Home » Your Impact » Stories Stories Connecting you with the impact that you make in our community, each and every day LATEST STORY You’re Transforming Lives: Rowland’s Journey of Hope and Healing When Rowland moved to Canada from Nigeria in October 2011, he brought with him his young children, his wife, and a deep yearning for peace, opportunity, and a better life.… Read More Filters: Topic/Type ACCESS Fort Garry Accessible Care Innovative Care Quality Care Victoria Hospital Victoria Lifeline Show All You’re Transforming Lives: Rowland’s Journey of Hope and Healing When Rowland moved to Canada from Nigeria in October 2011, he brought with him his young children, his wife, and a deep yearning for peace,... Read More Your Generosity Inspires the Future of Emergency Department Care A new artificial intelligence tool is in development to help hospitals make better, faster, and more equitable decisions at the frontline of emergency care –... Read More Small Packages, Big Hearts: You Brought Comfort and Joy to Patients This Holiday Thanks to your extraordinary compassion, patients at Victoria Hospital received heartfelt care packages during the holidays. A collaborative initiative with the hospital and the Volunteer... Read More You’re Transforming Quality of Life for Patients Living With Dementia Thanks to your generosity, Victoria Hospital received 28 new interactive therapy cats and dogs. Each companion pet will be given to patients living with dementia,... Read More Lifesaving Training Equipment Upgrades Enhance Patient Care – All Thanks to You Innovative Equipment Provides Invaluable Continuous Staff Learning Like so many things in today’s world, basic lifesaving training equipment is continually improving. Technological innovations can now... Read More Your Generosity Creates New Pathways: The Indigenous Health Summer Student Program at Victoria Hospital When Courtney reflects on her childhood growing up Métis in Inuvik, she remembers the closeness of community and the importance of tradition. Now a mother... Read More John Reflects on Life-Saving Mental Health Care Made Possible Thanks to You When 73-year-old John looks back on his experience at Victoria Hospital, he could not have predicted that this chapter of his life would one day... Read More You Can Turn Waiting into Healing Have you, or someone you love, ever had to wait for surgery? If so, you know the anxiety long wait times create. They mean more... Read More Your Support is Helping More Manitobans Access Affordable In-Home Care Victoria Hospital Foundation understands that home is where most people want to be when recovering from illness, managing a disability, or as a normal part... Read More Increased Sense of Community and Reduced Boredom, Because of You! Time spent in any hospital is rarely fun. Whether you are sitting in an Urgent Care waiting room, or healing in a hospital room on... Read More Because of You, Olga Got Her Independence Back Thanks to your generosity, people in our community—like Olga—can live more safely and independently in their own homes. Olga lives with severe arthritis in both... Read More Live Music Program Brings Comfort to Patients Thanks to You Victoria Hospital Foundation and the Volunteer Guild of Victoria Hospital have been teaming up to fund the Music to My Ears program here at The... Read More Helping Mental Health Patients Stay Safer – In Hospital and Beyond Because of your generosity, our hospital’s mental health staff have new tools to help patients stay safe—during their stay and when they return to the... Read More No Place Like Home: A Sensory Lounge for Patient Care There is no place like home. Have you ever missed home but felt like you couldn’t get back there? Like you couldn’t get comfortable, or... Read More 2024/25 Education & Professional Development Recipients Through the heartfelt generosity of our endowment fund supporters, Victoria Hospital Foundation invests in educational and professional development opportunities for staff at Victoria Hospital and... Read More You Have Transformed Home Care Services to Benefit Patients and Staff Your generosity has directly contributed to transformative improvements in home care services. Because of your support, Victoria Hospital Foundation recently partnered with the Winnipeg Regional... Read More You are Helping New Families Get Off to the Best Start! Public health nurses in the River Heights and Fort Garry neighbourhoods visit well over 100 new mothers each month after their discharge from hospital. Thanks... Read More Thanks to your Generosity, Patients Benefit from Calming Exercise Program Patients in the mental health program at Victoria Hospital now have the opportunity to participate in Therapeutic Qigong (Pronounced chee·guhng) classes, a wellness initiative made possible... Read More Patient Finds Hope and Healing at Victoria Hospital Thanks to you Katie’s trip to Winnipeg this summer took an unexpected turn when she ended up at Victoria Hospital – a visit she says saved her life. It... Read More Rolling Recovery into Patient Care Your kindness is helping to lift patients and staff up, both in spirit and in care. The addition of foam rollers and wedges on the geriatric... Read More Supporting Healthcare Providers at Victoria Hospital My husband Larry is my best friend, my partner of more than 63 years. I only want the best for him. And at Victoria Hospital,... Read More Providing Warmth, Comfort, and Access to Invaluable Care 24/7 Thanks to your generosity, two very important equipment purchases have been made for the Manitoba Blue Cross Mental Health Assessment Unit at Victoria Hospital: a medical... Read More Empowering Friendships and Connection: Your Generosity is Impacting Lives Your generosity has been instrumental in funding a bi-weekly activity group for individuals facing mental health challenges over the past year and the impact has... Read More Recipients of the 2024 Healthy Community Partnership Grant Today, many older Manitobans face unique challenges that affect their ability to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle. Social isolation, limited mobility, and financial insecurity... Read More Your Support is Improving Safety for Patients and Staff! Recently, staff on the psychiatric units at Victoria Hospital identified a safety issue: visitors were sometimes bringing unsafe items in when visiting loved ones. Although... Read More Research Paves the Way for Improved Bariatric Care Your generosity is paving the way for the future inclusion of Indigenous healing practices in Bariatric recovery across Canada. The research funded by your support... Read More 2023 Healthy Community Partnership Grant Recipients – One Year Later “There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.” - Margaret J. Wheatley In today’s world, cultivating a sense of... Read More New Team Room Helps to Bring Staff Together If the last several years have taught us anything, it is the invaluable role that healthcare workers play in our community. Your support of Victoria... Read More Income Shouldn’t be a Barrier to Health Imagine for a moment, the people you cherish most in this world. Now, picture one of them, alone, unable to get up after a fall,... Read More How Accessible Healthcare in our Community Changes Lives Dennis Rogers was first introduced to our community partner, ACCESS Fort Garry (AFG) in 2020, after being referred by a wound care specialist at Victoria... Read More Attitude of Gratitude Attitude of Gratitude: Why Hemant M. Shah is Investing in the Health of our Community After Victoria Hospital Saved His Life “Cold hands, warm heart.... Read More New Sensory Features Improve Care at ACCESS Fort Garry Better care is just a hop, skip, and a jump away thanks to you! These days at ACCESS Fort Garry, the halls are filled with the... Read More No Information available for selected filter. SHARE YOUR STORY Take the opportunity to recognize a compassionate caregiver, staff member or team and tell us about the exceptional care you or a loved one received at Victoria Hospital or ACCESS Fort Garry. 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