London, Ontario, March 1999, In the summer of 1966, the University of Western Ontario’s Faculty of Medicine collaborated with St. Joseph’s Hospital to initiate an Advanced Graduate Training program hosted in the hospital. The program included a Family Practice service component designed to emulate real practice conditions as closely as possible. By 1968, anticipated enrollment in the program was high enough that the space provided by the hospital was no longer sufficient. In 1969, the Family Medical Centre opened as a fully operational facility on 362 Oxford Street. The facility remained on Oxford Street until 1985, when a new building was purchased on Platt’s Lane. The Sisters of St. Joseph continued their involvement with St. Joseph’s Hospital and the centre until 1993.