Lindsey’s Going the Distance to Support Mental Health at St. Joe’s Meet Lindsey Charbonneau, a registered practical nurse in the mental health and addiction program at St. Joe’s. This year, she has decided to lace up her shoes and take on the 30k Around the Bay Road Race! This year’s race may be virtual, but … Read More
Addressing the Unique Needs of Young Adults in Addictions Care by Creating a Program Built Especially for Them St. Joe’s Launches new Young Adult Substance Use Program Aimed at Helping more than 600 Youth Thanks in part to a $600,000 Gift from the Marta & Owen Boris Foundation February 23, 2021 – HAMILTON, ON – … Read More
How Your Holiday Gifts are Helping our Hospital In response to our holiday direct mail appeal, nearly 1,000 people made donations to our Hospital and had their gifts matched dollar-for-dollar by an anonymous supporter known as the Ever Hopeful Fund. Your generous gifts made online, through the mail and over the phone were matched for … Read More
From Science Fiction to Reality: Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to Robotic Surgery at St. Joe’s New $300,000 Grant from TD Bank Group Supports Robotic Surgery and AI Research at St. Joe’s When we hear the words ‘artificial intelligence’, our brains almost immediately conjure images from a sci-fi movie, but the Oxford Dictionary offers this … Read More
Supporting Robotic Surgery Care that Patients Can Bank On St. Joe’s welcomes world’s most advanced surgical robot with gift from CIBC February 4th is World Cancer Day: a global initiative to raise awareness, improve education and catalyze the actions needed to reimagine a world where millions of lives are saved, thanks to preventative cancer treatments … Read More
On Healthcare Philanthropy: An Opinion Piece by William J. Walker As a grateful patient of St. Joe’s, a retired lawyer and current Chair of St. Joseph’s Healthcare Foundation, I want to commend those engaged in healthcare philanthropy. It’s thanks in part to the support of thousands of donors that our hospital has emerged as a … Read More
The 2021 Around the Bay Road Race Goes Virtual As a hospital foundation, we fully support the Around the Bay Road Race organizers’ decision to move to a virtual event in 2021 which will help to protect the well-being of all participants. You can still walk, run, or relay your way through a 5k, 30k, … Read More
Memo from the St. Joseph’s Health System Board of Directors Posted January 7, 2021 The St. Joseph’s Health System and Dr. Thomas Stewart, President and CEO, have parted ways effective today. The Board of Directors of St. Joseph’s Health System would like to thank Dr. Thomas Stewart for his service since assuming the role of … Read More
THAO TRUONG FROM HAMILTON WINS BIG ON HER BIRTHDAY She’s the winner of a $56,685 jackpot in St. Joseph’s Healthcare Foundation’s First 50/50 Lottery for the Community The Hospital wins, too, as 50 percent of ticket sales will support highest-priority needs Dec. 31, 2020 – HAMILTON, ON – Yesterday, Thao Truong from Hamilton received … Read More
On December 30, 2020 at 12 noon, using a randomized number generation system based on all online ticket sales, the winning ticket for St. Joseph’s Healthcare Foundation’s Hope, Health & Holiday Wishes 50/50 Lottery was drawn. The holder of ticket number 4327400 has won a prize amount of $56,685! We’re in the process of notifying … Read More