On December 10, Toronto Public Heath declared a Norovirus outbreak on the Complex Continuing Care unit. Other units and programs are operating as usual. Click for more info.
Please note our ambulatory care services will be closed on Dec. 25-26, 2025, and Jan. 1, 2026. The day program will be closed Dec. 22-26, 2025.
The foolishness of clowns, their vulnerability and willingness to fail, produces 'joy without demands' in hospitalized children, write the Holland Bloorview authors of a new Journal of Medical Humanities paper. Yet clowning is devalued in medicine.
Dr. Rhandi Christensen is a Staff Pediatric Neurologist at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital and an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. She completed medical school at the University of Toronto. She then completed Pediatric Neurology Residency and a Clinical and Research Fellowship in Neonatal Neurology at the University of Toronto and SickKids. Prior to her medical training, she completed a PhD in Neuroscience at McMaster University. Dr.
The Ontario Soccer Association, Toronto Soccer Association and Toronto Football Club have each teamed up with Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital’s concussion centre in collaborations focused on increasing the safety of youth soccer players.
'We know this group of kids have higher levels of perfectionism and trying to always be in control, and to not be a burden. This will be a space that is for them, where it’s safe to talk about their own feelings.'