO became a comfort for Fei Fan as a new mother
Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2024 08:00 AM
Meet Fei Fan Chen, a Housekeeper with CHEO’s Environmental Services team
At six months pregnant, Fei Fan immigrated to Canada from China. At the time, little did she know the role CHEO would end up playing in her life or that it would become the place that would guide her in her early days as a mother to her newborn son Gabriel.
Fei Fan’s pregnancy had been uncomplicated and without concern – that is, until her first ultrasound in Canada. During her seven-month ultrasound, everything changed. Her...