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Community keeps this volunteer coming back
After her daughter Elizabeth was diagnosed with global developmental delay, Jean Hammond immersed herself at Holland Bloorview as a famil...
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From patient to bioethicist, Dolly comes full circle
I met Dolly Menna-Dack in 1999 when we interviewed her as a youth role model in BLOOM (then called Connections). At age three, Dolly, who...
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Instead of changing her child, a mother changes herself
Superbabies Don't Cry is a brilliant essay about how the birth of a child with a chromosome deletion upended one mother's ideas about per...
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Life or death at 11 years old
Today is National Siblings Day. This is a moving and illuminating piece from Jamie Trossman, 12 (right), about a time a year ago when her...
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Rana finds her voice in advocacy
By Rana Nasrazadani“You're not ready for university.”A staff member said this to me in high school, in front of the whole class. Thes...
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School volunteer honours his daughter's memory
I first met Yoonus Mia in 2003. I'd bump into him in the hospital walking beside a child in a helmet, feet strapped onto the pedals of an...
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'We can't fix what we don't know'
Kimberley Siu-Chong (centre) is Holland Bloorview's touchpoint for feedback from families. As client- and family-relations facilitator, s...
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When getting out is twice as hard
By Sara PotI hate surprises. On my 13th birthday, my mom invited five friends over to surprise me. As soon as I saw them, I said, “Seri...
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Asha 'reshaped the way I look at the world'
I heard this amazing interview with Ron Buliung, a professor in transportation geography at the University of Toronto Mississauga. He's c...
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Students run concussion rehab program for youth
There's little science to show how to best help youth with concussions who continue to be bothered by headaches, fatigue and dizziness.A ...
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