Social Innovation and Philanthropy Panel – for the Canadian Club of Toronto Moderator: Rudyard Griffiths – Social Innovation and Philanthropy , Panelists: Stephen Huddart, President and CEO, The J.W. McConnell Foundation Jill Schnarr, Vice-President, Community Affairs, TELUS Michael Wilson, Managing Director, Corporate Citizenship, Accenture Social Innovation is an emerging field that brings together the corporate, philanthropic, […]
Ontario Expanding and Modernizing Joseph Brant Hospital
Province Putting Patients First by Improving Access to Health Care in Burlington Ontario is investing up to $371.3 million to support the construction of a new seven-storey tower at Burlington’s Joseph Brant Hospital and to significantly renovate other areas of the hospital to give patients faster access to the right care. Through this expansion, patients […]
Ontario Allocates $587 Million to Help End Homelessness
Building on Success of the Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative Ontario is partnering with municipalities across the province to prevent and address homelessness. Through the Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative, the province is providing $587 million to municipalities to help families and individuals at risk of homelessness get the housing that best suits their needs. This funding […]
Ontario to Remove Debt Retirement Charge and Launch Low-Income Electricity Support Program
Province will be Assisting Low-Income Ontarians with Electricity Costs. Ontario is helping make electricity more affordable for families by removing the Debt Retirement Charge for all residential consumers and introducing the Ontario Electricity Support Program for low-income families. The proposed program, administered through the Ontario Energy Board, would come into effect on January 1, 2016 […]
14,000 Children and Adults with Disabilities Receiving Support Sooner
Ontario Eliminates 2014 Direct Funding Waitlist for Special Services at Home Program Eight thousand children with physical and/or developmental disabilities are now receiving direct funding sooner from Ontario’s Special Services at Home program, which helps kids learn new skills and abilities and provides support for family caregivers. The government has eliminated the 2014 waitlist for the […]
Ontario Investing $44 Million in Home and Community Care
Province Expanding Physiotherapy Services; Helping Seniors Live Independently Ontario is helping more seniors maintain their strength and recover from illness or injury so they can continue to live more independently. The province is investing more than $40 million over four years to help seniors with complex medical conditions who have experienced a recent loss of […]
Over 750 AEDs installed in recreational hockey arenas in Ontario
March 19, 2015 – Waterdown, Ontario – Public Health Agency of Canada Today, on behalf of the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, the Honourable Peter Van Loan, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, was joined by Member of Parliament for Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale, […]
Helping internationally educated health professionals work in Canada
March 13, 2015 – Toronto Today, the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health and Member of Parliament for Pickering-Scarborough, Corneliu Chisu, announced almost $8.4 million in federal funding for several initiatives that support bringing internationally educated health professionals into the Canadian health workforce so that Canadian families can […]