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Ann McGoey, mother, grandmother and retired Nurse Practitioner worked as nurse in Thunder Bay since moving to the city in 1977.  McKellar hospital emergency department was her first employer. Her program at university (McMaster, Hamilton) taught “advanced practice nursing skills” which in Thunder Bay at the time, were considered the domain of physicians. Undaunted and seeking to increase her knowledge of nursing, her next positions included obstetrics and surgery in the hospital and in community home health care, employee health and as a lecturer in the Nursing Program at Lakehead University.  As their four children grew, Ann introduced them to volunteering both at Shelter House and the Dew Drop Inn. It was important to her that unserved populations have access to social supports and health care. This led her to join one of the first Boards of Ogden East End Community Health Center (now NorthWest CHC). 

Seeing the Nurse Practitioner role expanding in the late 1990, Ann enrolled and graduated in a Masters of Nursing program (St. Scholastica, Duluth) and certified as a Nurse Practitioner.  She worked in Primary Care and then Palliative Care.  She was disappointed to leave nursing earlier than she had planned due to health issues.  Ann has been passionate about the Nurse Practitioner role for 50 years and is very happy to bring her experience to the Lakehead Nurse Practitioner Board of Directors which she joined in 2025.  Ann encourages friends, family and colleagues to consider donating plasma at the new Plasma donation site here in Thunder Bay.