Dare We Dream: An Exhibition for the Osler Society's Centennial Year

The Osler Society, established in 1925, is a club ran by and for medical students at Western University. The objective of the group, as written in its original Constitution, is "to foster the study of...Medical History, and other cultural subjects". One hundred years later, the club still operates and meets throughout the year to discuss research and engage in topics of the history of medicine. 

The Osler Society of 2024-2025 determined that their centennial year would be celebrated under the tagline "Dare We Dream", inspired from a speech given by Sir William Osler. 

"Distinctions of race, nationality, colour, and creed are unknown within the portals of the temple of Aesculapius. Dare we dream that this harmony and cohesion so rapidly developing in medicine, obliterating the strongest lines of division, knowing no tie of loyalty, but loyalty to truth — dare we hope, I say, that in the wider range of human affairs a similar solidarity may ultimately be reached?" Sir William Osler, 1905.

This virtual exhibit was created to celebrate 100 years of activity of Western University's Osler Society, and includes historical materials from Western University's Archives and Special Collections. A physical exhibit is available in the J.A. Schweitzer Gallery from March to August, 2025.