Bill’s Daring Legacy

A man sits in an art therapy room with his hands in his lap

Years ago, I brought my young grandson to Holland Bloorview for swim lessons.  While I was sitting in that lobby, watching all the kids and their families, something in me clicked. I felt the immediate sense that I could do good here. Before long, I started volunteering in the playroom, then the Bloorview School Authority, […]

Dare to stop looking away

A young athlete running in a therapeutic gym.

I learned to walk and dance almost at the same time. Dance was my first language, my way of filling the air with rhythm and story. Being born with a limb difference — my left arm ends just below the elbow — made that rhythm stronger. I was 18 months old when I first came […]