News & Updates

Music Therapy at Emily’s House / Philip Aziz Centre supports children, adults, and their families from the time of a palliative diagnosis or hospice referral, through to bereavement. It serves many purposes: supporting people to express emotions, meaningfully connection with others, communicate non-verbally, manage distressing symptoms, and create memories together.

Emily’s House children’s hospice is so grateful to FRANK LEO & ASSOCIATES.  Last year, the Frank Leo & Associates Holiday Gift Drive for Emily’s House in Memory of Ava raised $12,092 plus toys!  Funds helped renovate the Snoezelen Room for recreational therapies supporting our medically-fragile children. The donated toy delivery…

Dear Elves. Thank you for thinking of our children and families as Christmas and the holiday gift-giving season approaches! Emilys House and the Philip Aziz Centre for Hospice Care have been celebrating our families all year long. Without letting any secrets out of the bag (i.e., Santa’s sack), we can…

The EMILY’S HOUSE HALLOWEEN PARTY this past weekend featured costumes, tricks, treats, … and gooey guessing games! What do you feel in your hand? Spooky spiders, monster hair, or slippery eyeballs? So much spooky fun for 16 children and their families. Special thanks to the recreation team, clinical care team,…

November 2, 2023- Welcome to Hospice Palliative Care!…

October 23 2023 - Welcome to Hospice Palliative Care! - Poster     To Register, click here…

This year the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association conference in Ottawa hosted a one-day symposium on paediatric palliative care, bringing together paediatric palliative care-providers from across the country. We ended the day with this group photo, wearing mostly paper hats we made, in recognition of “Hats On for Paediatric Palliative…

October 12th, 2023 marks National Children’s Hospice Palliative Care Day in Canada. This event aims to raise awareness about the importance of pediatric hospice palliative care and improve the quality of living and dying for infants, children and youth with life-threatening conditions and their families. In the delicate tapestry of…

A Walk to Remember - Email and Poster CONTACT – Vicky Faith Crowe – Coordinator of Grief & Bereavement Programs Philip Aziz Centre for Hospice Care & Emily’s House Children’s Hospice 558 Gerrard St E, Toronto, Ontario   M4M 1X8 Cell: 416-998-9904 – vickyc@philipazizcentre.ca …

Truth and Reconciliation: a message from our CEO Each year, September 30th marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Public commemoration of the tragic and painful history and…

Thank you for your support of Philip Aziz Centre for Hospice Care / Emily’s House this last year.  Please check out our Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Annual Report, which covers accomplishments, events, financials, highlights and impacts from our volunteer and client services programs. This year, we also recognize donors to our…

Our Philip Aziz Centre for Hospice Care / Emily’s House working Strategic Plan Framework 2023-2025 has been developed with input from our governance Board of Directors and Leadership Team. We look forward to operationalizing and furthering the vision with additional input from our Emily’s House Family Advisory Council, clients, staff,…