Newsmakers
From transforming the lives of children with disabilities to finding love at Holland Bloorview, these are the changemakers making the news!
The Globe and Mail spotlighted the EmpowerBCI initiative, supported by a $30 million gift from The Slaight Foundation, to support the spread and scale of brain-computer-interface technology to children’s treatment centres across Ontario. Learn more.
Para athlete and Holland Bloorview client Kebba , who, alongside his longtime prosthetist Neil Ready, shared the labour of love involved in creating his highly customized running prosthesis with local media outlets. Watch here.
Holland Bloorview’s advocacy campaign, No Piece of Cake, made a big media splash last fall to raise awareness of the difficulties youth with disabilities and developmental differences often face when transitioning to the adult health-care system. Watch here.
Staff members, Elizabeth Dunphy and William Goessaert share with media how they met at the hospital during the pandemic and married last summer. They recreated their “I do” moment at Holland Bloorview, which was captured in a heartwarming segment by media including People. Read more.
Famed Canadian violinist and former prosthetic client Adrian Anantawan returns to Holland Bloorview to join the Bloorview Research Institute in celebrating its 20th anniversary at its annual research symposium. Watch here. [clip starts at 18m33s]
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