Respecting Rights is hosting another virtual Coffee and Advocacy Meeting for anyone who lives in Toronto and identifies as having an intellectual or developmental disability.
Date: Friday February 21st 2025
Time: 2:00pm
Where: On Zoom
We will be talking about the first standard of the AODA: Information and Communication Standard. We will also have an ARCH lawyer and law student join us at this meeting!
Please email Jessica at jessica.field@arch.clcj.ca to register
WHEN: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 | 7:00-8:15PM
Start thinking about your next steps for supported employment and continued learning
Free virtual workshop facilitated by Holland Bloorview & ConnectABILITY.ca
This workshop is geared for:
Join us to discuss and explore:
WHEN: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 | 7:00-8:15PM
For people who are 18+ interested in making friends, learning about relationships, and having fun.
WHEN: Friday, FEBRUARY 14th
TIME: 3:00 – 5:00 PM
WHERE: Online
FUN FOR EVERYONE
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!!
a ZOOM link will be sent before the meeting.
CONTACT : lingerwalters@gmail.com
Hi folks, hope this message finds you well. The PRIDE Collective is happy to announce one of our members, Kelly Svetkoff, will be hosting The Mix this week in a special Valentine’s Day Edition, LOVE IS LOVE!
Remember to sign up through my community hub. The Mix will be hosted at Community Junction (2934 Dundas St W). Doors open at 6:00pm
We’ll have food, drinks, music and neon merch.
Come have a good time and celebrate love with us.
See flyer attached for further details.
Luiz and Andrew, co-chairs
WHEN: Friday February 28, 12:30PM – 2:00PM (Eastern Standard Time)
Learn how to transform medical education to better serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). This engaging webinar will feature two expert speakers and a thought-provoking panel discussion.
Interactive Panel Discussion
After the presentations, join the discussion! Engage with our speakers and panelists to share ideas, explore barriers, and identify actionable solutions for scaling up disability-inclusive medical education in Canada.
Why Attend?
Are you interested in having fun and learning some new things? Then we have the program for you: Life Skills with Lumenus
Mondays 1pm-2:30pm
This topic will focus on all things community. Here we explore how to access community supports that we use daily and how to stay safe online and a variety of safety topics.
Mondays 2:30-4pm
Here we explore what healthy relationships look like with everyone in our lives. How to set healthy boundaries and how to manage conflict in relationships.
Thurdays 11am-12pm
With a focus on all aspects of our health, this topic explores how to maintain or improve physical, mental and emotional health. We also explore cooking and kitchen safety.
Thurdays 12pm-2pm
Cassondra – cwatkis@lumenus.ca or Leanna – romero@lumenus.ca
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Each month, CLTO’s Community Engagement Speaker Series highlights different topics of interest, providing education and information to individuals with disabilities, families, caregivers, and the community at large.
This month, we are pleased to announce an insightful session from MyJobMatch. MyJobMatch is a service created for employers, job seekers with a disability, and employment support professionals to come together to track, match, and secure meaningful job opportunities.
Developmental Services Council – Toronto (DS Council) is a voice for adults with developmental disabilities, their family members and community supporters.
An advisory group, we are a partner with the agencies funded by the Ministry of Children, Community & Social Services to deliver programs and services for adults with developmental disabilities.
We make recommendations to these partners from a client/consumer point of view. Most DS Council members are volunteers from the community:
We work on educating the general public, agencies, media, and government about disabilities so that they understand us better”.
https://youtu.be/7_HRLrSRSGI
We are always looking for people to get involved with DS Council – Toronto!
DS Council – Toronto meets 9-12 times a year. Meetings take place downtown in the evening. Members may attend in person or virtually via Zoom or telephone. For members who attend in person, free parking is available. The meeting venue is TTC accessible and dinner is provided!
Council meetings often include presentations by groups that support people with developmental disabilities and their families and caregivers.
Help improve the quality of developmental services in Toronto and represent the voice and needs of this community!
For more information, please contact DS Council – Toronto:
“We are a group of people from all walks of life who form a community circle of support where everyone feels comfortable and safe enough to share.
It’s a place for people with disabilities to meet new people, new friends and allies and talk about long-term solutions to issues that are important to us.
We work on educating the general public, agencies, media, and government about disabilities so that they understand us better”.
Join us on the 2nd Saturday of each month on Zoom from 1pm-3pm!
2024 Meeting dates:
We want to be a safe and supportive group. If there are barriers to you attending, let us know how we can help.
These Group Guidelines were made by the group, for the group. The Group Guidelines are here for you and for everyone else who comes to the group. When people follow these guidelines, Advocates for a Better Future is a place where everyone feels safe and respected.
Each person is responsible for how they treat others.
Everyone is expected to follow these guidelines.
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Presenters: Deanna Djos she/her, Sexual Health Promoter, Michelle Anbar-Goldstein she/her, MSW, RSW and Gabe Wertman-Parris he/him, Self Advocate.
Join us and learn about why we should all take the time to respect and learn everyone’s name and pronoun, celebrate self-expression and what is the importance of gender identity.
Links to videos played during presentation
RECORDED: June 25, 2021