Last year I found a very interesting film at Library and Archives Canada (LAC). I was researching the topic of medicine and health at Expo 67, the Montreal International and Universal …
Gerry Porter, who designed this site, has died untimely young
View PostMedical Ottawa: Ottawa’s Smallpox Outbreak of 1911 and the Origins of the Hopewell Isolation Hospital
Porter Island, located on the Rideau River, was the site of a now largely forgotten isolation hospital, Hopewell Hospital, which officially opened its doors in February, 1913 against a background …
Notes from Medical Montreal (2) : Health Activists
Montreal is a city with a singular history of health activism — one that, on closer consideration, has a distinct anti-fascist and humanist character. I’m reminded of this when I come out of Guy-Concordia metro station and run smack into the statue of Norman Bethune.
Notes from Medical Montreal (1) : Closure of the Royal Victoria Hospital
An absorbing encounter with Montreal’s medical history these past few days as I get down to brass tacks in the research on medicine and health at Expo 67. The day …