Stories

Building healthy relationships with clients and staff

Nursing has been a profession that’s been passed down in Carol Anne Friesen’s family. Having strong female role models in her mother, grandma and aunt who were all nurses, she found a natural gravitation that pulled her towards becoming a nurse as well.

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Giving NICU babies the opportunity to thrive

The NICU is a place that most people don’t know about until they need it. For Katie Fraser and her husband Kyle, it was a place they came to know for 113 days while their daughter was taken care of when she was born at only 24 weeks and two days old.

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Empowering Indigenous communities through midwifery care

It was a light bulb moment for Alyssa Wiens when both her careers collided, and she knew then that she wanted to pursue Midwifery.

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When art helps you to rise

The Carewest Dr. Vernon Fanning Centre is decorated with floral paintings which, at first glance, don’t give away the artist’s identity.

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Hero in Health: Ken Mont

Ken Mont is a Nurse Clinician in the Emergency Department at Rockyview General Hospital. He has dedicated nearly 30 years working in Emergency, and he is our Hero in Health!

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Calgary Health Foundation Appoints Rob Peabody, former CEO of Husky Energy, as New Board Chair

Calgary Health Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Rob Peabody as Board Chair. Rob Peabody most recently served as President and CEO of Husky Energy before its merger with Cenovus Energy.

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