Here are some of the reasons why Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital was selected as one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers (2023):

• Holland Bloorview manages a unique Advantage points program to encourage employees to engage in healthy activities -- the initiative provides redeemable points for participation in personal development, learning, volunteering, physical health and well-being activities (points can be exchanged for paid time off)
• Along with helping employees save for the future, Holland Bloorview manages an Experienced Workforce Program to support staff during the transition to retirement -- the program is part of the organization's talent planning framework and includes education (such as financial counselling) and phased-in work options, allowing employees to gradually reduce their hours for up to two years prior to retirement
• Holland Bloorview honours employee achievement through the Spotlight Awards, which allow employees, clients and families to nominate staff who exemplify one of the organization's five core values (courage and resilience, compassion, excellence, equity, and innovation) -- the organization also celebrates longstanding employees through the Salute and Celebrate service recognition program

Here are some of the reasons why Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital was selected as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers (2022):

• Holland Bloorview maintains an Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) task force on anti-racism as well as a dedicated action plan to address individual, systemic and institutional racism
• Holland Bloorview offers summer research opportunities to undergraduate students with disabilities through its Bloorview Research Institute -- and expanded this opportunity in the past year to include students who self-identify as Indigenous, First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit
• Holland Bloorview is a co-site host for Project SEARCH, a school-to-work employment training and transition program for high school students with intellectual or developmental disabilities

Here are some of the reasons why Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital was selected as one of Canada's Top Employers for Young People (2023):

• Holland Bloorview manages the Ward Summer Student Research Program to provide undergraduate students with opportunities to conduct research within the childhood disability research field alongside leading children's rehabilitation scientists -- the program features a dedicated research day, allowing students to learn about different research projects conducted at the organization as well as showcase their own research (and includes dedicated positions in the program for a student who self-identifies as Indigenous and a student living with a disability)
• In response to growing demand, Holland Bloorview offers a robust Interprofessional Education Program to help students develop the practice of collaborative, client and family-centred care -- the program includes structured clinical placements, supports flexible IPE clinical activities, and provides enrichment to students' clinical education
• Holland Bloorview offers an 11-week summer medical student scholarship program, which provides second-year medical students with hands-on experience in academic developmental pediatrics and pediatric rehabilitation