The Authors
Dr. Jennifer Wilson has practised comprehensive family medicine in her hometown of Uxbridge, Ontario, for more than twenty-five years. A graduate of McMaster University, she later completed a Master of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Over the past two decades, Jennifer has been privileged to work alongside colleagues in Ghana, helping build long-term global health partnerships—work she considers among the most rewarding of her career. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.
Her favourite place in the world is wherever she happens to be together with her family: Graham, their five amazing kids and their partners (including two fantastic sons-in-law), their dog Francesca, and granddog Sally.
She hopes these stories remind readers that the heart of family medicine is built on enduring relationships and the privilege of walking alongside patients and families through life’s most meaningful moments. Family Rooms is Jennifer’s second book, following Grant Us Tomorrow, a medical memoir inspired by her work in Ghana.
Dr. Carlye Jensen has spent her career practicing family medicine in just about every setting – clinic, emergency department, hospital ward, and the occasional house call.. Her training followed a similarly wandering path, with undergraduate studies at McGill University, medical school at the University of Calgary and Family and Emergency Medicine residency at Western University. In 2007 she finally put down roots in Uxbridge, Ontario where she discovered the perfect blend of family practice, teaching and community.
Outside of medicine, Carlye’s favourite titles are Mom to three amazing boys, wife to a wonderfully patient husband, daughter to two remarkably supportive sets of parents and sister to six delightfully eclectic siblings – so she’s had plenty of practice managing chaos long before becoming a physician.
She hopes this book gives readers a glimpse into the privilege, humour, heartbreak and joy that shape the everyday reality of family medicine.