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Dr. Patrick Roberts

April 7, 2011 Community

TweetGeneral Surgical Oncology Fellow, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. Born: Richmond, St. Mary, Jamaica. Dr. Patrick Roberts is currently doing a two year surgical oncology fellowship with an interest in hepatobiliary surgery at University of Toronto. On completion of the fellowship, he is due to take on a lecturing position in Jamaica [...]

March 3, 2011 Author

TweetSpeech Language Pathologist / Clinical Lead, Collage Pediatric Therapy, Vancouver, BC. Born: Washington, DC. E. Elisabeth Nyang is a certified speech language pathologist who is an expert in working with clients with articulation, language, feeding, and swallowing disorders. She is one of the first Black speech language pathologists to practice in British Columbia and is [...]

December 27, 2010 Author

TweetProfessor, Neurosurgery / Director of Surgical Education (Retired), Department of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS. & Jamaica. Born: Jamaica. Dr. Renn Holness was the Professor of Neurosurgery and Director of Surgical Education in the Department of Surgery at Dalhousie University in 2009. He was also the Staff Neurosurgeon at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences [...]

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September 21, 2010 British Columbia

TweetHematologist & Medical Oncologist, Hematology / Oncology Consultancy, Cancer Centres of Canada & U.S.A., Vancouver, BC. Born: Ibadan, Nigeria. Dr. Christopher Kwesi Oladipupo Williams has specialized in the area of cancer care, clinical hematology and cancer research throughout the course of his career. Highlights: Medical: Medical Oncologist, Olympic Medical Cancer Center, Port Angeles, Washington State, [...]

September 6, 2010 Community

TweetPrincipal, Nova Scotia Community College, Bedford, N.S. Born: Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. Dr. Daurene Lewis is a trained registered nurse, and graduated from Dalhousie University with a Diploma in Teaching in Schools of Nursing, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Saint Mary’s University in Halifax. She has over thirty years experience in healthcare and [...]

September 2, 2010 Activism

TweetFounder, Baylis Medical Company / Registered Nurse (Retired), Westmount, QC. Born: Barbados. Gloria Baylis, a native of Barbados, emigrated to Canada in 1952. As a registered nurse (trained in England and accredited in Canada), Gloria first attracted public attention in 1964. She applied for a nursing position at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal (then [...]

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August 27, 2010 BHM Feature

TweetProfessor, Bioethics & Philosophy, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS. Born: Montreal, QC. Dr. Françoise Baylis, the eldest daughter of Gloria Baylis, is Dalhousie University’s Canada Research Chair in Bioethics and Philosophy. She is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. In 2006, she was one [...]

August 10, 2010 Author

TweetNursing Administrator (RET.), Jordan LifeCare Centre Riverglade, NB. Lives in: La Salle, QC. Born: Barbados. Throughout his nursing career, which began in Barbados in 1957, and continued in England, Quebec and New Brunswick until 2002, Gustavus Hollingsworth achieved many milestones and many distinctions of being the “first.” Background: Nurse in Barbados, 1957-61; various nursing and [...]

July 27, 2010 British Columbia

TweetInternational Health Consultant (Ret.), Eni Consulting,Vancouver, BC. Born: Nigeria Dr. Godwin Eni began his professional life as the first Physiotherapist trained in Nigeria at the University of Ibadan. He went on to specialize in health services planning and administration. Career: Physiotherapist, Nigeria, Saskatoon and Toronto, 1970 –73; Clinical Instructor, Physiotherapy, University of Western Ontario, 1973-79; [...]

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