Late in 1848 Johnston and Wilson bought the Argus in 1852 Johnston sold out to James Gill who was soon replaced by Lauchlan Mackinnon. In 1841-46 he held the Eumemmering cattle station near Dandenong with Edward Wilson. Strachan & Co., opened the Southern Cross Hotel in West Bourke Street which he ran until about 1846, and bought land at St Kilda. In April 1840 he moved to Melbourne where he became a book-keeper to the merchants J. In May 1838 he arrived in the Jane at Hobart Town where he joined the office of the superintendent of convicts. He returned to Edinburgh in September 1836 and was briefly a book-keeper. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh but in September 1834 went to Demerara, British Guiana. Orphaned early, Johnston was brought up by his mother's family. I think it could help the community, having those services closer,” she said.James Stewart Johnston (1811-1896), politician, newspaper manager and vigneron, was born on 7 February 1811 in West Lothian, Scotland, the only son of James Johnston, part-proprietor of the Adambrae papermill at Mid Calder, and his wife Mary, née Stewart.

“Down the road, I hope it will be a service I can also offer to local patients. She recently completed some oncology training and will be working with Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre in Barrie to offer those services. “I want every family doctor in Collingwood to be able to offer this to their own patients because it’s so rewarding,” she said.Īs a co-founder of the Living Wish Foundation, she also plans to continue that work. Looking forward, Boyd plans to continue working with South Georgian Bay family doctors through Hospice Georgian Triangle to educate them on best palliative care practices. It’s a real privilege to work in that area,” said Boyd. “Health care is so difficult right now for so many reasons. I’ve seen the most beautiful moments that renew your faith in humanity, like families all coming together.” “Being part of that intimate moment with families is so rewarding. “I’ve always gravitated to it because it’s such an intimate time in patients’ lives,” she said. While Boyd got her start working in rural family medicine, she says she always felt drawn to palliative medicine. “I was supposed to be here for a few months, but then, I loved it! I ended up starting up a practice with the two of them,” she said. She and her best friend from medical school would visit her parents’ cottage in Collingwood, which is what first brought Boyd to the area.īoyd’s friend and her husband took temporary positions in South Georgian Bay in 2006, which inspired Boyd to also accept a temporary job in the same area.

The award is presented to one physician in Ontario who demonstrates excellence and leadership in palliative care and advances palliative care in their community through mentorship of family physicians.īoyd grew up in Toronto and did her training for rural medicine in Thunder Bay. Librach began his medical career in 1970, became an early presence in the field of palliative care in 1978 and was instrumental in shaping the Canadian approach to palliative care and palliative medicine. They wouldn’t have chosen Collingwood if we didn’t have amazing palliative care here in general,” said Boyd.ĭr. This award usually goes to a doctor in Toronto or Hamilton. We have such a special thing in our community.

“It was also amazing to see Collingwood honoured. Larry (Librach) is like a celebrity to me,” said Boyd in an interview with CollingwoodToday. She serves as the medical director at Hospice Georgian Triangle and Campbell House. Lawrence Librach Award for Palliative Medicine in the Community at the Hospice Palliative Care Ontario conference in Toronto. Alyssa Boyd.īoyd was honoured this week with the Dr. What started as an arrangement only intended to last a few months, turned into a blossoming career for Collingwood physician Dr.

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