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Ever wonder who is behind the staff Entrance screen or contact tracing at CHEO? Meet a special group of CHEO nurses — affectionately nicknamed the COVID Queens by many they work with – who bring an important safety first lens forward to benefit everyone at CHEO.

By CHEO - Feb 11, 2021

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Enjoy “Walk in our shoes,” a new podcast about working at CHEO during the COVID-19 pandemic. This podcast series features brief conversations between CHEO’s president and CEO, Alex Munter, and various staff and medical staff.

By CHEO - Feb 08, 2021

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To celebrate the unusual 2020 holiday season Alex Munter, CHEO's President and CEO, shared the following message with staff:

It wouldn’t be 2020 if I didn’t end the year with a nod to the most popular communication tool of the year - a Zoom message!

 <span class="gs-feed-list-author">By <a href="https://www.cheo.on.ca/en/news/authors/cheo/">CHEO</a></span> <span class="gs-feed-list-separator"> - </span> <span class="gs-feed-list-date">Dec 17, 2020</span> <br /> </div> <ul class="gs-feed-list-categories"> <li class=""> <a class="cat-btn " href="/kids-come-first/en/news/inspiring-workplace/"> <span></span> Inspiring workplace </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gs-feed-list-item items-1 item item_text-right text-left divider-lines"> <div class="inner "> <div class="gs-feed-list-content info "> <div class="gs-feed-list-meta text"> <a href="/kids-come-first/en/news/posts/annual-butterfly-memorial-remembers-infants-children-and-youth-lost/" title="Click to open News Post" class="gs-feed-list-title ">News Post</a> <span class="gs-feed-list-description"><div class="fbg-row lmRow"><div data-lm-columnwidth="12" class="fbg-col-xs-12 column lmColumn"><div class="ge-content ge-content-type-gridHTML" data-ge-content-type="gridHTML"><div class="fbg-container-fluid lmLayoutComponent" data-lm-id="lm1599849271223" data-lm-componenttype="StandardOneColumn" data-lm-componenttitle=""><div class="fbg-row"><div class="fbg-col-xs-12"><div class="iCreateDynaToken" data-lm-tokenid="StandardOneColumnTK1" data-icrt-tk-cfg="StandardColumnContent" id="StandardOneColumnTK1_lm1599849271223"><p class="p1">We stand with and support all families who carry the pain of losing a child, this day and every day. Our annual Butterfly Release is an opportunity to come together, reflect on and remember the lives of infants, children and youth lost too soon.</span> <div class="gs-feed-list-author-date">  <span class="gs-feed-list-author">By <a href="https://www.cheo.on.ca/en/news/authors/cheo/">CHEO</a></span> <span class="gs-feed-list-separator"> - </span> <span class="gs-feed-list-date">Sep 12, 2020</span> <br /> </div> <ul class="gs-feed-list-categories"> <li class=""> <a class="cat-btn " href="/kids-come-first/en/news/inspiring-workplace/"> <span></span> Inspiring workplace </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gs-feed-list-item items-1 item item_text-right text-left divider-lines"> <div class="inner "> <div class="gs-feed-list-content info "> <div class="gs-feed-list-meta text"> <a href="/kids-come-first/en/news/posts/meet-nursing-hero-helen-yoxon/" title="Click to open News Post" class="gs-feed-list-title ">News Post</a> <span class="gs-feed-list-description"><div class="fbg-row lmRow ui-sortable" data-lm-customclass=""></div><div class="fbg-row lmRow ui-sortable" data-lm-customclass=""><div data-lm-columnwidth="4" class="lmColumn ui-sortable fbg-col-xs-12 fbg-col-sm-4 column" data-lm-customclass=""><div class="ge-content ge-content-type-gridHTML ui-droppable" data-ge-content-type="gridHTML"><div class="fbg-container-fluid lmLayoutComponent" data-lm-id="lm1593189173385" data-lm-componenttype="StandardOneColumn" data-lm-componenttitle=""><div class="fbg-row"><div class="fbg-col-xs-12"><div class="iCreateDynaToken" data-lm-tokenid="StandardOneColumnTK1" data-icrt-tk-cfg="StandardColumnContent" id="StandardOneColumnTK1_lm1593189173385"><p><img src="https://www.cheo.