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Closing Remarks at PACE Forum
Julia Hanigsberg, President and CEO of Holland Bloorview, provides closing remarks at PACE Forum on November 29, 2016.
'A forward moving perspective': Why one group is trying to update accessibility signs
CBC News, August 11, 2017Television
URL: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/new-accessibility-signs-1.4252219
Holland Bloorview repaints accessibility symbol to support growing provincial movement.
'Dear Everybody' campaign aims to end disability stigma
Your Morning/ CTV News, September 5, 2017Television
URL: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/dear-everybody-campaign-aims-to-end-disability-stigmas-1.3575728
Julia Hanigsberg, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, and youth ambassador Maddy Hearne, promote the 'Dear Everybody' campaign.
Robotics Programming Inspiring Young Minds at Holland Bloorview
CityTV, November 12, 2016Television
Children with disabilities are getting a STEM education as well as learning about robotics thanks to a new program at the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital.
Kids with disabilities get hands on experience with robots
CTV, November 12, 2016Television
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgcfx59Uekk
Children with disabilities worked with robots for a program at the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital.
Holland Bloorview's Pop Up Lemon Cart
Breakfast Television TorontoTelevision
URL: http://www.bttoronto.ca/videos/5122776525001/
Raising awareness that kids with disabilities can do anything they set out to.
'Dear Everybody' campaign aims to end stigma around disability
Toronto Star, August 28, 2017Print
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital launched a national public awareness movement and campaign called ‘Dear Everybody’ focused on challenging and breaking down disability stigma and stereotypes.
What I Learned From My Wildly Busy Mentor
Globe and MailPrint
Experience of job shadowing Julia Hanigsberg
Why Women Executives Need to Get Social
ForbesOnline
Women executives need to get on social media.
The Mistake of Defining a Child by a Diagnosis
Huffington Post, November 10, 2016Online
If everyone could see what I see, I’m convinced Canadians would rethink their beliefs about childhood disability. Like any child, kids with disabilities experience happiness and fulfillment in a variety of different ways.
Robotics courses offer kids with disabilities a new way to learn Program offered at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
CBC, November 12, 2016Online
URL: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/holland-bloorview-rehabilitation-robotics-1.3848586
Profiled new robotics program giving kids with disabilities access to STEM skills
Julia Hanigsberg Knows First Hand That Every Family is Unique
BLOOMOnline
Interview with President and CEO of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital who is also a mom of a daughter with a disability.
Health Leaders Series: Interview with Julia Hanigsberg on Innovation and Children's Rehabilitation
Figure 1Online
URL: https://figure1.com/newsroom/julia-hanigsberg-interview/
What are some treatments, technologies, therapies, or programs Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital has pioneered? One of the amazing things about having a research institute at the hospital is that we develop innovative technologies that directly benefit kids with disabilities. Often our clients are the first to benefit from these innovations, but the goal is to benefit kids across Canada and the world.
#CEOJulia (or how to be a Social CEO)
The Social C-Suite, June 1, 2016Online
URL: http://thesocialcsuite.net/ceojulia-or-how-to-be-a-social-ceo/
Active on Twitter and LinkedIn and also a regular blogger, Julia caught The Social C-Suite’s attention and we decided to interview her for our Social CEO of the Week feature. As usual, the interview was conducted entirely via Twitter. We are the Social C-Suite after all!
There is no such thing as work life balance
Published by Globe and Mail
July 29, 2014
Women need to rethink work-life balance. Learn more.
Put People First and Reap the Rewards
Published by Globe and Mail
June 6, 2014
How you treat your team is the most important thing a leader can do.
Connecting2care for children and families
Published by Hospital News
Where we once saw “incurable,” we now see possibility. Kids and youth and their families actively partner with their care teams at the hospital to set their own goals and plan their transition to home and community.
URL: http://hospitalnews.com/connecting2care-children-families/
A Future of Possibilities
Published by Hospital News
October 29, 2016
What does a children's rehabilitation hospital do? Learn more.
URL: https://issuu.com/hospitalnews/docs/flip_102916_hospnews_edit_final_40_/25
Biography
Julia Hanigsberg joined Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital as its President and CEO on January 12, 2015. Holland Bloorview is Canada’s largest paediatric rehabilitation hospital and each year serves over 7400 children and youth with disabilities and complex medical needs. Prior to joining, Hanigsberg spent nine years at Ryerson University; first as General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Governors and then as Vice-President, Administration and Finance. She was also interim Dean of the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education. Her previous positions included numerous roles with the Ontario government including: Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General; Counsel and Special Advisor to two Secretaries of Cabinet; and Chief of Staff to the Attorney General of Ontario. Hanigsberg also led the project teams responsible for two transitions of provincial government leadership.
A lawyer by training, Hanigsberg has law degrees from McGill University (where she was Editor in Chief of the McGill Law Journal) and Columbia Law School. Following graduation from law school, she clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada. She has held Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and Fulbright Fellowships. She has served on numerous volunteer boards. Currently, Hanigsberg is a member of the boards of the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation, the Canadian Association of Pediatric Heath Centres, and Canadian Business SenseAbility. She is on the Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario, the CEO Committee of the Toronto Academic Health Science Network, the Executive Advisory Board of FIRST Robotics Canada, the Girls in STEM Council, and McGill University’s Women, Leadership and Philanthropy committee.
Recognition/Reconnaissance
Women of Influence Diversity Champion | Professional
In honour of championing diversity, equity and inclusion.
Viola Desmond Award (Ryerson University) | Professional
In recognition of fostering a culture of equity and inclusion for Black faculty, staff and students at Ryerson University.
Additional Titles and Affiliations
International Women's Forum
FIRST Robotics Executive Advisory Board
Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres
Canadian Business SenseAbility Board of Directors
Past Talks
Remaking Yourself as an Executive After Law
Women General Counsel National Conference
Toronto Board of Trade, January 19, 2017
Leading Culture Change in Patient and Family Centred Care
HealthAchieve (Ontario Hospital Association)
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, November 9, 2016
Emerging Health Leaders Speed Mentoring
HealthAchieve (Ontario Hospital Association)
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, November 8, 2016
Diversity on Boards Panel
DiverseCity on Board Expansion
G Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Ryerson, November 7, 2016