Jenna researched and recorded the history of the world-renowned Division of Gastroenterology at the University of Alberta.
This project consisted of in-depth oral history interviews with the three founders of the Division as well as the first fellows from the University’s gastroenterology fellowship training program, the first of its kind in Western Canada. This oral history project resulted in the production of the documentary On the Shoulders of Giants.
On the Shoulders of Giants is a true Alberta story about three doctors from the prairies who worked tirelessly and selflessly to improve the conditions of health care and education in the province of Alberta by founding what is now the world renowned Division of Gastroenterology at the University of Alberta.
As told by the Division’s visionary founders, Dr. Richard Sherbaniuk, Dr. Ronald Wensel and Dr. Wilfred Weinstein, this meaningful story sheds light on the changing face of health care in Alberta.