Madison Tatlock conducts a survey with patient Joseph Snelgrove about his hospital experience, at St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton, Ontario on June 30, 2026. Joseph didn’t want to stay in-hospital at first, but came around to the idea after speaking to loved ones about it. He told Madison that she and her team were great.
Madison and her partner, Matt Cheeseman, are part of a peer support worker program that employs people with lived experience with addictions to support patients in the hospital who use drugs. (Laura Proctor/The Globe and Mail)
Stevenson Memorial Hospital Auxiliary volunteer Gary Donna Ross shows off a finger puppet used to entertain children at the hospital in Alliston, Ontario on July 27, 2026. (Laura Proctor/The Globe and Mail)
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