Following The Duke of York’s visit to Halifax, Nova Scotia, His Royal Highness then travelled to Toronto, Ontario, where he visited the SickKids Foundation Hospital. The Duke is Patron of the SickKids Foundation, which is Canada’s largest centre dedicated to improving children’s health.
His Royal Highness had a tour of the hospital and was shown some of the clinical, research and education initiatives currently underway. including machine learning techniques that accurately predict cardiac arrest in critically ill children, advancements in surgical robotics & 3D printing technology to train the next generation of surgeons, and Balloon Atrial Septoplasty (BAS), a surgical procedure performed on baby Sebastian’s heart while he was still in his mother’s womb – believed to be a world first to treat Sebastian’s particular condition.
At the Royal Canadian Military Institute, The Duke, Colonel-in-Chief, had a meeting and dinner with the Queens York Rangers and the Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada.
His Royal Highness then spent the day at his old school, Lakefield College, for their Regatta Day. His Royal Highness attended the school on exchange from Gordonstoun in 1977 and is now a Trustee of the School’s Foundation. The Regatta Day including sailing, windsurfing and canoe races.
On Monday 27 May, The Duke hosted [email protected] Canada 1.0 Boot Camp at the BMO Institute of Learning. Find out more on the [email protected] website.
