TVCC researchers are exploring how to cultivate and support online friendships among children with disabilities.

When we think of childhood cancer, most of us immediately picture children with no hair, experiencing severe nausea. The reality of cancer care is that kids and teens respond to treatment in vastly different ways.

When Katie and Matthew noticed a spot of swelling on their five-month-old son Walter’s lip, at first, they thought it was just another hemangioma – a type of non-cancerous growth that he had before and that resolved on their own.

Children’s Hospital is transformed from a sterile, scary and overwhelming facility into a second home by dedicated staff, poke free play spaces, calming nature areas and child and family-centred programs.

Joanne shows her devotion for helping children with a gift to Children’s Health Foundation in her Will.

Thanks to a generous gift from the Sandra Schmirler Foundation, the Neonatal Paediatric Transport Team at Children’s Hospital will be better equipped to help infants born too soon, too small, too sick and too far from life-saving care.

Neuro-oncologist, Dr. Chantel Cacciotti is pushing the boundaries of cancer care.

When Brad McDougall’s family needed specialized health care, they thought they might have to travel far from home to find it. But, thanks to years of careful forethought and investment by donors, Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre turned out to be the ideal spot.

Between episodes of Paw Patrol and singing two-year-old Marley’s favourite silly songs, Marley’s parents noticed something different – Marley’s colour was changing – she seemed so much paler. Soon, Marley’s mood changed. She went from her happy, bubbly self to irritable. Something was wrong.

Robert Martinho came into the world in Ottawa in March 1994, and before he was even six months old, he was already on the transplant list. For his family, London became a second home.

When twins Amelia and Harper started needing frequent hospitalization for pneumonia, their worried parents started asking questions.

Children’s Neonatal Paediatric Transport Team share their incredible effort to safely transport Waylon to specialized paediatric critical care at Children’s Hospital.

When Waylon fell through an ice-covered pool at his babysitter’s house, it took an entire community to save him – including you.

When someone like Dr. Victor Han calls a technology a “game-changer” for children’s health care, you pay attention.

Five tips to help keep your children safe in summer from Children’s Hospital’s Injury Prevention Team.

Maia was born two months premature, with two holes in her heart. Expert care at Children’s Hospital saved her life.

You may not know Dr. Fred Possmayer, but you may know someone because of Dr. Fred Possmayer. His research discovery has saved thousands of lives and reduced suffering around the world, and it’s often referred to in the same breath as insulin.

Local London couple, Dieter and Lyse Jahnke, have made a transformational $5 million donation that will launch the Jahnke Family Paediatric Oncology Centre of Excellence at Children’s Hospital, enhancing and transforming care for children affected by cancer.

Children’s Health Foundation is honoured that the Churchill Family has made this life-saving gift so that patients at Children’s Hospital can continue to receive the best possible care and most possible hope.

In 2021, Children’s Health Foundation donors fully funded the ROSA One Brain Robotic Arm, a state-of-the-art piece of equipment, made specifically for paediatric patients. The addition of the ROSA One Brain Robotic Arm for Children’s Hospital’s Paediatric Epilepsy Program – one of only two Regional Epilepsy Surgery Centres of Excellence in Ontario – has been transformational.

In early 2022, John Paull II Catholic Secondary School art teacher Christine Mancini received a text from her friend Ashley Stephen, a nurse in the Paediatric Inpatient Unit at Children’s Hospital. Ashley had a question for Christine: would her students be interested in creating some fun murals for the unit?

Hunter’s Mom Sarah shares what this time of year means to her and her family.

At Children’s Hospital, Youth CoRE ensures our kids and teens have peers to talk to.

At Children’s Hospital, the Midwifery Department is finding the best ways to ensure parents can hold their newborns skin-to-skin as soon as possible – even after a cesarian section.

This week, YOU can help kids like Hunter get closer to the care they need. Donate your Aeroplan points during Air Canada’s Aeroplan matching week October 2 to 8 and help ensure kids from all over Western Ontario have access to leading-edge care.

As our kids face cancer, they have expert clinicians and researchers working around the clock to provide the best possible care.

Today, Lauren is beyond proud to be using her storytelling skills to share how Children’s Health Foundation donors transform the lives of our kids. With your help, they can become adults like her!

She is overjoyed to be here and is so grateful for the expertise of Children’s Childhood Cancer program, Children’s life-enriching patient support programs and the chance to make a positive impact with her story.