Apologies for so few photos, but most of the photos from this period focused on enjoying Canadian food. Who is missing? Marie Andree Chassé, Mary Applegate, Karin Olson, Liam Hyland, Kathy McIlveen, Don Flamming, Anne Dewar, Julie Boddie, Lorraine Telford, Wendy Neander, Beverly Lorencz, Carol Estabrooks, Bev Janes, Judy Norris, Nan McLeod, Karen Williams, Jennifer English, Judy Coté, and Dorothy Moonie. Post masters: Joy Edwards, Shirley Solberg, And our post docs, Beverly O’Brien, Gail Ewing, & Roberta Hewatt. (For Details, see CV).

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I owe these students for the questions they asked, all of which clarified my thinking about qualitative methods. So, this was a period when I lived their research with them, accosted their problems, was challenged analytically, and was proud of their enthusiasm, their ability to conceptualize and to write. Most used grounded theory or ethnography; all selected relevant, clinical topics. All “broke” new ground. All published. From the myriad of clinical studies, I learned much about the patient experience, the nurse-patient relationship, the experiences of ‘others’, but mostly about suffering, comfort, and comforting.