LISTEN | Shirley Young recites her late son's affirmation:Dr. Peter's mother recites affirmation written by her late son BC Video 1:51 Shirley Young shares a statement her son wrote while on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Irene Goldstone was the director of nursing for the medical wards at St. Paul's Hospital, where she remembers "a continuous stream" of AIDS patients coming through the emergency room. In the days before he died, Jepson-Young set up a foundation, which, five years later, opened the Dr. Peter Centre in Vancouver. Shirley Young volunteering at the Dr. Peter Centre in 2010. To hear the CBC's Jodie Martinson's radio series on The Early Edition about the legacy of Dr. Peter Jepson-Young and how is work resonates today, tap the audio link below:

Source: CBC News November 28, 2020 16:00 UTC