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The skills and commitment of CHEO’s staff and physicians are integral to providing the best life for every child and youth in our community and around the world. Through care and innovation, CHEO’s staff and physicians can have an impact on direct patient care, better support those who provide treatment and produce ground-breaking research.

• Inspiring workplace

While six year old Sasha, with her confident grin, may look like your average first grader ready to take on the world, what you can’t tell is that she’s faced a lot of uncertainty in her life and fought hard to get to this moment.

Diagnosed at CHEO with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia at just four years old, Sasha spent many weeks at a time in isolation.

• Best life

Toronto/Ottawa – Kids Health Alliance (KHA), founded by The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital (Holland Bloorview) and CHEO, today announced Larissa Smit as the interim executive director while Lauren Ettin, executive director of KHA, is away on maternity leave. Larissa brings extensive policy, stakeholder engagement and collaboration experience most recently from her role as the senior health advisor in the Premier’s Office.

Back in May 2018, we embarked on a journey to imagine “CHEO of the future”. All Ontario health care systems have to undergo a master planning and visioning exercise – it’s mandated by the government to create a business plan for the next 25 years.

• Statements

Sarah thought her youngest son Dylan was just quiet and reserved. He wasn’t a boy of many words.

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Whenever Abby MacMillan falls asleep, she stops breathing.

Imagine.

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On Friday, CHEO’s WE Club had a painting party.

This volunteer youth group — with a mandate to give back, locally and internationally — took over three parking spots at CHEO.

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It was a really special day for Joshua today, and not because it was a snow day. He rang the bell at CHEO to mark the end of his 3.

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