Denise Silva is a social work student at Holland Bloorview, connecting families to housing, food, childcare and funding supports.

Florence Girard was a 54-year-old woman with Down syndrome. She starved to death in 2018 in a homeshare overseen by a B.C. agency and Crown corporation.

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'Kids who are lonely at age 10 are three times more likely to have depressive symptoms when they're 14.'

'We serve 27 augmentative and alternative communication clinics across the province.'