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St. Joe’s Clinicians Take to the Streets to Provide Care  A cooler, loaded with ice packs and bottles of water, and a collection of light weight, second-hand clothing accompanies the medical kits hauled onto the passenger van. As the weather warms up, these ‘extras’ are equally important to the patients who will…

Building a Better Emergency Department When emergencies happen, Hamilton counts on St. Joe’s. The Emergency Department at our Charlton Campus has been the busiest ED in the city for years now. In it, our doctors, nurses, and care teams help more than 60,000 patients each year. If we do the…

Spilling the Tea: Tonia Jahshan Talks PMDD The Sipology Founder and Dragon’s Den Alumna Dishes on living with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder There’s a mental health condition that’s more common than schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) – and yet most Canadians have never heard of it. Tonia Jahshan, the…

Finding Strength in Community: How a Recent Grant is Supporting Perinatal Mental Health With support from St. Joseph’s Healthcare Foundation’s Patient Comfort and Kindness Fund, a new peer support group gives moms a safe space to share their experiences of living with perinatal mental health concerns. Motherhood is a journey…

ER Nurse Wins Big Through St. Joe’s Participation in Split the Pot Lottery When Donna first got the call about winning one of the grand prizes in Ontario’s Split the Pot Lottery, she ignored it. In fact, she ignored the first several calls, all because she couldn’t believe her good…

Bay Racers Go the Extra Mile(s) to Support St. Joe’s A new (longer!) 35.4K route, sub-zero temperatures and the discovery of a sinkhole weren’t enough to stop the 130th running of the Around the Bay Road Race on Sunday. In fact, the clear skies, sunshine and dry course conditions made…

Mother Makes Generous Gift to Say Thanks to St. Joe’s for Caring for her Daughter for 50 Years Doris Lived a Beautiful Life Against All Odds For nearly 50 years, Doris Stiller was a patient of the kidney care program at St. Joe’s. In that time, she underwent three major…

March Match: It’s $25k for Around the Bay! Update: All $25,000 in matching funds have been allocated to support St. Joe’s staff and teams taking part in the Bay Race. Thank you for all your generous donations, we are grateful for the overwhelming support from our community. It’s the first…

Local Car Dealership’s Donation Drives Support for Culturally Responsive Mental Health Care A new $38,000 gift from Johnston Chrysler Jeep Ram is supporting the YouThrive program at St. Joe’s Youth Wellness Centre (YWC). YouThrive is an innovative community-based program that provides mental health and substance use care to Black, Indigenous…

Purse Bingo Bags Big Funds for Mental Health and Addictions Care On Saturday, February 17, a sold-out crowd of 450 people came together for the second annual Purse Bingo event supporting mental health and addictions care at St. Joe’s. Excitement filled the room as participants eagerly awaited their chance to…