Ron Smith is a BC writer of poetry, children's books, fiction, non fiction and drama.

On May 11, 2020, Improbable Journeys: From Crossing the Himalayas on Horseback to a Career in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, which I co-authored with Dr. Bernie Binns, was released by Rock’s Mills Press of Oakville, Ontario. Part medical memoir, part travelogue, our book looks at the career of a man who was born in the Falkland Islands and spent his first 12 years in India and Chinese Turkestan; who was educated in Britain, at the University of London and Oxford; who practiced his career in Uganda as Idi Amin came to power; who fought for the rights of women to choose; taught at the University of Manitoba in infectious diseases; worked with the Inuit in the north, in their home place; and eventually retired to Vancouver Island. Dr. Binns, who now spends half his year in New Zealand, answers the question of what he believes makes a good healer, especially in these times when the patient often seems secondary in the medical experience.