Stories
Read stories from our clients, parents, volunteers and staff on how we're creating a world of possibility for kids with disability.
Read stories from our clients, parents, volunteers and staff on how we're creating a world of possibility for kids with disability.
As a client of Holland Bloorview, Tayah learned how to communicate her needs, gained skills in physiotherapy and made lasting friendships. Today, this confident nine-year-old is ready to take on everything grade four has to offer.
When your family motto is “if we can put a man on the moon, we can do other things,” anything becomes possible.
In the Daphne Cockwell Spiral Garden, kids and youth are inspired by nature, and by each other, to create works of art that stretch the imagination, leaving lasting feelings of self-empowerment.
Dr. Melanie Penner, a developmental pediatrician and clinician scientist at Holland Bloorview, is working to change that, thanks to a $250,000 gift from longtime donor Mary Davie that is enabling
At Holland Bloorview, we're committed to meeting the evolving, complex needs of children, youth and their families. Indeed, over half of over 9,500 children and youth we serve have three or more
Seeing a child's face light up as they watch a 3D model of their arm appear on a screen is a meaningful reward for Holland Bloorview’s Orthotics and Prosthetics (O&P) Digital Technology Team. And for
Get Up and Go is Canada's only inpatient interdisciplinary pediatric pain program. This year, thanks to increased funding from the Ontario Ministry of Health, the program was able to expand its
When inpatient care includes playing the ukulele, bedside arts and crafts, bubbles and lots of dancing, the path to recovery is joyful and filled with giggles.
In 2023 Holland Bloorview Foundation’s SPARK Fund provided funds to a variety of staff-initiated innovative projects across the hospital. Designed to enhance connection, inclusive play, and wellbeing
Imagine a world where baking cookies becomes a therapy session, where Bollywood dancing is part of rehabilitation, and where laughter fills the halls alongside the hum of medical equipment. For 13
Step into Earl Haig Secondary School, and you'll discover more than just classrooms and textbooks. It’s in the halls of this high school that kindness isn’t just a word but, instead, a way of life.
Stories like this are possible because of you!