</span> <div class="gs-feed-list-author-date">  <span class="gs-feed-list-author">By <a href="https://www.cheo.on.ca/en/news/authors/cheo/">CHEO</a></span> <span class="gs-feed-list-separator"> - </span> <span class="gs-feed-list-date">Jun 26, 2020</span> <br /> </div> <ul class="gs-feed-list-categories"> <li class=""> <a class="cat-btn " href="/kids-come-first/en/news/inspiring-workplace/"> <span></span> Inspiring workplace </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gs-feed-list-item items-1 item item_text-right text-left divider-lines"> <div class="inner "> <div class="gs-feed-list-content info "> <div class="gs-feed-list-meta text"> <a href="/kids-come-first/en/news/posts/helping-senior-citizens-opened-a-new-chapter-in-cheo-s-story/" title="Click to open News Post" class="gs-feed-list-title ">News Post</a> <span class="gs-feed-list-description"><div class="fbg-row lmRow ui-sortable" data-lm-customclass=""><div data-lm-columnwidth="7" class="lmColumn ui-sortable fbg-col-xs-12 fbg-col-sm-7 column" data-lm-customclass=""><div class="ge-content ge-content-type-gridHTML ui-droppable" data-ge-content-type="gridHTML"><div class="fbg-container-fluid lmLayoutComponent" data-lm-id="lm1591622866200" data-lm-componenttype="StandardOneColumn" data-lm-componenttitle=""><div class="fbg-row"><div class="fbg-col-xs-12"><div class="iCreateDynaToken" data-lm-tokenid="StandardOneColumnTK1" data-icrt-tk-cfg="StandardColumnContent" id="StandardOneColumnTK1_lm1591622866200"><p>Even before the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in March, CHEO was already planning and mobilizing to respond to this new, unknown threat to the health of Canadians. Although we planned for all kinds of possibilities, we did not imagine part of our response would be for staff to leave the hospital and care for some of Ottawa’s oldest residents, rather than the youngest.</span> <div class="gs-feed-list-author-date">  <span class="gs-feed-list-author">By <a href="https://www.cheo.on.ca/en/news/authors/cheo/">CHEO</a></span> <span class="gs-feed-list-separator"> - </span> <span class="gs-feed-list-date">Jun 08, 2020</span> <br /> </div> <ul class="gs-feed-list-categories"> <li class=""> <a class="cat-btn " href="/kids-come-first/en/news/inspiring-workplace/"> <span></span> Inspiring workplace </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gs-feed-list-item items-1 item item_text-right text-left divider-lines"> <div class="inner "> <div class="gs-feed-list-content info "> <div class="gs-feed-list-meta text"> <a href="/kids-come-first/en/news/posts/thank-you-nurses/" title="Click to open News Post" class="gs-feed-list-title ">News Post</a> <span class="gs-feed-list-description"><p>This week (May 11-17) is National Nursing Week. It is a time to celebrate and thank the amazing nurses throughout CHEO who help children and youth live their best lives.</p></span> <div class="gs-feed-list-author-date">  <span class="gs-feed-list-author">By <a href="https://www.cheo.on.ca/en/news/authors/cheo/">CHEO</a></span> <span class="gs-feed-list-separator"> - </span> <span class="gs-feed-list-date">May 14, 2020</span> <br /> </div> <ul class="gs-feed-list-categories"> <li class=""> <a class="cat-btn " href="/kids-come-first/en/news/inspiring-workplace/"> <span></span> Inspiring workplace </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gs-feed-list-item items-1 item item_text-right text-left divider-lines"> <div class="inner "> <div class="gs-feed-list-content info "> <div class="gs-feed-list-meta text"> <a href="/kids-come-first/en/news/posts/doing-it-together-teamwork-with-community-is-helping-supply-ppe-to-our-staff/" title="Click to open News Post" class="gs-feed-list-title ">News Post</a> <span class="gs-feed-list-description"><div class="fbg-row