Scarborough Health Network

The CASC Supervisors of the Greater Toronto Area offer Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) in hospital venues.  

Persons interested in knowing more about the centres and supervisors listed here are encouraged to contact the centre by telephone or e-mail. Supervisors are happy to discuss their programs with prospective participants and explain the specific aspects of their programs as they may contribute to the requirements and purposes of the inquiring participant

Scarborough Health Network                 
Spiritual and Religious Care Department
3050 Lawrence Avenue East
Scarborough, ON M1P 2V5

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Centre Supervisor
Rev. Ajith Varghese, Th. M. RP

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At Scarborough Health Network, caring for you and your family is not just our job, it is our privilege.

Working with our many community and government partners, patients, staff, physicians, volunteers, and donors, Scarborough Health Network (SHN) is transforming patient care and outcomes today, and charting a new course to create a healthier tomorrow.

Across our three hospitals and eight satellite sites, our programs and services are designed around the needs of one of Canada’s most vibrant and diverse communities. We offer full-service emergency departments, diagnostic, surgery, rehabilitation, and geriatric care, as well as advanced birthing centres for moms, newborns, and growing families.  We are leaders and partners in specialty paediatric, mental health, and oncology services.

Our care also goes well beyond our borders. We have North America’s largest nephrology program and regional community-based cardiovascular rehabilitation service. In addition, we are the Central East LHIN designated cardiac centre and centre for spine surgery.

We are also proud to be a community-affiliated teaching site for the University of Toronto, and a partner with a number of other universities and colleges, helping to train the next generation of health care professionals.

The region of Scarborough is the most diverse community in Canada. Many races, religions and ethnicity are represented in the hospital staff and patient populations.  There is a large number of Asians, South Asians Southern and Eastern Europeans and Caribbean peoples.

Spiritual Care Department

The Spiritual & Religious Care Department of SHN has a Manager and six full-time and six part-time Spiritual Care Practitioners.  A Roman Catholic Deacon coordinates the Roman Catholic ministry two days per week at the General Campus. Community clergy and lay people are involved in the hospital ministry through a number of programs.  The Department is closely linked with the multicultural and ethics initiative of the hospital.

CPE Student Participation

Each student, in consultation with the Supervisor, chooses a nursing unit to do ministry.  As evening and weekend Chaplains, students have the opportunity to carry out ministry throughout the hospital. The full-time summer unit (twelve weeks) from May to July is five days per week from Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Evening duty is assigned on rotation with the fellow students.  The student is on duty from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.  There is no overnight duty.  Students are given the freedom to choose the time of their eight hour shift on Saturdays and Sundays. Students are assigned to weekends on rotation with their peers.  The extended program from mid-September to mid-March is two days a week,  Monday and Wednesday with the same time schedule and hospital-wide ministry opportunities.