Join the Golden Threads Choir for an enriching in-person singing series, designed for individuals living with dementia and their care partners. Led by acclaimed musician Robin Dann, this program explores the joy of making music together, fostering connection and creativity.  This is a 6-week series on Mondays at St. Andrew’s United Church 117 Bloor St E, Toronto, from May 26 to June 23 (with a small performance at the Tranzac Club on Friday June 27).

Mondays from May 26th, June 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd from 1:30 – 3:00 PM & Friday June 27th from 1-3:30 PM

During our workshops, you’ll experience:

• Vocal warm-ups
• Harmonizing
• Exploring vocal ranges
• The energizing experience of singing as one collective voice

No prior singing or choral experience is necessary—just a willingness to express yourself!

About Your Choir Leader:
Robin Dann is a critically acclaimed singer and the leader of the band Bernice, recognized internationally and nominated twice for Canada’s prestigious Polaris Prize. With over 15 years in Toronto’s vibrant music scene, Robin brings passion and expertise to our choir.

For more information, please contact:
Tracey Adams-Thibaudeau by email or phone: 647-456-6168

Are you part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and caring for an individual diagnosed with OR suspected of having cognitive impairment?
This monthly caregiver support group will provide an opportunity for care partners who are part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community to share and learn with other care partners in a supportive and inclusive environment.

Participants decide on the focus and direction of the group, and both practical and emotional needs are explored.

 

This support group meets on the last Thursday of every month from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm online using Zoom

Note: June’s session has been moved to July 3rd.

 

Please fill out the following form to be added to the waitlist to join the ongoing support group:
(Once there is room in the group, the facilitator(s) will contact you for a brief telephone screening. Please note that being added to the waitlist signifies your intentions and general capacity to attend each monthly meeting.)

 

PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT IS FOR INFORMAL CAREGIVERS/PARTNERS/FAMILY/FRIENDS.
If you are a PAID Healthcare Provider, please see program offerings here: https://alz.to/health-care-professionals/

6-Week Series on Tuesdays from November 11th – December 16th from 1:00 -3:00 PM at Scarborough Hub

November 11th, 18th, 25th, December 2nd, 9th, & 16th 2025

Join our Creative Conversations, a warm and inviting social program that combines the benefits of cognitive activity, engaging conversation and easy creative exploration. This program is facilitated by Robin Gertin (a Certified Expressive Arts Therapist) who has extensive experience working with seniors and those living with dementia.

This program includes:

• 45 minutes of skillfully supported conversation and cognitive exercises around themes of everyday living, designed to engage people of all abilities, fostering connection and community.
• A break to have a snack and socialize
• 30 minutes of accessible art-based activity that does not require any prior experience, where the fun and relaxing process is valued over final products.

This series is appropriate for learners at all levels and provides opportunities for each participant to learn at their own pace and in their own style.

Monday, June 16th from 2:00 – 3:00 P.M on Zoom 

Join us for another insightful Explore Art with Jano, a virtual art appreciation program. This session we will focus on nature, specifically trees. Sturdy and protective, trees provide us with shelter, oxygen and they have also served as inspiration for the visual and literary arts.

Join us with your curiosity and come ready to share thoughts and ideas. We will look at tall and trim, stout and leafy trees depicted in distinct styles throughout recent history.

Jano Cortijo is an arts educator whose work finds him engaging audiences of various ages, abilities, and backgrounds in museums, classrooms, community centers, and online. Straying far from the canon to elevate artists and works that have been excluded or erased from mainstream conversations, Cortijo encourages critical discussion while connecting the participants’ individual histories and stories with the art and art makers.

Image caption:
Oscar Bluemner, House and Tree, 1917
Oil on composition board, 15 x 20 inches

Join us for an in-person 6-part walking series and enjoy activating your body in the beauty of nature. Get your steps in and then enjoy a chat with a drink in the cafe – on us!

This series is appropriate for people living with dementia and their care partners who love walking! We will start with a warm up and then walk for 45 minutes, so please come prepared with comfortable supportive shoes and a bottle of water.

Thursdays, May 8th to June 12th 2025  from 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM (6-weeks series)

May 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th, June 5th & 12th 2025

Making Strides – Spring in the West End will be held at High Park.
We will meet at the High Park North Gates located at High Park Ave & Bloor St W.

