A huge Holland Bloorview thank you to Kevin Pillar
@KPILLAR4
for everything you have done for Toronto! We loved having you visit us each year & cannot thank you enough for the kindness you have shown our clients and families.
@SFGiants
are lucky to have you, Superman!
@BlueJays
It's Blue Jays Visit Day at Holland Bloorview! We had such a great time colouring, throwing, and playing with the team this afternoon!
@BlueJays
, thanks for stopping by!
Thank you so much to
@pskills43
and his PS43 Foundation for the generous gift of $100,000 to help create a world of possibility for kids with disabilities! 💚🏀
#WeTheNorth
We’re so grateful for the visit and we’ll always be cheering for you on the court!
Join us for a Johnny Orlando Charity Concert in support of Holland Bloorview! 100% of ticket sales will be donated to help kids & youth at Holland Bloorview. Sunday, December 9 at
@OPERAHOUSETO
tickets are $35. Presented by
@mcleishorlando
@johnnyorlando
This hat can be yours too! Our good friend
@KPILLAR4
teamed up with
@collabs4acause
to create his very own “dad” hat - 25% of sales will be donated to help support our kids! Very generously, Kevin Pillar + his wife are also matching funds raised!
@BlueJays
Congratulations to our President and CEO
@Hanigsberg
for being named one of Canada’s most powerful CEOs by
@WXN
! 🎉
Read about her amazing achievement and the impact she has made, here:
#WXNTop100
#WXN
Our president & CEO Julia Hanigsberg
@Hanigsberg
has been named a
@WXN
2018 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner presented by
@KPMG
! The list was pays tribute to the outstanding women across Canada who have advocated for diversity in the workplace.
#StandInHerShoes
Today is International Day of Persons with DisABILITIES. Let's take today to discuss how we can END STIGMA + best support kids & youth w/ all types of disabilities. The result? A better, more inclusive society for everybody!
#IDPD2017
#DearEverybody
#LeaveNoOneBehind
#IncludeUs
We are thrilled to announce starting January 1, 2023,
@EvdokiaAnagn
, highly acclaimed scientist and child neurologist, is Holland Bloorview's new vice-president of research and director of the Bloorview Research Institute – the first woman to hold this position in our history!
Exciting news! Autism research centre’s Dr. Evdokia Anagnostou receives $760,000 to conduct groundbreaking work in the treatment of anxiety in children and youth with ASD
Holland Bloorview’s research institute is proud to announce that Dr. Evdokia Anagnostou, senior scientist, autism research centre (ARC) has received a 5-year
@CIHR_IRSC
project grant in the amount of just over $1 million.
@EvdokiaAnagn
Dr. Tom Chau, vice president of research and senior scientist at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital was today awarded the highest honour in the province, the Order of Ontario!
@chautom
🎉 Congratulations to our very own
@jessbrianphd
for being awarded a
@CIHR_IRSC
project grant to advance the research of the impactful Social ABCs program for so many children with autism and their families! Read more, here:
#GrowHBResearch
We are joining
@SickKidsNews
and
@CHEO
to implement
#COVID19
vaccine mandate policies to protect the majority of our clients who are not currently eligible for vaccination. Read more, here:
We are excited to launch the Advocacy Tool Kit for parents of children and youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs). The tool kit was developed by the autism research centre (ARC).
#HBARC
#ASD
#Autism
We’re thrilled to announce that this year, THANKS TO YOU Capes for Kids raised more than $600,000!! That brings our 2-year total to $1 million raised! Your decision to set a goal + wear a cape will help kids move, speak, play & lead through world class care, programs + research.
Jays’ pitchers Gausman and Bassitt made an early appearance
@HBKidsHospital
before their game against the Royals and helped lead the 7th inning stretch
#TOTHECORE
Holland Bloorview ambassador Zach is having a great time at the All For One Cup today. Thank you to
@torontofc
players for taking the time to chat with him!
