Mid-Town Social focuses on social wellness for people living with dementia and their care partners. This series offers opportunities to build meaningful connections through shared creative and social experiences.

In this session, art educator Jano Cortijo will guide us through an exploration of nature in art, with a focus on fruit as a subject. Often the stars of still life paintings, fruits carry a wide range of symbolism and meaning. Together, we’ll explore artworks that feature fruit and create our own pieces inspired by their forms and colours.

About the Facilitator:
Jano Cortijo is an arts educator who engages audiences of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds in museums, classrooms, community centres, and online spaces. His practice highlights artists and artworks often excluded from mainstream conversations, encouraging participants to connect their own histories and stories with the art they encounter.

Following the art activity, participants are invited to share a meal together to continue the conversation and connection.

Image caption:

Francisco Oller, Guanabanas, 1948
Oil on canvas, 18 x 37 inches

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 3rd Wednesday of the month from 2:30pm to 4:30pm In-person at our AST Head Office
Location: 20 Eglinton Ave West, 16th Floor, Toronto
(Northwest corner of Yonge and Eglinton, across the street from Yonge and Eglinton subway station. Our office tower is to the left of Metro Grocery)

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.

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.

Join us for a relaxed and engaging virtual reality session designed for people living with mild dementia. You’ll discover 3D videos based on your interests, experience the joy of exploring new places through virtual reality, and share meaningful conversations and moments with others in the group. Care partners are welcome to take advantage of our adjacent Respite Room with refreshments.

Join our Virtual Reality Program – In-Person at the Alzheimer Society of Toronto Head Office

Friday, March 13th | 1:30 – 3:00 P.M

Please note that we have two sessions available one on March 6th and one on March 13th you are only allowed to sign up for one session. Thank you!

Join us for a relaxed and engaging virtual reality session designed for people living with mild dementia. You’ll discover 3D videos based on your interests, experience the joy of exploring new places through virtual reality, and share meaningful conversations and moments with others in the group. Care partners are welcome to take advantage of our adjacent Respite Room with refreshments.

Join our Virtual Reality Program – In-Person at the Alzheimer Society of Toronto Head Office

Friday, March 6th | 1:30 – 3:00 P.M

Please note that we have two sessions available one on March 6th and one on March 13th you are only allowed to sign up for one session. Thank you!

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.

Learning Objectives:

6-Week Series from October 24th – November 28th at Trinity Community Recreation Center located at 155 Crawford St.

October 24th, 31st, November 7th 14th, 21st, 28th 2025

Discover the power of music in this uplifting 6-week choral program, led by Applied Music and Health students from the University of Toronto. Together, we’ll use the joy of singing to boost memory, attention, and communication skills through engaging, personalized music-based exercises incorporating evidence-based applications of Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT)®.

More than just a choir, this is a welcoming space to connect with others, share in creativity, and experience the wellbeing that music can bring. No singing experience is needed—just bring your voice and an open heart.

This program is designed for people living with mild to moderate dementia and their care partners.

For more information contact Kristin Bartlett or call 416-389-6099.

February 23rd, March 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd. 30th 2026 

This 6-week course will familiarize participants with the basic techniques of working with clay with your hands – a great introduction to clay work. We will focus on three fundamental hand building skills: making a pinch pot, a coil pot and finally a slab pot. The skills required are relatively simple and accessible to anyone with the right encouragement and support. In this in studio course, all tools and materials will be provided. We will alternate weekly between forming a new type of pot and learning how to add easy decorative elements to our pots such as carving, using an underglaze or slip and creating feet and handles.  

This program is for people living with mild to moderate dementia and their care partners. No previous pottery experience necessary. 

For more information please contact Kristin Bartlett or call 416-389-6099. 

Join us this Winter for Fitness Friends at our Mid-Scarborough Hub, 2658 Eglinton Ave E. Scarborough.

Find your groove with us as we engage with some gentle movement set to some great playlists! This 1-hour movement session will be offered standing, with seated options available. Fitness Friends is intended for people living with dementia along with their care partners. Light refreshments available.

Fall Dates: Jan 8, Feb 12, March 12

Contact: Please contact Tracey for more information or by phone at 647 456 6168