June marks National Indigenous History Month. At the Museum of Health Care, we recognize the harms Indigenous Peoples experience in health care systems across North America. … More Selling the Cure, Inventing the Culture: The Commodification of Indigenous Peoples in Patent Medicine Marketing
Pulse of the Past: A Walk Through Kingston’s Medical History Step back in time to discover Kingston’s rich medical history! This guided outdoor walking tour traces the successes and sacrifices to establish of one of Canada’s oldest public hospitals and the Queen’s School of Medicine. This tour weaves through the city’s historic streets to offer … More Outdoor Walking Tours begin June 20th
I was lucky enough to be part of a contingent of academics from Kingston who travelled to Uppsala, Sweden for the first of a series of workshops on Curating Medical Heritage. … More Observations and Lessons from the First Curating Medical Heritage Workshop or How I Spent My Swedish Vacation
Dr. Sophia Bethana Jones was born on May 16th, 1857, in Chatham, Ontario. The town was then known as the “Black Mecca of Canada” with a large Black community, as it was a terminus of the Underground Railroad. Her parents were abolitionists, which was said to inspire Dr. Jones in breaking barriers for marginalized individuals … More Black History Month: Dr. Sophia Bethena Jones
Dr. Miriam Rossi completed both her undergraduate degree and master’s degree at the University of Iowa, specializing in dietetics, nutrition, and biochemistry. She later attended the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, where she was the only Black student in the school’s first graduating class of 1970. Dr. Rossi moved to … More Black History Month: Dr. Miriam Rossi
On Monday, February 17th from 9-4pm, the Museum of Health Care will host its annual Teddy Bear Hospital Event. … More Teddy Bear Hospital Event Returns for Family Day 2025
HRT and Its Patients in the 1940s: As we saw last week, hormone replacement therapies using estrogen, progesterone and testosterone had found a place among Canadian gynecologists and obstetricians by the early 1940s. Even before the Second World War began, drug manufacturers like Schering Ltd. (Montreal), Organon (Toronto) and Parke-Davis Co. (Walkerville and Brockville) … More Fulfilling Prescriptions: HRT Artifacts in 1950s and 1960s Ontario
ommy Douglas implemented the Hospital Services Plan which made hospital services free and available to all. It was the first health care plan of its kind in Canada. This plan inspired the federal government to create one that helped fund hospital-operating costs and diagnostic services all throughout Canada. … More The Story of Tommy Douglas and Hospital Insurance
Today, we’re looking at a story that may not be as inspiring as many that could be told. It is an important story nonetheless. This is the story of Dr. Kenneth Neander Fenwick (1852-1896), and the women from whom he sought to deprive a medical education. … More The Story of Dr. Kenneth Fenwick and His Complex Legacy
James Sampson had a significant impact on Kingston’s history and development. … More The Story of James Sampson and the History of Kingston
