OUR ORGANIZATION

Our Mission
Our Vision
Our Values
Board of Directors 
Capital Committee
Volunteer Committee
For financial statements

Our Mission

• To ensure clients and their families have access to the support services and facilities necessary for the care of the terminally ill by establishing and operating a 10 bed, residential hospice with a quiet, home-like environment that will serve as a comfort to all.
• To foster development of the highest standards of End of Life Care.
• To support and enhance educational opportunities for volunteers and caregivers providing End of Life Care.
• To promote, through education and communication, the understanding that End of Life Care is vital to the health and welfare of our Community

Our Vision

• That communities understand and accept End of Life Care as a meaningful component of the human experience, and
• That all persona have access to End of Life support services within their community.

Our Values

We believe, share and commit to the following values:

• Accountability
  Holding ourselves accountable to the highest standards of stewardship, transparency and governance in all aspects of our work.
• Achievement
  Striving to achieve our best in all that we do, in a supportive environment.
• Compassion
  Expressing compassion in action by creating and nuturing a foundation and framework of sensitivity and fairness for all.
• Integration and Partnership
  Working with others, as a leader and as a partner, to maximize resources and the benefits for those we serve.
• Social Inclusion
  Respecting diversity in all of its expressions.
• Volunteerism
  Honouring the contribution of volunteers as an essential part of our charitable organization.

Board of Directors

Philip A. Russel - President
Managing Director of Integracare Inc., a company dedicated to providing private, high quality nursing care and professional development education to the health care industry; past President of The Rotary Club of Toronto-Leaside, past president of the Leaside Rotary Charitable Foundation and past Commander of the Toronto Commandery of the Order of Saint Lazarus and Trustee of the Governor General's Horse Guard Foundation.

David A. Jarvis - Vice-President
A  partner in the law firm of  Beard Winter LLP, practicing since 1978; former member of The Ontario Board of Management for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, and the Toronto District Advisory Board; Vice-Commander of the Toronto Commandery of the Order of Saint Lazarus; the Halliburton Club (Boy Scouts), and Ridley College Association.

Martha S. Russel - Director
As a nurse, educator and currently Managing Director of Integracare Inc., Martha brings her knowledge of Hospice/Palliative Care to the Foundation.  Her experience working in the Ministry of Health, and her work on more than 20 community, provincial, national and international boards and working committees has given her a vast experience from which to draw.  Within the Order of Saint Lazarus, Martha serves as the Hospitaller for the Toronto Commandery and the Vice-Chair of the National Palliative Care Project Committee.  She is also a past President of Volunteer Toronto.

Jacqueline A. Wood - Director
Chairperson of Hospice of the Toronto Commandery of the Order of Saint Lazarus, Jacqueline has been active in the Hospice field for over 20 years. She began as a volunteer at King Hospice in 1983. She was a Board member and volunteer at Mountain Area Hospice, in Asheville, North Carolina from 1990-1994, a Board member and volunteer at Hospice St John in Denver from 1994 to 1999, and has been active in fund raising for the financial support of Toronto area hospices by the Order of St Lazarus in Toronto from 1999 to the present time. She is a member of the Order of St. Lazarus and   the Hospitaller's Committee of the Order, and is a Director of The Toronto Commandery Foundation Inc. Jacqueline is also a Dame of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.

Col Keith Lawrence - Director
Colonel Keith Lawrence joined the Canadian Forces in 1983 and graduated from University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Art (Honours) in International Relations. On completion of Infantry training in 1987 he served in Canada, Norway, Denmark as well as with UNFICYP in Cyprus 1988-1990.

In 1992, Colonel Lawrence received Master of Arts in history from McGill University and in 1994 a Masters of Business Administration the Rotman School of Business, U of T. Upon transfer to the Royal Regiment of Canada and served with UN Truce Supervision Organization in the Middle East and United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In 2004 he was appointed Commanding Officer of the 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group and in 2007 as Commanding Officer of Land Force Central Area Troops. Colonel Lawrence was Chief of Staff of 2 Operational Support Group prior to being seconded to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 2009 for the G8 and G20 Summits. He has been awarded the CDS commendation and CLS (2) commendation for service.

Colonel Lawrence is currently the Assistant Chief of Staff of Land Force Central Area.

Ross Reynolds - Director
Ross was chair of Universal Music and chair of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the organization that produces the Juno Awards. He is currently working part time with a startup company trying to monetize digital file sharing. He has been on various arts and service boards including the Starlight Children’s Foundation and is currently on the board of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall.

Lionel J. Goffart - Director
Partner Emeritus of the international law firm of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP; Queen’s Counsel (Ontario-1975); formerly Vice President of the Belgian Canadian Business Association and Corporate Secretary and executive committee member of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Toronto; Commander of the Order of Leopold II and Officer of the Order of the Crown, both of Belgium; member of the committee on finance of St. John Council for Ontario (St. John’s Ambulance); executive committee member of The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada Trust Fund; Almoner (national fundraiser) and governing council member of the Canadian Grand Priory of the Order of St. Lazarus; Honorary Patron, Polish Orphans Charity.

Andrew C. Duncanson
Andy is a retired automobile dealer from Minneapolis, MN and returned to Canada in 2010. Andy's dealerships included Dunlo Motors Inc. sold in 2005 and Friendly Chevrolet sold in 2007. He is currently the Toronto Commander of the Order of St. Lazarus and board member of 7501 LLC a Minneapolis REIT. Andy has served on the board of Dunmoody Inc., Noblin LTD Partnership LLC and past president of the National Association of Fleet Resale Dealers in the United States.

Gerard Edward (Tim) Wood - Director
Professional Engineer and mining engineer, having practiced at Iron Ore Company of Canada, Cerro Corporation, First Maritime Mining Corp., and Texas Gulf Sulphur Company; Retired Mineral Industry Executive. Former CEO of Steep Rock Iron Mines Limited, Zemex Corporation, The Feldspar Corporation, Pyron Corporation, Pacific Tin, Gabriel Resources Ltd, Orogrande Resources. Founding Director of Gabriel Resources Ltd., New Millennium Capital Corp., and Craton Gold Ltd. Former investment analyst, Grant Johnston Ltd., Hector Chisholm Company Ltd., investment bank partner, Castle Group Inc. and Chief Executive Officer of Investment company Augen Capital Corp. Graduate of Preston Catholic Jesuit College and Leeds University. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Leeds University Air Squadron 1958-1961. As a glider pilot, Tim holds numerous Canadian gliding records, FAI badges and gliding trophies. He is a member of the Order of St Lazarus and President of Society of St. Vincent de Paul, St Anselm’s Conference.

Capital Committee

Philip A. Russel
Margaret Burka*
Murray G. Galloway

* Deceased January 2009

Volunteer Committee

Jackie Wood