Pictured: Lori Kleiboer, Program Manager, Professional Education, LAS, Donna Hinds, Russell Blair, Lilian Wells and Jennifer May, Acting President & CEO, VP Community Engagement, LAS We would like to send a heartfelt thank you to Lilian Wells and Donna Hinds. Donna, Lilian and son Russell visited our office in August to surprise us with their donation. This gift will honour their family history and sponsor the McPherson Lecture Series. This series will be showcased each year as a ‘keynote presentation’ during the provincial Inspired Breathing Conference, which will be hosted in Saskatoon on May 22-23, 2020. The McPherson Lecture will provide an invaluable professional learning opportunity for all those in attendance, including physicians, nurses, respirologists, and other health care professionals working within the scope of respiratory health. Donna and Lilian’s father, Dr. Russell McPherson, was a physician who spent his entire career of 35 years fighting tuberculosis. Their mother, Lilian McPherson, was a nurse who worked in the Fort San, Prince Albert and Saskatoon Tuberculosis Sanatoria. With a passion for education, Dr. McPherson along with fellow League doctors lectured to third and fourth year medical students and offered clinical experience to fourth year students. The League did its best to ensure that the new medical generation would have some understanding of tuberculosis. We are honoured to have such wonderful and thoughtful people in our lung family. Thank you Donna and Lilian for your incredibly generous gift. |
