Widening our circle

February 27, 2018 at 11:56 am

As educators in the health sciences, we’ve been striving for a long time to ensure that our expertise and resources are shared with people in need through our commitment to community service. We have also taken significant steps to ensure that the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences is broadly inclusive […]

January stress? Help is here on campus

January 5, 2018 at 12:29 pm

In these early days of January, the new year stretches in front of us like a field of freshly fallen snow. If we’re in hopeful spirits, we can picture ourselves making a determined trail across it, leaving clear footprints as we forge ahead with plans and goals. But for students, […]

Mental health, emotional openness powerful themes at Medicine Convocation

May 30, 2017 at 10:01 am

“Don’t hire a cranky receptionist.” When Her Excellency Sharon Johnston, the honorary degree recipient at the Medicine Convocation on May 18, gave that advice to the graduating doctors, we all laughed. But Her Excellency, a mental-health champion in her public role as the wife of Governor General David Johnston, was […]