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With four buildings and numerous services, the Queen Alexandra Centre caters to kids and youth struggling with physical and mental health challenges....
Pay a visit to the archives room at the Queen Alexandra Centre for Children's Health (QAC) and you'll find stacks of large black leather-bound scrapbooks.
How a shift in the philosophy of care helped transform the lives of children and their families
This story is part of a series that celebrates the legacy of the Queen Alexandra Centre for Children’s Health, paying tribute to the origins of Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island and the work we do today.
Susan Nickum knows a thing or two about compassionate care.
With decades of experience in medical social work, she’s seen how a few small changes can make a big difference.
A seismic shift began at the Queen Alexandra Hospital for Children (QAH) in the late 70s when the Director of the Pearkes Centre discovered that QAH didn’t have a social worker on staff.
He convinced the hospital administration to create a social work department and hired Pearkes Centre social worker Dewey Callahan as the first Director of Social Work.
Susan came to the renamed Queen Alexandra Centre (QAC) in 1980 when Dewey began to shift the Centre’s primarily physical and medical care to
