Humanity in Healthcare

Hugh Wiley was born Nov 22nd 1960 in Toronto. In 1979 he went to the University of Guelph to study Veterinary Medicine. He started working at St. Lawrence Veterinary clinic in 1986, became partner in 1991 and moved up to the sister clinic, Kingston Veterinary Clinic the same year. On November 3rd 2000, Hugh suffered a catastrophic fall in Westport Ontario which rendered him a C5/C6 quadriplegic. He resumed work at the Kingston Vet Clinic in September of 2002 and continued working there until March of 2020. He's been married for 27 years to Kelly Pope Wiley. Together they have two children, Alexandra Mary who is 23 and Jack Murray who is 19. As an avid outdoorsman he spends a lot of my spare time on Wolfe Island enjoying the abundant wildlife and beauty of the Thousand Islands. As a lifelong sport enthusiast he's been lucky to be involved with his children's recreational sport activities, and prior to the pandemic thoroughly enjoyed watching live sporting events.

She is a medical doctor and former Member of Parliament. Prior to politics, Jane was a family doctor for 30 years and spent the first decade of her career in Niger, West Africa.

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Providing full spectrum care to her people has been rewarding, challenging, and very thought provoking. She also supervises and teaches students and family medicine residents from Queens, McGill and the University of Ottawa’s medical schools. Her wide interests include environmental determinants of health and holistic approaches to providing primary care to indigenous communities. 

Erna strongly believes in advocating for collaborative relationships and opportunities at all levels of work, interprofessional health education, clinical practice, and research; the pillars of her leadership. She is committed to all things person-centered, from health care to ­­­­dancing up a storm.

As healthcare providers, we all have stories that we feel have helped shape our career. I want to share some of my stories with you, those that I feel have made me a better teacher, better clinician, better researcher, better collaborator. I'd like to help you reflect on your own career and look at what your stories will be.

Ian is a self-proclaimed Anti-Poverty Activist, Addiction Worker, Former Poverty Experiencer, Adventures in OCD and PTSD, Eternally Hopeful Out of Spite, Has Imposter Syndrome About Everything Except Imposter Syndrome Itself, Perpetually Uncertain About How to Adequately Describe Self.

Maria's research interests are focused on embedding Indigenous knowledges in curriculum and exploring the creation of person-centred and culturally safe cultures, emphasising the need to prepare the future nursing workforce for the reality of clinical practice.

Healthcare education programs need to build programs that are not just focused on developing acute care skills in persons working in health, they must prepare students emotionally for the reality of entering practice. Healthful relationships between students and academics are underpinned by a sense of belonging to self and enabling personhood. Join Dr. Maria Mackay for a thoughtful discussion on how to craft these relationships to enable transformative learning.