Vancouver’s Lifeguard Legend

“Ruby Smith Diaz (l.) examines the life of Joe Fortes, a Black lifeguard in Vancouver, during a time of rampant racism, exploring his legacy and identity through research, personal reflections and poetry.FULL STORY

 

Doctors’ lives

April 29th, 2020

Following up on his previous book, That’s Why I’m a Journalist (D&M 2015), former CBC journalist, Mark Bulgutch has published a compendium of doctors’ most memorable moments in, That’s Why I’m a Doctor (D&M $24.95). Covering career-affirming experiences from 45 physicians across Canada, Bulgutch discovered some surprising reasons why doctors got interested in medicine, medical breakthroughs, the importance of doctors’ relationships with their patients, and what keeps them going when they are faced with trauma and stress most days. 978-1-771622523

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