The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) administrative and support staff were fêted at the third annual FMHS Community Celebration on June 11 at Molson Stadium. This year’s event, attended by over 300 members of the admin staff as well as leaders from across the Faculty – including, for the first time, a joint celebration with the Campus Outaouais team – had a picnic theme, with tea sandwiches and veggies and hummus and activities galore, including ultimate frisbee, mini putt and giant jenga, as well as stretching exercises, therapy dogs, wellness booths and much, much more. Please check out photos from the event below!
Lesley Fellows, Vice-President (Health Affairs) and Dean of the FMHS, and Demetra Kafantaris, Executive Director, Administration and Operations, FMHS, kicked off proceedings with heartfelt thanks to admin and support staff members for their professionalism and dedication. They also gave a shoutout to the organizing committee and the army of red-pinnied volunteers running the show before officially opening the activity circuit and food and beverage kiosks. Later in the afternoon, an array of wonderful door prizes were drawn, donated by our extraordinarily generous sponsors – thank you! (Read about the sponsors and the winners here.)
Huge thanks, too, to these groups who hosted much-appreciated booths during the event :
- Animal Therapy with the Student Wellness Hub: therapy dogs!
- Logifem: Make a keychain craft activity to commemorate the opening of their new permanent apartments for vulnerable women and their families this fall.
- Essentrics Studio: Full body, dynamic stretching & strengthening technique.
- Blood Pressure 101, by Ingram School of Nursing students: Check out their brochure Blood Pressure 101 Keeping It Lowkey Brochure.
- McGill World Restart a Heart (WRAH) World Restart a Heart cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) demonstration booth
- Seed Giveaway by the Macdonald Campus Seed Library initiative and McGill Libraries
- Organizational Development (OD)
- My Healthy Workplace (MHW)
- Office of Sustainability (MOOS)
- Health and Well-Being Program
And, above all, a round of applause for our extraordinary volunteers who worked hard to ensure that the event was a success!
Click on any photo to launch a slideshow. Photos by Owen Egan and Joni Dufour.
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- L to R: Back – Marie-Claude Béland, Mary Stone, Joanne Hui, Élisabeth Croteau, Carine Asselin, David Ng. Front – Dhabisha Kohilanathan, Jane O’Faherty, Véronique Paradis, Lori Manon-og, Fern Charles, Rania Atrini. (Not pictured: Professor Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, Batchimeg Zeund, Hena Kon, Iris Boudier, Jason Clement, Jennifer Boucher-Smith, Dr. Mélanie Mondou, Patrick Beland, Shie Kasai, Tasha Ayinde).
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- L to R: Back – Diana Colby, Catherine Robinson, Maxime Pirenne, Karem Bravo, Andrew Marcheschi. Front – Lavanya Ramasamy, Gillian Woodford, Dhabisha Kohilanathan, Demetra Kafantaris
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Congratulations to the winners of our door prizes at our FMHS Community Celebration, 2024