Selling the Cure, Inventing the Culture: The Commodification of Indigenous Peoples in Patent Medicine Marketing
June marks National Indigenous History Month. At the Museum of Health Care, we recognize the harms Indigenous Peoples experience in health care systems across North America.
Public Programs Assistant Position Available for Summer 2025
This is a temporary full-time position from May 12 to August 30, 2025. It is funded through the Young Canada Works program. To be eligible, applicants must be full-time students who will be returning to full-time studies in the fall of 2025.
Public Programs Assistant Positions Available for Summer 2025
This is a temporary full-time position from May 12 to August 30, 2025. It is funded through the Young Canada Works and Canada Summer Jobs programs. To be eligible, applicants must be full-time students who will be returning to full-time studies in the fall of 2025.
2025 SWEP Student Positions Available
The Museum of Health Care is hiring for various positions this summer. Spend your summer working in heritage!
We are Hiring! Collections Intern Position Available
The Museum of Health Care is hiring a Collections Intern for the Fall 2023 to Spring 2024 period!
2023 Summer Positions Available
The Museum of Health Care is hiring for the summer! If you are enthusiastic, creative and have an interest in working in heritage, we want to hear from you!
The Story of Dr. Kenneth Fenwick and His Complex Legacy
Today, we’re looking at a story that may not be as inspiring as many that could be told. It is an important story nonetheless. This is the story of Dr. Kenneth Neander Fenwick (1852-1896), and the women from whom he sought to deprive a medical education.
The Story of James Sampson and the History of Kingston
James Sampson had a significant impact on Kingston's history and development.
Ignaz Semmelweis: The Saviour of Mothers
Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865) was a Hungarian doctor who, during his tenure as an assistant professor at the Obstetrics clinic in the Vienna General Hospital, became interested in learning why so many women were dying from puerperal fever, which was colloquially called childbed fever.
The Story of Sir Henry Wellcome and the Wellcome Collection
Born in a log cabin in Almond, Wisconsin, in 1853, Henry Wellcome was one of the most influential pharmacological entrepreneurs and an avid collector of medical artefacts.