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October 28, 2015
SickKids staff and volunteers “take one for the kids” this flu season
This year, for every staff or volunteer who receives the flu shot, SickKids will provide three essential vaccines to a child in need through UNICEF Canada.
October 27, 2015
Canadian Patient Safety Week: Ask, Listen, Talk
The theme for this year’s Canadian Patient Safety Week is Ask, Listen, Talk. Learn more about how SickKids supports patients and families with limited english proficiency or hearing impairment.
October 27, 2015
MSSNG Project helps doctors share genomic data for autism research
Thanks to an ambitious and groundbreaking collaboration between The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Autism Speaks and Google, scientists around the globe now have open access to thousands of genomes for autism research.
October 27, 2015
It's Learning Disabilities Awareness Month!
It’s Learning Disabilities Awareness Month! Take a peek at our interactive infographic and learn more about the different types of learning disabilities and the work of SickKids Learning Disabilities Research Program.
October 23, 2015
Canadian Patient Safety Week: SickKids recommits to reducing preventable harm
This week we recognize Canadian Patient Safety Week, an opportunity to celebrate ongoing work at SickKids that aims to keep every child in our care safe. The Caring Safely initiative represents SickKids’ renewed commitment to significantly reducing preventable harm over the next three years.
October 15, 2015
Notice to users of the Motherisk Call Centre regarding a privacy breach
SickKids is committed to ensuring that research is conducted in accordance with REB requirements, applicable standards and laws and regrets that its processes were not followed.
October 15, 2015
Update on Motherisk Program at The Hospital for Sick Children
Through SickKids' internal review, and in cooperation with the independent review, areas of concern have been identified within the Motherisk Program. An updated summary report of findings is available.
September 29, 2015
East Toronto kids are the winners thanks to a renewed partnership between SickKids and TEGH
Toronto East General Hospital (TEGH) has teamed up with The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) once again in a partnership that gives East Toronto kids access to high-quality, paediatric-focused care in their neighbourhood emergency department.
September 25, 2015
Adult survivors of childhood cancer benefit from specialized survivor clinic attendance: study
Adult survivors of childhood cancer stay in better health and require fewer visits to emergency departments if they are patients of specialized survivor clinics, says a new Ontario study from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES).
September 25, 2015
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
In recognition of Childhood Cancer Awareness month, we've taken to social media to share inspiring stories of how our team fights kids cancer every day.
September 24, 2015
On September 15-27, 2015, world leaders are convening in New York City for the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).