‘Steady leadership, clear commitment’: Sault Area Hospital head Ila Watson bids farewell

It was not the grind of medical school – or that of any other health-related faculty – that Ila Watson shouldered while at McGill University. It was at that fine old Montreal seat of learning that Sault Area Hospital’s retiring president and CEO studied the nuts and bolts of labour relations, garnering skills she would initially apply to Ontario Public Service posts in both Toronto and Sault Ste. Marie and, eventually, to her many roles at Sault Area Hospital upon joining the