For more information about this program, please contact Kristin Bartlett or phone 416-389-6099

Join us for an in-person 6-part walking series and enjoy activating your body in the beauty of nature. Get your steps in and then enjoy a chat with a drink in the cafe – on us!

This series is appropriate for people living with dementia and their care partners who love walking! We will start with a warm up and then walk for 45 minutes, so please come prepared with comfortable supportive shoes and a bottle of water.

Weekly Fridays, May 9th to June 13th 2025  from 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM (6-weeks series)

May 9th, 16th, 23th, 30th,  June 6th & 13th 2025

Making Strides – Spring in the East End will be held at Evergreen Brick Works.
Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Ave, Toronto.

For more information about this program, please contact Tracey Adams-Thibaudeau or phone 647-456-6168

The Power of Music with Steve – Music Program (6-Week Series)

Weekly on Wednesdays from August 20 – September 24 from 1:30 P.M – 3:00 P.M at St-Andrew’s United Church located at 117 Bloor St East.

 August 20th, 27th, September 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th,  2025

This program explores different musical genres through live musical performances and engaging conversations such as music on Broadway, music and meditation, great composers, jazz, musical improvisation, and music and memories! It is pure joy and fun!

Steve Koven is a composer, performer, producer, educator, and filmmaker. His band the Steve Koven Trio has toured the world for more than two decades, and they have been coined the ‘Canadian Cultural Ambassadors’. As an educator, Steve has been teaching in the Faculty of Music at Toronto’s York University, teaching Contemporary Improvisation and Jazz Piano Studies. He also teaches in the Music Department at Centennial College.

This series is appropriate for learners at all levels and provides opportunities for each participant to engage at their own pace and in their own style.

For more information about this program, please contact Kristin Bartlett or by phone at 416-389-6099

Too often, clients shared that they wish they had learned what they would learn later in their journey but much earlier, expressing how key insight on the dementia experience would have improved their overall dementia journey.

This brand-new workshop was designed by AST social workers in collaboration with caregivers, people experiencing cognitive changes, and various dementia specialists to offer key insight at the start of the dementia journey for the care partner.

 

Our experience tells us that the earlier you know what you know, the better you are.

Topics Discussed:

• Getting your affairs in order
• Accessing the Specialists
• Getting an official diagnosis
• Dementia Medications
• Communicating Concerns with your doctor
• All about getting in-home support
• Three Types of Supportive Living Environments
• Respite Programs
• Financial Support
• Maximizing Your Health
• Adjust to the New Normal
• Living with Daily Risk
• Insider Dementia Wisdoms
• Care Partner Realities
• The person diagnosed – Their realities

 

A survey will be sent to the members after the workshop to get their feedback.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT IS FOR INFORMAL CAREGIVERS/PARTNERS/FAMILY/FRIENDS.If you are a PAID Healthcare Provider, please see program offerings here: https://alz.to/health-care-professionals/

Minds in Motion® is an evidence-based program that includes physical activity, socialization, and mentally stimulating activities for people living with dementia and their care partners to participate in together.

This program runs once a week for 8 weeks via Zoom.

Tuesdays from 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM from May 6 – June 24 2025
May 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, June 3rd, 10th, 17th, & 24th 2025

This is a great environment to establish new friendships with others who are living with similar experiences. Combining physical, mental, and social stimulation improves brain health and may slow the disease progression.

The Community Connections Café is a welcoming space where people with memory loss or Dementia, and their care partners, can come to connect with others and support their brain health while socializing. This is an opportunity to enjoy simple refreshments and make new friends in a Dementia Friendly Community Space.

The Community Connections Cafe focuses on social wellness for people with memory loss or Dementia, and their care partners. The program is informal with the intended atmosphere of a local coffee shop where participants can chat over a beverage, do something creative, or play a game.

 

Every 2nd Wednesday of the month from 12:30pm to 2:30pm In-person at our AST Mid Scarborough Hub.
Address: 2658 Eglinton Avenue East, Scarborough, ON, M1K2S3

 

Registration is required for this program and closes at midnight (12am) the day prior to the event.
Please specify the number of guests attending when you register. You may register up to 3 persons per group.