In Conversation: Jim Meek Friday, April 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM ADT
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Join us In Conversation with Jim Meek, who co-authored
Treat Them Where They Lie
with the late Dr. Ron Stewart.
Treat Them Where They Lie: Pioneering a Revolution in Modern Emergency Medicine is a long-awaited memoir of a trailblazing emergency physician (otherwise known as “Doc Hollywood”) and a former Nova Scotia Minister of Health also tells the story of modern emergency medicine.
When Ron Stewart—a coal miner’s son from the east coast of Canada—took a residency in emergency medicine in Los Angeles in 1972, emergency care was still in its infancy. After sixteen years of high-stakes trailblazing in the US emergency medical system, Stewart took on the Minister of Health job in his native Nova Scotia, where he battled long odds and fierce opposition to introduce a modern Emergency Health Services system.
In this powerful and moving memoir, Ron Stewart and co-author Jim Meek tell a captivating story of passion and determination while exploring the highs and lows of a life well lived.
Jim Meek is an award-winning writer and author whose work has appeared in several publications. Jim was awarded a Nieman Fellowship by Harvard University and was a recipient of the Hyman Solomon Award, which recognizes excellence in Canadian public policy journalism. Meek wrote Cultivating Success: The Life of Acadian Seaplants Founder Louis Deveau and co-authored Offshore Dream: A History of Nova Scotia’s Oil and Gas Industry.
This in-person event will also be livestreamed via private youtube link, and available from that link for one week following the event.
Tickets:
Adults - $15 plus taxes and fees
Youth Under 20 - $7.50 plus taxes and fees
General Admission
Treat Them Where They Lie: Pioneering a Revolution in Modern Emergency Medicine is a long-awaited memoir of a trailblazing emergency physician (otherwise known as “Doc Hollywood”) and a former Nova Scotia Minister of Health also tells the story of modern emergency medicine.
When Ron Stewart—a coal miner’s son from the east coast of Canada—took a residency in emergency medicine in Los Angeles in 1972, emergency care was still in its infancy. After sixteen years of high-stakes trailblazing in the US emergency medical system, Stewart took on the Minister of Health job in his native Nova Scotia, where he battled long odds and fierce opposition to introduce a modern Emergency Health Services system.
In this powerful and moving memoir, Ron Stewart and co-author Jim Meek tell a captivating story of passion and determination while exploring the highs and lows of a life well lived.
Jim Meek is an award-winning writer and author whose work has appeared in several publications. Jim was awarded a Nieman Fellowship by Harvard University and was a recipient of the Hyman Solomon Award, which recognizes excellence in Canadian public policy journalism. Meek wrote Cultivating Success: The Life of Acadian Seaplants Founder Louis Deveau and co-authored Offshore Dream: A History of Nova Scotia’s Oil and Gas Industry.
This in-person event will also be livestreamed via private youtube link, and available from that link for one week following the event.
Tickets:
Adults - $15 plus taxes and fees
Youth Under 20 - $7.50 plus taxes and fees
General Admission
Venue
Chester Playhouse
22 Pleasant Street
Chester NS B0J 1J0