News & Updates

Special thanks to Koolway Adaptive Wear for donating products to Emily’s House children’s hospice during the Fly Me to the Moon fundraising event earlier this year.  Koolway Sports designs outerwear for people in motion – enabling them to achieve their maximum level of independence in all aspects of life.

Earlier this week, Emily’s House hosted a successful paediatric palliative care community workshop day with partners from the VHA team. Attendees included community nurses and care coordinators from VHA and Ontario Health at Home. We are working together and sharing learning to ensure consistent, high-quality paediatric palliative care in the…

After bravely battling brain cancer for nearly two years, Akin shared a perspective that will continue to guide all who knew him. He often spoke about “gratitude through a microscope”—a reminder that no matter how difficult life may feel, if you look closely enough, there is always something to be…

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Big thanks on the occasion of Mothers’ Day! Thank you to Heron Park Baptist Church for their annual donation of Mothers’ Day gift bags for our hospice client mums. Thank you to our Emily’s House/PAC “justice league” of hero Volunteers for making home-deliveries to our moms, many of whom have…

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Hockey for Grace 2026 – A Special Edition Saturday June 6, 2026   TOURNAMENT & CHARITY SOCIAL | NEWMARKET This year, Hockey for Grace will be a little different! It returns Saturday, June 6th at the Magna Centre with a fun, scaled-down edition bringing the same great energy and still built around…

On Friday afternoons, our music therapist does spontaneous music therapy group programming with any and all children and youth admitted for care at Emily’s House children’s hospice.  It’s for any of them who wish to participate. It’s a little less structured than our usual music therapy sessions, with a focus…

Palliative Care Everywhere: A Call to Action for Access, Equity, and Continuity in Canada Published for National Hospice Palliative Care Week (May 3-9, 2026) A joint article by CHPCA and CHCA “… despite its proven benefits, access to palliative care in Canada remains inconsistent. Recent national data indicates that…

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Interested in presenting at the 6th Annual Canadian Children’s Grief Symposium? Speaker abstract submissions for the 2026 Canadian Children’s Grief Symposium are now open until May 15th, 2026! Copy the URL here https://forms.gle/1Nb7KtB4SwCwGwbe7!…

Thank You to the Volunteer Team Who Opened the Emily’s House Gardens! Thank you to this team of volunteers that came out on a bit of a chilly Friday to open the Emily’s House gardens … filling in compost, edging the gardens and waking them up from their winter slumber!…