Well, today is the end of my 10 week long adventure. I have spent 5 weeks in London England, 1 week in Paris, and 4 weeks in Edmonton.
The highlights of my time in Edmonton have been:
1. Working with Dawn. She was is an amazing teacher. She mentored me and was so welcoming.
2. Staying with Judy and George. They graciously invited me into their home and I again felt so welcomed. Judy made delicious meals and baked me treats!
3. The visit to Vancouver. What a beautiful city, enjoyed with dear old friend and delicious food!
There may not be too many updates for a while as life returns to 'normal' for a few months.
Stay tuned for highlights of working as the Camp Doctor at Ontario Pioneer Camp in July and then moving to Bangladesh!
Friday, May 3, 2013
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Monday with Rachael
Monday was beautiful. I met up with Rachael for Lunch at Meat and Bread. Delicious sandwiches! This was followed by a long walk through Gastown and shopping. Later I met up with Elanor again and we walked over to Forth Ave. We met Aaron for supper at Fable. Delicious again! What a great visit to a great city!
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| Vancouver at its best. |
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| Lunch! |
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| Rachael looks excited. |
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| More coffee and cupcakes at Revolver. |
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| Walking through Gastown. |
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| At False Creek |
More from Sunday
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| At the Market. |
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| Aaron with his rosemary plant. |
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| Near Wildlife Island in False Creek. |
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| Looking out through the trees in Lynn Valley |
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| Action shots of Elanor hopping across the logs. |
Sunday in Lynn Headwaters
Sunday we headed along the seawall to Granville Island for brunch at Edible Canada. Overall the food was quite good although the group consensus was that it was a bit heavy and salty. The walk was amazing, though! We had sun and cherry blossoms.
The afternoon plan was a hike to Norvan Falls in Lynn Headwaters Provincial Park.
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| On the seawall. |
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| False Creek with cool clouds and light. |
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| Brunch! |
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| Sharing with Shoo; French toast and eggs benny. |
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| Walking back home through the cherry blossoms |
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| Old Growth Stump. |
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| The trail was a bit muddy. |
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| Norvan Falls. |
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| We made it! |
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| Yeah! |
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| Suspension bridge at the falls. |
Saturday in Vancouver
We started off the day with some coffee at Revolver! Followed by lunch at the Farmer's Market. Then a walk down Main Street and Skype chat with Liz. Dinner was sushi!
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| coffee is brewed individually in these glass jugs. |
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| I enjoyed the world map on the wall, constructed out of nails. Gold ones for coffee growing countries. |
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| A happy Aaron after our coffee and cake. |
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| Delicious! |
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| At the Farmer's Market about to try a crepe full of quince, brie and greeens. |
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Bangladesh
Some of you may have heard that I am moving to Bangladesh in August this year. This will be for 3 years. The good news is that there are lots of children in Bangladesh and a lot of them are probably sick, so I shouldn't have trouble finding work.
Even better is that I have now found some excellent contacts and am starting to talk with some physicians who are associated with World Child Cancer. They run a project in Bangladesh, treating children with cancer and providing palliative care! This is perfect for me! I have emailed with them a few times and will hopefully join some aspect of the project once I arrive in Bangladesh.
This is their website if you are interested and this is a recent video which they have produced.
The move to Bangladesh is starting to look much more interesting and tangible for me now!
Interesting Ideas.
I am going to post some links to articles which I have been reading lately and find to be quite interesting.
The first is an interview with a Palliative Care physician from Montreal. He is really the father of palliative care in Canada.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/die-softer-how-we-can-give-life-a-better-ending/article11173497/
The second is from the New Yorker and deals with the issue of rising costs in the health care system and some innovative ways to contain the costs. The piece talks about health care "hot spotting", which is the idea of controlling costs by looking at the patients who end up costing the system the most. In the article, the author gives the example that 1% of the patients in a particular city accounted for 1/3 of the total health care costs to the system! This is astounding. The article is dealing with the American health care system, but I think has some very good ideas which would also apply in the Canadian context.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/01/seeing-spots.html
Enjoy!
The first is an interview with a Palliative Care physician from Montreal. He is really the father of palliative care in Canada.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/die-softer-how-we-can-give-life-a-better-ending/article11173497/
The second is from the New Yorker and deals with the issue of rising costs in the health care system and some innovative ways to contain the costs. The piece talks about health care "hot spotting", which is the idea of controlling costs by looking at the patients who end up costing the system the most. In the article, the author gives the example that 1% of the patients in a particular city accounted for 1/3 of the total health care costs to the system! This is astounding. The article is dealing with the American health care system, but I think has some very good ideas which would also apply in the Canadian context.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/01/seeing-spots.html
Enjoy!
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