Your pronouns are an important part of your identity, much like your name. Transgender staff and volunteers at The Ottawa Hospital answer frequently asked questions about personal pronouns and explain how to use them respectfully.

Monica Elaine Campbell never planned to work in health care, but what started with one patient turned into over two decades of impact. She has helped transform health care for the Deaf community, improving access, communication and dignity for Deaf patients across Ottawa.

Advanced Practice Nurse Sheryl McDiarmid is a true trailblazer who has helped define nursing leadership. Driven by a belief that patient care could be better, she turned bold ideas into innovations that transformed treatment for people receiving bone marrow transplants and built a 50-year legacy of care at The Ottawa Hospital.

Caring for our seniors takes a village. The Ottawa Hospital and Schlegel Villages have partnered for The Village of Riverbank Terrace, a 256-bed long-term care home at our Riverside Campus. Find out how this new home will help fulfill the needs of Ottawa’s growing community of seniors.

Caregivers of stem cell transplant patients rarely get a moment to themselves, but a new volunteer-led initiative at TOH is changing that. Coffee for Caregivers provides an opportunity for comfort and connection for the people who are always showing up for someone else.

Most inhalers contain around 200 doses of medication, yet the average patient uses fewer than 10 before the device is discarded. New research by The Ottawa Hospital’s pharmacy team shows how small operational changes like inhaler recycling, smarter prescribing and tamper-proof seals can reduce medication waste and TOH’s carbon footprint — without compromising patient care.