Description text gDr Mary Rowland has been a family physician for over 20 years and has worked in primary care at Kingston Community Health Centres since 2011.  She is currently the Medical Lead of the new Midtown Kingston Health Home and is also an assistant professor with the Department of Family Medicine at Queen's University.  Her practice focuses on the delivery of comprehensive primary care to equity seeking populations and she is particularly interested in women's health, sexual health, personality disorders and behavioral pediatrics. She also enjoys health systems planning and program model development and believes that quality improvement strategies can be used effectively to enhance equitable access to care

Dr Rowland was introduced to Trauma-Informed Care through her work at KCHC and over the years has learned a lot from her patients about the transformative impact this approach can have on both therapeutic relationships and patient outcomes.   She enjoys sharing these experiences  with other health care providers and helping others build skills to navigate challenging clinical visits and find satisfaction in their work.oes here

Grandmother Kathy is a Mohawk Kanien’ ke’ha ka woman from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory near Kingston, Ontario. She is a Mother, Aunty, Sister, Grandmother and Great Grandmother. She works as an Indigenous Community Development Worker with the Kingston Community Health Centers where she is a passionate advocate for the braiding together of Indigenous Culture with mainstream healthcare for urban Indigenous People. Kathy also is also the Indigenous Grandmother in Residence at the Grand Theater, and also sits with Katarokwi Grandmothers Council who, among other things, ensure that sacred ceremonies still happen seasonally, in the Kingston area.

Andrew Taggart brings a strong background in logistics, coordination, and operational planning to his role with Teach Resilience. With over a decade of experience in the tourism sector, Andrew managed complex scheduling, revenue systems, and promotions, developing a keen ability to organize moving parts, adapt quickly, and ensure smooth delivery of programs and services. He also played a key role in the formation of Blue Canoe Productions, a local non-profit theatre company, serving as General Manager for five years and later as a board member, where he oversaw operations, supported teams, and coordinated stakeholders. This combination of operational insight, adaptability, and community-focused leadership supports Andrew’s work in ensuring Teach Resilience trainings and initiatives run efficiently, on time, and with care for both facilitators and participants.

Dr. Rupa Patel is a family physician at the Kingston Community Health Center. She is also an assistant professor at the Queen’s University Department of Family Medicine where she is also the Program Director of the Women’s Health Program. She is a career advisor at the Queens University School of Medicine and board member at the CPSO.

She has worked in many settings over the past 30 years, including remote Northern Ontario, as a GP-Oncologist in a hospital, FM-Obs, and as a family doctor in an academic teaching practice. She currently works in a CHC setting offering care to a diverse population across the lifespan.

Dr. Patel is a passionate advocate for responsible opioid prescribing, after inheriting a practice with many patients on high-dose opioids. She has been with this group of patients for the past 15 years and has extensive experience with opioid tapering. She is also an advocate for generalist family medicine and feels that continuity of care is critical in Family Medicine and health care in general. She continues to enjoy her work and hopes to share her strategies for managing a practice in Family Medicine in this increasingly stressed health care environment.