Seven days a week, Block Leaders head out into the ByWard Market to help fellow members of their community who are unhoused or use drugs. They provide support to people in distress, respond to overdoses and even clean their neighbourhood — all with the goal of creating a safer and healthier community for everyone.

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.

Motivated by his own experience, Dr. Michael Quon has helped create a new accessibility and accommodation policy for physicians with disabilities in The Ottawa Hospital’s Department of Medicine.

If you’ve ever wondered why tulips are so important to our city, the answer involves a world war, a royal family and The Ottawa Hospital’s Civic Campus. In this special video message, Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands shares why the tulip is a special symbol of the endearing friendship between her country and Canada.

When a woman went into labour in the middle of a seven-hour flight, Eunice and Lindsey immediately volunteered their services. The two neonatal intensive care nurses had to rely on their experience — and a little improvisation — to help deliver and resuscitate a baby girl.

Studies have shown that music can benefit the body, mind, relationships and community. Musical Moments is a program where volunteers play live music to support positive outcomes for patients, visitors and staff.