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Dr. Janet Davidson has created a scholarship in the Faculty of Nursing and has offered to return to her alma mater to mentor UWindsor nursing students.
She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing in 1969. She returned in June 2009 to accept an honorary degree that recognized her passion for extending health care for all citizens of the world.
Davidson is president and CEO of the Trillium Health Centre, one of the largest hospital complexes in Canada. She has been involved in all aspects of health care planning and administration over the past 30 years.
Davidson also served more than three decades with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent, including volunteering to help victims of war, drought and famine in Africa and elsewhere.
“What I learned at the University of Windsor, but did not realize until later, was a lifelong love for the creation and sharing of new knowledge,” she said in her address to convocation. “As universities develop young people for an unpredictable future, it is important that they teach students to make a life as well as a living,” she added.
“Today it is easy to get lost in the bells and whistles of the latest technologies, but life is always about people,” said Davidson. “A small group of dedicated people are the only ones who have ever changed the world. With our advantages in Canada, which most people cannot imagine, it is our responsibility to make the world a better place.”
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