Cindy C.

The Civic – A Family Affair My grandmother, Jessie LaPage, was a Scottish war bride with a babe in arms when she came to Canada. In 1960, with six daughters and an adopted son to feed, her husband had an accident that left him disabled. This began Jessie’s 25+ years spent at the Civic Hospital. […]

Thomas ED

When I moved to Ottawa in 2021 and I saw the civic hospital for the first time while i was travelling on a bus, I never knew that the Civic Hospital was one of the renowned hospital which had 100 years of service in the health care sector. Being a nurse who migrated from an […]

Alexis M.

I had both of my sons here, great experience. Thank you to Dr. Moore’s and Dr. Millar’s team for making becoming a mom a non stressful event.

Eunice P.

The Civic has been a big part of my family’s life since 1967. My mom immigrated to Canada from the Philippines after being hired as a nurse on the Female Orthopedics floor. She lived in the nursing residence on the hospital campus, which is now the Parkdale Clinic. She transitioned to work in the Caseroom […]

Janet W.

I spent my first Christmas as a ‘patient’ in the nursery following my birth on December 22, 1942 My Mother, a Civic grad, class of 1934, spent 5 years working in the OR after her graduation was a patient as well. My Mom was alone that Christmas as my Dad was overseas as WW 11 […]

Anonymous

I’m a proud graduate of the Civic school of nursing class of 1971. We wore black stockings and a pin stripped uniform for the 1st 2 years of training. Only in our 3rd year were we allowed to wear the white uniform. There were no male nurses back then and the women were not allowed […]

Sandra B.

I was born at the Civic Hospital in 1944. I was born with a club foot and had to wear a cast and then a brace. When I was six years old I had my tonsils removed. At sixteen I had my appendix removed as well as a cyst on my ovary. At 21, I […]

Catherine M.

The tulip festival has personal meaning for my family: my mother, Dorothy King, was part of the team that delivered Princess Margriet of The Netherlands at the Ottawa Civic Hospital in 1943. This was a remarkable honour for Dorothy, who hadn’t quite completed her training yet, but she was thrilled to be asked and forever […]