WITH ERIC THE DJ KING
WHEN: February 10 | 7:00PM – 9:00PM
WHERE: Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue – 100 Elder Street (Entrance is parking lot across from chat high school on Wilmington).
COST: $10.00 per person (adults with disabilities must come with support) no charge for support workers.
Come dance and sing together for teens and adults with and without disabilities siblings, peers and community members are all welcome.
LIGHT SNACKS WILL BE SERVED
RSVP MANDATORY
WHEN: January 22 | 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Join us for an information webinar with our guest speaker from MLSC law firm, Tahir Khorasanee. Learn about your rights in employment as a person with disabilities, and get the answers to common questions. There will be an opportunity to ask questions too.
We look forward to welcoming you to this informative webinar.
WHEN: February 14th, 2025 | 9:30AM – 12:00pm
WHERE: Scarborough Civic Centre in the Council Chambers.
Open Dialogues provide a space to learn and gather knowledge of valuable information on topics that are specific to the needs of the vulnerable situations presented at the SPIDER/FOCUS situation tables.
Learning Topics:
The workshop events aim to:
Please note that registration numbers are limited and available on a first-come, first-serve basis. For any additional questions about the event, please email City of Toronto FOCUS and SPIDER Co-Chair Sophia Brown.
Join us for an evening of fun every Thursday from February 6th to March 27th, 2025! We are excited to offer recreational activities that give families a break in caring for adults with a developmental delay.
Dinner and snacks will be provided.
Who: Anyone 18 years and older with a developmental disability who is living at home
Where: Griffin Centre, 1124 Finch Avenue West, Unit 1
When: Thursdays from 4:00pm – 7:00pm
Cost: $16/person
Food and beverages will be provided
For more information or to register, please call: 416-222-3563 and leave a message for an Adult Intake Worker
Join us at our next coffee and advocacy meeting!
Date: Friday, January 24
Time: 2:00pm
Where: Online on Zoom
Email: Jessica.field@arch.clcj.ca
Join the DSO Housing Navigator for Toronto for a free virtual presentation on various types of affordable and rent-geared-to-income housing options available to individuals with low to moderate income.
When: Friday, February 7, 2025
Time: 10am – 11am EST
Where: Zoom (link to be included along with presentation slides, closer to February 7).
Please see the attached flyer for more information.
Date: Thursday, January 23, 2025
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Microsoft Teams Meeting
Registration link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/bfae51c9-c1f4-4b82-9952-ba528eb3ab56@974d3927-9bb4-48c9-b65c-6094393d030b
We look forward to connecting with you on how we can assist clients/potential students in your school or agency who may be interested in this pathway. Please do consider reaching out for campus tours, and potential applicants being a student for the day!
Families can also reach out on their own for personalized tours and information sessions about the CICE program.
For any questions at all, please connect with Jodie at: jmacquisten@sl.on.ca or 613-345-0660, ext. 1876
Information Links:
Please find attached:
Family Service Toronto and Corbrook in partnership with FoodShare, are holding ongoing Community Food Markets on the third Thursday of every month in Scarborough.
Community Markets sell high quality, affordable fruits and vegetables. These markets bring healthy produce to neighbourhoods where it might not otherwise be available, and where farmers’ markets are not viable because sales are too low to cover costs.
The markets feature seasonal, local produce plus imported favourites in order to offer the greatest quality and cultural value to the neighbourhoods they serve.
Food markets can become amazing gathering places. The goal of a successful market is not making a profit, but the relationship between selling affordable produce and the ability of a market to be a gathering place that people want to hang out in.
It also serves as a space in the community for information and resource sharing – email Elizabeth Irwin if your program/agency would like to host a table at an upcoming event.
The market is open to everyone!
Corbrook and Family Service Toronto share a vision of building inclusive communities.
We envision our market serving as a gathering place for folks to connect, learn from each other, and thrive.
The next market is Thursday, January 16 from 12pm-4pm at Corbrook and Community Living Toronto’s social enterprise The Social Brew: 1236 Birchmount Rd. – see flyer attached for details.
Please share the attached flyers widely with your networks and we hope to see you there!
*If you are interested in learning more about FoodShare, click here: FoodShare – Food is a right
*To learn more about Community Markets and other community programming, click here: Good Food Markets – FoodShare
If you are interested in participating in future markets, email Elizabeth: elizabethir@familyservicetoronto.org
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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: