News & Updates

Congratulations to our CEO, Rauni Salminen Congratulations go to Rauni Salminen, our CEO of the Philip Aziz Centre for Hospice Care/Emily’s House, for this tremendous honour and well-deserved recognition for a lifetime of service, advocacy and leadership in hospice care in Canada. January 14, 2025, the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care…

Thank you to Care for Kids (Toronto) for fundraising and donating generously to Emily’s House children’s hospice. Proceeds from funds raised in 2024, including those raised by their Somewhere Over the Rainbow Gala in December, have led to a donation of $32,000 towards compassionate hospice care programming and services for…

Where do we even begin? Our hearts are shattered by the sudden loss of our beloved Ran. How do you say goodbye to someone who was Emily’s House? Ran wasn’t just a part of this place; she was its heartbeat. Many of us met her when we started our nursing,…

“Looking back at 2024, some of my most meaningful memories were created during volunteer training at Philip Aziz Centre. The welcoming and inclusive learning environment you and all the guest speakers created made me feel more comfortable sharing my ideas and fully engaging in each session. It really meant a…

Thank you to Yvonne Chan and Katherine Lui for their annual gingerbread installation at Emily’s House children’s hospice. Wow! We are so appreciative of Yvonne and Katherine’s amazing creativity and gingerbread craftsmanship that goes into these beautiful, annual inspirations. Their talent is just one more thoughtful gift to our children,…

Here’s a collage of more behind-the-scenes glimpses of the making of the Emily’s House/PAC Holiday Gift Drive in Memory of Ava, and the Ava’s Fund Pop-Up Shop of free (donated) gifts to our hospice clients. Donors and volunteers were dropping by for days. Volunteer elves created a beautiful display from…

After so much anticipation, another wonderful, inclusive and very festive Emily’s House Family Holiday Party took place in our children’s hospice.  It was a terrific success! We had two family events in one day, to have a generous elf/staff/volunteer to child/client family ratio – so, more time to celebrate with…

Thank you to Frank Leo & Associates for their annual fundraising for Emily’s House children’s hospice, in memory of Ava. This has been their best year ever for fundraising, with $25,000+ raised plus a mountain of toy donations! These generous funds will enable the purchase of needed medical equipment (including…

Although the weather forecast kept a few confirmed families away, our annual Winter Candlelight Memorial had the best attendance in recent years. It created a warm, safe and supportive space for families of our Emily’s House, Emily’s House at Home, and Philip Aziz Centre for Hospice Care clients. Family members,…

“Providing care for Daniel at home became very difficult, and Daniel decided to solve the problem for us by getting worse. That’s when we came to Emily’s House.” It wasn’t until months after Daniel was born that they discovered his brain was not growing, and that he had a rare…

Under the theme “Take the rights path: My health, my right!”, WHO is calling on global leaders and citizens to champion the right to health by addressing the inequalities that hinder progress in ending AIDS. In 2023, an estimated 39.9 million people were living with HIV globally Approximately 630 000 people…

At Emily’s House children’s hospice, our Music Therapist works with children clients on Goals of Care, as with one baby who progressed from reaching, to grasping, to shaking musical instruments. The Goal of Care as determined with his parents included some of these physical milestones, which delighted the parents to…