#allforonecup
To all of our staff who have volunteered to screen people coming into the hospital (Pam, Lynn, and Mazen in this picture): thank you for working to keep us safe during
#COVID19
💚 You’re all amazing!
“This award is for every kid who is watching tonight who has a disability, who has a limitation or a challenge, who has been waiting to see themselves represented in this arena — you are”
This is what an inventor looks like. This is Zach. He looks forward to the day when he’ll be able to make his imaginings real. He lives with cerebral palsy. Help us break down stigma against kids living with disability by sharing!
#DearEverybody
Our friends from the storytelling platform
@wattpad
came by to volunteer and hear the stories from the kids at Holland Bloorview - Thanks for stopping by!
#DearEverybody
It’s official! We’ve broken a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the largest gathering of people wearing capes! Our
#CapesforKids
superheroes assembled at tonight’s
@Raptors905
game, shining bright in red!
@pskills43
@GWR
Dr. Tom Chau, vice president of research and senior scientist at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital was today announced as one of the recipients of the Governor General’s Innovation Awards!
@chautom
@GGInnovation
@ibbme_uoft
@UWaterloo
@MaRSDD
Not everyone is able to stay home during
#COVID19
, so we wanted to highlight some of our frontline workers throughout the next few days. Thank you to the incredible team here keeping everyone fed during this pandemic, you are so important to us! 💚
Thrilled that $667,000 was raised tonight, all to help create a world of possibilities for kids and youth with disabilities! Thank you so much to the generous chefs, guests, sponsors, and kids who made tonight possible!
#HBEOP
Thank you so much to the Toronto Blue Jays Development team for visiting kids at Holland Bloorview today! Your new friends and fans had such a great time playing baseball and hanging out with you guys. Hope to see you again soon!
@kjs_4
@big_nate5
#BlueJays
@BlueJays
Happy Birthday Holland Bloorview! Over the last 120 years, we have been dedicated to creating a world of possibility by supporting children and youth living with disability, medical complexity, illness and injury. Check out some of our milestones!
We are thrilled to announce
@AmanSium
as Holland Bloorview's Vice-President, Experience, Transformation and Social Accountability. Congratulations Aman! Read more:
Congratulations to our President & CEO Julia
@Hanigsberg
on her position as the new Chair of
@CAHOhospitals
! "We look forward to her guidance and leadership."
🎉 Congrats to our own Dr. Gillian King, Dr. Evdokia Anagnostou and Dr. Jessica Brian for being ranked among the country's top scientists in psychology by , a leading academic research portal.
Congratulations to our president and CEO Julia
@Hanigsberg
for being named, for the second consecutive year, one of Canada's Most Powerful Women by Women's Executive Network (WXN).
#powerfullyempowered
🎉🎉🎉
We are extremely pleased to announce our 2019 Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Winners. Tomorrow, we will honour all of these exceptional women at our Top 100 Awards Gala. Please join us in congratulating our 2019 winners!
.
#PowerfullyEmpowered
Congratulations to
@AmyCMcpherson
for being awarded the
@HealthPromoCAN
2019 Mid-career Academic Recognition Award! Her work is truly amazing. Check out the full story, here:
Congratulations to Dr. Shannon Scratch for receiving the International Neuropsychological Society Early Career Research Award by the
@INSNeuro
! Under her leadership at the NOvEL lab, the research team has made tremendous strides in neuropsychological and rehabilitation research.
In Canada, 22% of the population lives with a disability, but that number is not reflected in the media. Today marks the launch of
#DearEverybody
year 3. It's time to include disability in the picture. Join us in signing the agreement to end stigma at
Today we want to extend a warm welcome to Irene Andress, who is joining the Holland Bloorview family as the new Vice President, Programs & Services and Chief Nursing Executive. Learn more about Irene here:
Dr. Melanie Penner has received a $2M CIHR Transforming Health with Integrated Care (THINC) grant from
@ihspr_cihr
, helping her build on her work to expand autism care and diagnosis to community healthcare providers. Congratulations, Dr. Penner!
