RN Brandon Duncan (above, second from left) was one of many volunteers to travel to Poland this spring to join the Canadian Medical Assistance Teams (CMAT) in providing aid for refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine. Duncan, who works at London Health Sciences Centre, sits on CMAT’s board of directors and previously volunteered with the organization after an earthquake in Haiti in 2010 and again in the Philippines after an earthquake in 2013. In March, Duncan worked at several Poland-Ukraine border cities and also made the perilous crossing into Ukraine to get medications and supplies where they were needed. As part of the CMAT team, Duncan says he saw the resilience of the people of Ukraine and Poland. He says he finds this work fulfilling: “I’ve always been really drawn to disaster-relief situations and going (where) they don’t have a lot of resources.” RNAO issued a call, in partnership with CMAT, to find volunteers to apply for missions throughout the spring. Watch for a more in-depth feature about this initiative in the Summer 2022 issue of RNJ. (Global News, April 4)