Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Published purpose

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center located in Toronto, ON is the largest Veterans' care facility in Canada. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre will use funding from the Veteran and Family Well-Being Fund to provide group and individual yoga therapy to Veterans with the goal of supporting independence, increasing mobility, reducing risk of falls, and improving mood and overall quality of life. In addition, it will offer a therapeutic yoga program to family members to address caregiver burnout and to support overall well-being, as well as to staff members, who are reporting greater levels of stress and burnout from being on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.