News & Updates

Thank you for your support of Philip Aziz Centre for Hospice Care / Emily’s House this last year.  Please check out our 2019/2020 Annual Report, which covers accomplishments, events, financials, highlights and impacts from our volunteer and client services programs. Includes highlights such as camp pilots, early statistical impacts…

I am seeing purple everywhere, as I venture out on walks through the neighbourhood while summer drifts into fall.  It was Emily’s favourite colour.  As her Mom, the memories of these days and nights one year ago are vivid, fresh inside me.  You see, in the dark…

Emily’s House/Philip Aziz Centre is looking for a Full Time Manager of Clinical Programs To Apply: Email Cover Letter and Resume to raunis@emilyshouse.ca   Deadline: Tuesday September 8, 2020 Note:  Emily’s House/Philip Aziz Centre thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those selected for an interview will be…

  In response to COVID-19, Emily’s House temporarily made eight of our paediatric beds available for adult palliative patients, to build capacity in the GTA for COVID-19 patients. We are now in Phase 1 of our re-introduction to all things paediatric.  It truly has been an incredible experience to care…

Dear valued friends of Emily’s House and Philip Aziz Centre; We hope this note finds you and your loved ones well.   The last three months have been a challenge for everyone, especially for the most vulnerable in our communities. Here at Emily’s House…

GiftCertificates.ca, the online store that sells gift cards from Canada’s largest brands direct to businesses and consumers, will be donating 1% of sales from almost all brands to Emily’s House, Toronto’s first hospice for children and families facing life-threatening illnesses. The online service’s Support Your Local Heroes campaign was…

Our CEO Rauni Salminen shares this update on responsiveness to COVID-19. An Emily’s House Partnership with Michael Garron Hospital as an interim crisis response to “put patients first.” In a warm, encouraging communication to all staff and the extended care team, Rauni recognizes that: “It’s…

Emily’s House and Philip Aziz Centre doors are still open, while practicing our social responsibility and ensuring compliance with ongoing Ministry and provincial guidelines.   We’ve had to make some hard decisions on downscaling programming supports, which are at the heart of holistic hospice care.  Our…

Upcoming Fun Fundraising Events Mark your calendar and come out and support Emily’s House and the Philip Aziz Centre for Hospice Care at upcoming fundraising events. We especially welcome assistance in terms of recruiting participants, getting the word out, and raising funds for…

“The Jeffrey Dawson Lifeline to Palliative Care Program” was created to honour an esteemed supporter, champion and advocate of Emily’s House, Jeffrey Dawson.  Leadership donor support made in Jeff’s name has made it possible for Emily’s House to install a new Nurse Call Communications System, plus cover an additional $45,000…

Around the young age when most children are entering elementary school for the first time, Zack entered Emily’s House children’s hospice. Zack was “the one” in the family who could make everyone happy.  He did household chores with his grandma. He loved his big family, being outdoors,…

Steve Paikin, recently visited Emily’s House for TVO’S THE AGENDA WITH STEVE PAIKIN, and conducted a follow-up, in-studio panel on Emily’s House and paediatric palliative care.  Steve Paikin said himself that it was one of the most “meaningful” interviews that he has done on the show. The panel features:…