Tanya Hutchens Charity 2009

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It was a meeting of Canada’s most powerful people and its most vulnerable – executives in business-casual attire, mingling with homeless teenagers, young refugees, and victims of abuse.
But these two seemingly alien groups were linked by a common yearning – for pride of accomplishment. The underlying message from the disadvantaged youth to [...]

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While the Toronto Humane Society remains under investigation and their status to conduct and participate in animal cruelty investigations suspended, the Ontario SPCA has created a network of support for Toronto to respond to allegations of neglect, abuse and abandoned animals.
Since the suspension of the Toronto Humane Society, the Ontario SPCA has [...]

Researchers Dr. Marc Therrien at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of the Université de Montréal, and Dr. Frank Sicheri, at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, have discovered a new target that may be instrumental in the development of new, more effective cancer therapies.
A recent article [...]

About the Clinic

Located in the Ontario SPCA Centre, just off the Mulock Drive exit of Highway 404 in Newmarket
One and a half years in planning and construction
Based on a business and operational model developed by Humane Alliance: high volume, self-sustaining
Open to everyone regardless of geography or income level (the public, shelters and animal rescue groups)
Hours: [...]

Two months ago, against the advice of international health organizations, the Egyptian authorities decided to cull the entire pig population of Cairo under the pretence of tackling swine flu.
The measure caused domestic and international outrage not only because of the cruel methods involved but also because it eliminated a source of livelihood for hundreds of [...]

As Canada’s largest youth shelter, Covenant House Toronto opens doors of opportunity and hope to homeless youth. More than just a place to stay, we provide 24/7 crisis care and have the widest range of services under one roof, including education, counselling, health care and employment assistance. Covenant House has helped thousands of young people [...]

Dr. Samuel K. Ludwin is one of Canada’s leading researchers and world-renowned for his work on remyelination and demyelination [...]

Step Up Wrap Video by Covenant House Toronto

About:
Mount Sinai Hospital has existed in Toronto since 1923 under various names; it has occupied its present site on University Avenue since 1973. As of 2007, Mount Sinai operated 472 inpatient beds. In the fiscal year ending March 2004, MSH admitted nearly twenty-five thousand patients, delivered almost seven thousand babies, and carried out almost nineteen-thousand [...]

The Arthritis Society is Canada’s only not-for-profit organization devoted solely to funding and promoting arthritis research, programs and patient care. It has a national administrative office in Toronto, division offices in each province and nearly 1,000 community branches throughout Canada.Supporting and providing research, patient care and public education programs that [...]