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Events that offer an exciting range of activities to enhance social inclusion and physical well-being while exploring the benefits of creative therapies for people with dementia and their care partners.

10 Dec

Explore Art with Jano (ONLINE)

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Irene Rice Pereira, Landscape of the Absolute (1955); oil and enamel on canvas
Explore Art with Jano
Tuesday – December 10th from 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM on Zoom

Join us with your curiosity and come ready to share thoughts and ideas. Our final session in the series about female artists and abstraction will present the work of Irene Rice Pereira, whose crowded and often industrial looking compositions defied expectations about what female painters should depict during the first half of the XX century.
An acute observer and learner who channeled the most avant garde movements of her time Pereira experimented with form and medium to create striking and intricate artworks.

Jano Cortijo is a gay, immigrant, bilingual arts educator whose work finds him engaging audiences of various ages, abilities, and backgrounds in museums, classrooms, community centers, or computer screens. Jano encourages critical discussion while connecting the participants’ individual histories and stories with the art and art makers.

This program is appropriate for people living with mild to moderate dementia and their carepartners. A Zoom link will be provided to you in an email once you have registered for this program.

For more information contact our Active Living Program Coordinator Kristin Bartlett at kbartlett@alz.to or 416-389-6099 

Explore Art with Jano (ONLINE)2024-08-14T12:32:55-04:00
5 Dec

Dance Fitness – Zoom

2024-08-14T12:32:55-04:00

This gentle low impact dance fitness class with Jenn uses diverse music and simple dance movements to create a dynamic and energizing aerobic workout. With easy to follow moves that can be done seated or standing, this upbeat class is set to positive, playful and uplifting music. You will be motivated by the joyful, welcoming and supportive environment that encourages you to let go and have fun! No experience required.

Jenn Hicks is a Personal Trainer Size and Inclusive Fitness Specialist who has taught dance fitness classes for the past 17 years. She was named NOW Magazine’s Best Virtual Fitness Instructor for 2020. Jenn customizes routines for every class and helps attendees modify steps or movements whenever they need a little extra care.

This program will be held on Zoom. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link to participate. 

CLICK HERE to register.

Dance Fitness – Zoom2024-08-14T12:32:55-04:00
28 Nov

East End Friends -November (2658 Eglinton Ave E)

2024-08-14T12:32:54-04:00

Thursday November 14th and 28th from 1:00 – 3:00
Held at our satellite location, Alzheimer Society Toronto – The Mid-Scarborough Hub (2658 Eglinton Avenue East).
Join us for an in-person Social/Recreation program.

Join our twice-monthly social at our Mid-Scarborough Hub! This program is an opportunity to meet like minded people, to engage in meaningful conversations, tap into our creativity and get active. This two hour social is a great way to find your community and partake in gentle movement to great playlists. East End Friends is intended for people living with dementia and their care partners, and it is offered through a culturally inclusive, accessible and dementia-friendly lens. Light refreshments will be served.

East End Friends -November (2658 Eglinton Ave E)2024-08-14T12:32:54-04:00
28 Nov

Dance Fitness – Zoom

2024-08-14T12:32:54-04:00

This gentle low impact dance fitness class with Jenn uses diverse music and simple dance movements to create a dynamic and energizing aerobic workout. With easy to follow moves that can be done seated or standing, this upbeat class is set to positive, playful and uplifting music. You will be motivated by the joyful, welcoming and supportive environment that encourages you to let go and have fun! No experience required.

Jenn Hicks is a Personal Trainer Size and Inclusive Fitness Specialist who has taught dance fitness classes for the past 17 years. She was named NOW Magazine’s Best Virtual Fitness Instructor for 2020. Jenn customizes routines for every class and helps attendees modify steps or movements whenever they need a little extra care.

This program will be held on Zoom. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link to participate. 

CLICK HERE to register.

Dance Fitness – Zoom2024-08-14T12:32:54-04:00
21 Nov

Dance Fitness – Zoom

2024-08-14T12:32:53-04:00

This gentle low impact dance fitness class with Jenn uses diverse music and simple dance movements to create a dynamic and energizing aerobic workout. With easy to follow moves that can be done seated or standing, this upbeat class is set to positive, playful and uplifting music. You will be motivated by the joyful, welcoming and supportive environment that encourages you to let go and have fun! No experience required.

Jenn Hicks is a Personal Trainer Size and Inclusive Fitness Specialist who has taught dance fitness classes for the past 17 years. She was named NOW Magazine’s Best Virtual Fitness Instructor for 2020. Jenn customizes routines for every class and helps attendees modify steps or movements whenever they need a little extra care.

This program will be held on Zoom. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link to participate. 

CLICK HERE to register.