lmRow"><div data-lm-columnwidth="12" class="fbg-col-xs-12 column lmColumn"><div class="ge-content ge-content-type-gridHTML" data-ge-content-type="gridHTML"><div class="fbg-container-fluid lmLayoutComponent" data-lm-id="lm1587568739327" data-lm-componenttype="StandardOneColumn" data-lm-componenttitle=""><div class="fbg-row"><div class="fbg-col-xs-12"><div class="iCreateDynaToken" data-lm-tokenid="StandardOneColumnTK1" data-icrt-tk-cfg="StandardColumnContent" id="StandardOneColumnTK1_lm1587568739327"><p id="E58">Having access to the PPE we need is a crucial part of keeping our kids, caregivers, staff and community safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are so grateful to our community for rallying together to donate or create masks for our health-care workers.</span> <div class="gs-feed-list-author-date">  <span class="gs-feed-list-author">By <a href="https://www.cheo.on.ca/en/news/authors/cheo/">CHEO</a></span> <span class="gs-feed-list-separator"> - </span> <span class="gs-feed-list-date">Apr 22, 2020</span> <br /> </div> <ul class="gs-feed-list-categories"> <li class=""> <a class="cat-btn " href="/kids-come-first/en/news/inspiring-workplace/"> <span></span> Inspiring workplace </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gs-feed-list-item items-1 item item_text-right text-left divider-lines"> <div class="inner "> <div class="gs-feed-list-content info "> <div class="gs-feed-list-meta text"> <a href="/kids-come-first/en/news/posts/happy-holidays/" title="Click to open News Post" class="gs-feed-list-title ">News Post</a> <span class="gs-feed-list-description"><div class="fbg-row lmRow"><div data-lm-columnwidth="12" class="fbg-col-xs-12 column lmColumn"><div class="ge-content ge-content-type-gridHTML" data-ge-content-type="gridHTML"><div class="fbg-container-fluid lmLayoutComponent" data-lm-id="lm1576768360596" data-lm-componenttype="StandardOneColumn" data-lm-componenttitle=""><div class="fbg-row"><div class="fbg-col-xs-12"><div class="iCreateDynaToken" data-lm-tokenid="StandardOneColumnTK1" data-icrt-tk-cfg="StandardColumnContent" id="StandardOneColumnTK1_lm1576768360596"><p>To everyone who works at CHEO, to all the people who have supported us with your donations, and to every one of the 500,000 children, youth, and their families whom we serve every year… happy holidays, merry Christmas, happy Hanukah. Have a wonderful 2020.</span> <div class="gs-feed-list-author-date">  <span class="gs-feed-list-author">By <a href="https://www.cheo.on.ca/en/news/authors/cheo/">CHEO</a></span> <span class="gs-feed-list-separator"> - </span> <span class="gs-feed-list-date">Dec 19, 2019</span> <br /> </div> <ul class="gs-feed-list-categories"> <li class=""> <a class="cat-btn " href="/kids-come-first/en/news/inspiring-workplace/"> <span></span> Inspiring workplace </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="gs-feed-list-item items-1 item item_text-right text-left divider-lines"> <div class="inner "> <div class="gs-feed-list-content info "> <div class="gs-feed-list-meta text"> <a href="/kids-come-first/en/news/posts/shining-star-awards/" title="Click to open News Post" class="gs-feed-list-title ">News Post</a> <span class="gs-feed-list-description"><div class="fbg-row lmRow"><div data-lm-columnwidth="12" class="fbg-col-xs-12 column lmColumn"><div class="ge-content ge-content-type-gridHTML" data-ge-content-type="gridHTML"><div class="fbg-container-fluid lmLayoutComponent" data-lm-id="lm1570116896708" data-lm-componenttype="StandardOneColumn" data-lm-componenttitle=""><div class="fbg-row"><div class="fbg-col-xs-12"><div class="iCreateDynaToken" data-lm-tokenid="StandardOneColumnTK1" data-icrt-tk-cfg="StandardColumnContent" id="StandardOneColumnTK1_lm1570116896708"><p>The skills and commitment of CHEO’s staff and physicians are integral to providing the best life for every child and youth in our community and around the world. 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