As of May 2022 we do not have a Long Term Care Facility in Ontario that is solely for residents under the age of 65. Canadians as young...

Music is Medicine Last week at Met, Cindy and I created a legacy song for a young palliative girl on the peads floor. Cindy is another...

We started our day as I always do, making music with the children at Met hospital. We made room to room visits and brought some joy to...

Today I had the great privilege to lead five intergenerational music sessions with over 250 participants. Although it was a cloudy day,...

In my roll as a music therapist, each day hosts new people with vast perspectives on living with a terminal illness. Like “Earl”   Who...

I just received my acceptance letter from the CAMT today. I am now a fully accredited music therapist. The CAMT is the national body...

Bio: For over twenty years Joe Graham has had an impact on his Essex County community through music. He Started by volunteering to play...

One of the most important communication elements in music is your voice. Because it is of big importance, it has to stand up to big...

Over the summer I had the great privilege to work with the VON Kid’s Circle grief and bereavement program. We worked on a fabulous kids...

Every Friday I get the privilege of hanging out with a very cool teenager who likes to talk tech and soccer. He’s all about the Samsung...

Sadly I’ve had a throat infection this week keeping me from doing my job. I’ve been catching up on paperwork and working on my deck, the...

Lessons: Weekly private lessons have a great impact on children’s development. Through weekly goal focused sessions children learn  to...

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“Hope remains” Looking back at the month of April I am quite thankful, and honoured to be part of the care team at Hospice. The Hospice...

There have been many times in my work at the Hospice where clearly something supernatural is taking place. I’m writing to capture my own...

Session Report Friday Feb 18th Music Therapy Met Campus Paediatrics Client History: “Boy C” is 15yrs old with depression and anorexia. I...

Today at the hospice I had a great day. During my time there I saw eight people who were individually special but all shared similar...

http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F10259393 Abdule Beat #6 “Pentahappy” by...

I hope that this post finds you well. This is written as my own ideas and I’m not a person who remotely enjoys debates, This is for pure...