Congratulations to Tom Chau on being elected as a Fellow of the
@RSCTheAcademies
. His scientific advances in the field of assistive technologies continue to profoundly impact the lives of children with disabilities worldwide.
@bme_uoft
Missed all the excitement from an EPIC
@bluejays
visit to Holland Bloorview earlier this week?
@CTVNews
was here to capture all the fun – including a hospital-wide pep rally featuring a sing-along and the seventh-inning stretch.
Watch here:
Holland Bloorview kicks off its largest research expansion in 120 years with a $4 million pledge from Jason and Heather Smith! The expansion will bring new & state-of-the-art technology including Ontario’s first-fully accessible child-friendly research MRI
🎉 Congratulations to our CEO
@Hanigsberg
for her 4th
@WXN
win and entry into the Top 100 Canada’s Most Powerful Women Hall of Fame! Check it out, here:
Today, the Raymond Chang Foundation announced a $2 million donation to Holland Bloorview's research institute to establish a commercialization zone + incubator space as part of our $25 million fundraising campaign! We are beyond thrilled and grateful.
🗨️
#DearEverybody
: We're back! And it's time to talk about ableism.
Ableism is the discrimination towards someone based on their abilities. And it needs to stop. Will you join us?
It’s time to
#EndAbleism
. Let's start the conversation. Visit to get started.
We're number one! 🎊 We're so thrilled to say we're ranked first in researcher intensity for small hospitals in Canada and to be one of the 19
@CAHOhospitals
on this year's Top 40 Research Hospitals list!
Holland Bloorview's Dr. Evdokia Anagnostou, assistant director of the Bloorview Research Institute and co-lead of the Autism Research Centre (just to name a few), has been promoted to Full Professor, Department of Pediatrics at the University of Toronto!
Welcome to Irene Andress, our new vice president, programs & services and chief nursing executive! With her 35 years of experience, we're so excited for her to bring her passionate commitment to clients and families to Holland Bloorview!🎊
Read more, here:
"It’s not fair because other kids get to do it, but if a place is not accessible they kick me out."
#DearEverybody
: It's time to talk about ableism and inclusion. If a space isn't accessible how can everyone feel like they belong? Read Gabriel's story here
To our wonderful housekeeping staff we are forever grateful. Thank you for everything that you do, especially now during this pandemic. We couldn’t function without you! 💚
Happy 120th birthday Holland Bloorview! 120 years of creating a world of possibility by supporting children and youth living with disability, medical complexity, illness and injury. Learn more about our history! Photo: Bloorview on Bloor Street
We are so proud of Dr. Sally Lindsay's $2.58 million
@CIHR_IRSC
@SSHRC_CRSH
partnership grant to study inclusion in employment. This is one of SSHRC’s largest multi-year grants that is given to only a select few investigators in Canada. Congratulations!
"I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead as full a life as possible. I have traveled the world, from the Antarctic to zero gravity." Thank you Stephen Hawking for being an incredible inspiration to so many. You will be missed.
#StephenHawking
Our very own
@drmelpenner
received a significant research grant to enhance the lives of children with autism. Read about her groundbreaking work, here:
#WomenInScience
We are thrilled to share that Dr. Nick Reed has been appointed as the Holland Family Chair in Acquired Brain Injury for a 5-year term starting immediately. Congratulations
@DrNickReed
!
@UofT
@KidsConcussion
So proud that the prestigious Governor General Meritorious Service Decorations recognized Tom Chau, Pierre Duez, Andrea Lamont & Eric Wan for creating the Virtual Music Instrument (VMI)!
@GGJuliePayette
@chautom
Photo: MCpl Vincent Carbonneau,
@RideauHall
🚨
#DearEverybody
is BACK!🚨
22% of Canadians have a
#disability
, but you don't see them in the media. Let's change that. Join us in signing the agreement to include disability in the picture at
Because everybody deserves to be seen.
#RepresentationMatters