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Next week, the Peter Cipriano Centre for Seniors Health will officially open its doors to patients.

Check out our recent article from the OHA to learn more about how this 13,000-square-foot space is transforming our approach to senior care. https://ow.ly/CA7750XbVLw
Sunnybrook announces Cancer Care at Home, bringing our oncology team’s expertise directly into patients’ homes between visits. Thanks to Apotex for supporting timely, patient-centred cancer care at every stage. Learn more: https://ow.ly/Wr9450X96Aj

A new Sunnybrook-led study suggests a need for targeted interventions around self-harm and suicide-related content to create a safer online environment for youth, while still promoting the sense of belonging that social media can offer. Learn more: research.sunnybrook.ca/2025/09/prot...
Researchers at Sunnybrook are conducting a clinical trial to enhance radiation therapy through focused ultrasound-stimulated microbubble treatment. Learn more: research.sunnybrook.ca/2025/09/igni...
Today, after sunset, the CN Tower will glow purple to mark #RowansLawDay and raise awareness about concussion safety.

Watch the lights live: www.cntower.ca/live-views
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We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Saswata Deb, Emergency Physician and Clinician-Scientist at Sunnybrook, as Chief of the Integrated Community Program at Sunnybrook, effective October 1, 2025.

Read more: ow.ly/xk7s50WYOfz
This #WorldSuicidePreventionDay we’re highlighting a new study led by Sunnybrook psychiatrist Dr. Mark Sinyor which calls for greater engagement and education with major cable news networks about approach to coverage of stories about suicide Read more: research.sunnybrook.ca/2025/09/tv-r...
This summer, Sunnybrook’s Hurvitz Brain Sciences Program and Toronto Community Housing partnered to launch The Next Neuroscientist. The program gives grade 11 and 12 students hands-on research experience in neuroscience labs.

Read the full story to learn more: ow.ly/gXFN50WT9P2
Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Mason on being appointed to the Professorship in Burn Research, an academic position jointly shared between Sunnybrook and the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine, for a five-year term. Read more: research.sunnybrook.ca/2025/09/dr-s...
Researchers at Sunnybrook, Baycrest and the University of Calgary are currently conducting a clinical study to investigate the relationship between driving and dementia to help drivers with dementia stay safe on the roads. Read more. research.sunnybrook.ca/2025/09/driv...
Driving w Dementia
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New school year, fresh advice! Sunnybrookers shared their top tips for students. What advice do you have for students heading back to school today? youtube.com/shorts/0CaPB...
Sunnybrook Streeters -Back-to-School
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People depend on Sunnybrook in their most critical moments. Today, we welcomed Ontario’s Health Minister, Sylvia Jones, to our Bayview Campus to unveil signage for our future Critical Care Centre. Read more: ow.ly/8ofh50WN0xg
Tomorrow, construction to repair parts of Parking Garage 1 at our Bayview campus will begin.

No patient pick-up or drop-off will be permitted on the ground floor at this time - please use the first floor for pick-up and drop-off.

Learn more: bit.ly/45JnxMs
Starting Monday, August 25, 2025, construction will take place to repair parts of Parking Garage 1 at our Bayview Campus.

Patient pick up and drop off will not be permitted on the ground floor of the parking garage.

Learn more: bit.ly/45JnxMs
Sunnybrook Veterans Centre hosted the inaugural 100+ Club celebration on July 30, honouring 56 residents aged 100 and older. Families, friends and staff joined to celebrate their milestone, service and contributions of some of Canada’s oldest living Veterans.

Read more here: ow.ly/FVIG50WEEIV
Congratulations to the Sunnybrook scientists who recently received more than $7M in funding from the CIHR Spring Project Grants and Neurodegeneration in Aging competitions: research.sunnybrook.ca/2025/08/sunn...
Congratulations to Dr. Kullervo Hynynen for being appointed as the Temerty Chair in Focused Ultrasound Research for a second five-year term. The Chair is jointly held by @uoftmedicine.bsky.social's Temerty Faculty of Medicine and Sunnybrook. research.sunnybrook.ca/2025/08/dr-k...
At 29, Herman Robers had a heart attack. After six weeks in hospital, he joined a rehab program at Sunnybrook that helped him recover—and run the Boston Marathon. Now 84, he says the program changed his life. Read more: ow.ly/oypG50WAQzN
Sunnybrook’s SunRYSE program, a unique, summer camp-like experience for Toronto youth experiencing functionally impairing mental health challenges, has just finished its second year. Learn more: sunnybrook.ca/media/item.a...
Yesterday, Sunnybrook Veterans Centre celebrated 56 Veterans aged 100 and older. The event honoured their lives, service and resilience.

Watch some of the celebration in this CityNews feature: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nna5...
Celebrating centenarians at Sunnybrook's Veterans Centre
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Today, Sunnybrook proudly hosted Minister Lecce and Minister Fedeli for the launch of the Nuclear Isotope Innovation Council of Ontario (NIICO) — a key step in addressing the growing demand for life-saving medical isotopes. Learn more. ow.ly/TGAt50WxzaR
After losing the majority of his left leg in a motorcycle accident, Johnathan Laporte defied the odds by earning a spot on Team Canada’s Paralympic volleyball team.

His recovery was shaped in part by the care and support he received at St. John’s Rehab.

Read more: bit.ly/3TSdkbh