Dance Fitness – Zoom2024-08-14T12:32:53-04:00
19 Nov

AGO Art Talk Museum Tour (IN-PERSON)

2024-08-14T12:32:53-04:00
 

Tuesday, November 19th from 1:30 P.M – 3:00 P.M

This is a one-hour guided tour of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) with a hands on art making program for people living with dementia and their caregivers. The tour and art program is facilitated by an experienced AGO Docent and is assisted by Alzheimer Society of Toronto Staff and Volunteers.

Please note: Your ticket will be valid for the rest of the day so please feel free to explore the museum after the guided tour.

For parking and directions, please refer to this link: https://ago.ca/visit

Contact Kristin Bartlett at 647-327-6542 or by email at Kbartlett@alz.to if you have any trouble signing up for this program.

 

AGO Art Talk Museum Tour (IN-PERSON)2024-08-14T12:32:53-04:00
18 Nov

The Royal Conservatory – Rebanks Fellows Concert (273 Bloor Street W)

2024-08-14T12:32:53-04:00

Monday, November 18th from 3:00 P.M – 4:00 P.M at The Royal Conservatory of Music located at 273 Bloor St W.

The Rebanks Family Fellowship and International Performance Residency Program at The Royal Conservatory’s Glenn Gould School is the only one of its kind in Canada, offering a rich curriculum for career development. Alumni of the program grace the world’s great stages, including Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall and Koerner Hall, and perform with major orchestras in Canada and abroad.

Enjoy a 45-minute chamber music recital by one of the 2023-24 Rebanks Fellows, followed by a short Q&A session led by Program Manager Jessica Wright.
For more information about this program please contact Kristin Bartlett at kbartlett@alz.to
The Royal Conservatory – Rebanks Fellows Concert (273 Bloor Street W)2024-08-14T12:32:53-04:00
14 Nov

Dance Fitness – Zoom

2024-08-14T12:32:52-04:00

This gentle low impact dance fitness class with Jenn uses diverse music and simple dance movements to create a dynamic and energizing aerobic workout. With easy to follow moves that can be done seated or standing, this upbeat class is set to positive, playful and uplifting music. You will be motivated by the joyful, welcoming and supportive environment that encourages you to let go and have fun! No experience required.

Jenn Hicks is a Personal Trainer Size and Inclusive Fitness Specialist who has taught dance fitness classes for the past 17 years. She was named NOW Magazine’s Best Virtual Fitness Instructor for 2020. Jenn customizes routines for every class and helps attendees modify steps or movements whenever they need a little extra care.

This program will be held on Zoom. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link to participate. 

CLICK HERE to register.

Dance Fitness – Zoom2024-08-14T12:32:52-04:00
13 Nov

Mid-Town Social (IN-PERSON)

2024-08-14T12:32:52-04:00
Ruth Asawa, Untitled (BMC, 57, Curved Lines) c. 1946-49, Ink on paper.

Wednesday, November 13th, 2024 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM at the Alzheimer Society of Toronto Head Office located at 20 Eglinton Ave W, 16th Floor.
Mid-Town Social focuses on social wellness for people with Dementia and their care partners. This month we will collaborate with Jano Cortijo, an established arts educator. We will enjoy a meditative drawing and collaging program together inspired by the work of Ruth Asawa, a prolific artist who made drawing a regular ritual often depicting her personal, immediate surroundings. Using line, shape and colour in ingenious and unexpected ways, Asawa crafted an extensive body of work that comfortably and masterfully exists between abstraction and figuration.
We will look at and discuss some of her drawings and mixed media pieces and then create our own compositions.
Jano Cortijo is a gay, immigrant, bilingual arts educator whose work finds him engaging audiences of various ages, abilities, and backgrounds in museums, classrooms, community centers, or computer screens. Jano encourages critical discussion while connecting the participants’ individual histories and stories with the art and art makers.

This program is appropriate for people living with mild to moderate dementia and their carepartners.

For more information contact our Active Living Program Coordinator Tracey Adams Thibaudeau at Tadams-Thibaudeau@alz.to or 647-456-6168

Mid-Town Social (IN-PERSON)2024-08-14T12:32:52-04:00
7 Nov

Dance Fitness – Zoom

2024-08-14T12:32:52-04:00

This gentle low impact dance fitness class with Jenn uses diverse music and simple dance movements to create a dynamic and energizing aerobic workout. With easy to follow moves that can be done seated or standing, this upbeat class is set to positive, playful and uplifting music. You will be motivated by the joyful, welcoming and supportive environment that encourages you to let go and have fun! No experience required.

Jenn Hicks is a Personal Trainer Size and Inclusive Fitness Specialist who has taught dance fitness classes for the past 17 years. She was named NOW Magazine’s Best Virtual Fitness Instructor for 2020. Jenn customizes routines for every class and helps attendees modify steps or movements whenever they need a little extra care.

This program will be held on Zoom. Registration is required to receive the Zoom link to participate. 

CLICK HERE to register.

Dance Fitness – Zoom2024-08-14T12:32:52-04:00

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