Join our monthly social at our Mid-Scarborough Hub, 2658 Eglinton Ave E. Scarborough.

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.

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

Join our monthly social at our Mid-Scarborough Hub, 2658 Eglinton Ave E. Scarborough.

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.

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

This hands-on, interactive workshop is for both care partners and the person they are supporting who has dementia, or cognitive change. The overarching goal is for the care partner and person with dementia or cognitive change to, together, be more relaxed and grounded at the end of the workshop.

 

Learning Objectives:

 

• Recognizing the mental health impact of dementia
• Exploring how relaxation and meditation techniques can help reduce stress
• Practicing some helpful relaxation and meditation techniques that you can continue to do on your own after the workshop

 

Please note that mindfulness practices incorporate reflective and abstract concepts that may be complex for an individual in later stages of dementia, therefore, this workshop is only suitable for those who are in early stages of dementia and their care partner. To ensure an appropriate fit of program to participant, there is a short screening process that needs to be completed during registration.

The focus of the session will be on providing an overview of MCI and the differences between normal aging, MCI and dementia.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Increase knowledge of MCI and the differences between normal aging, MCI and dementia
• Explore how MCI impacts individuals and families
• Learn how to optimize cognitive health
• Develop an understanding of supportive services in the community

 

This workshop is for people living with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and/or care partners of people living with MCI.

 

Workshop will be presented using Zoom, registration required to receive link.

Join us this January for Feel the Spark, an Alzheimer Awareness Month event featuring Rick Levine, a talented musician and person living with dementia.

Hosted at Safari Bar and Grill, this uplifting evening celebrates creativity, community, and what remains possible after a dementia diagnosis.

Enjoy a live performance by Rick, learn about his artistic journey, and take part in an interactive karaoke segment where everyone is invited to sing and share in the joy of music.

Whether you come to listen, learn, or lift your voice, Feel the Spark is an invitation to reimagine life with dementia — with creativity, courage, and community at the centre.

Evening starts at 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

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.

 

On Monday, December 15th  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.

Yoga with Julia 

6-Week Series on Mondays, January 5th to February 9th, from 1:30-3:00 PM at St-Andrew’s United Church located at 117 Bloor St East. 

January 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th, February 2nd & 9th 2026. 

Join a weekly breath-focused therapeutic movement practice to nourish mind, body, and soul. Each session will include gentle movements, breathwork, and guided relaxation to help you cultivate ease and presence. A principle of the yoga therapy tradition is that if you can breathe, you can do yoga! As such, this series is open and safe for students of all abilities and invitations to modify will be offered throughout. 

Julia Ayearst is a certified Yoga Therapist working throughout Tkaronto. She considers it her great privilege to meet and teach people of all lived experiences and in doing so, to learn just how much is, in fact, common to us all. 

For more information contact Tracey Adams-Thibaudeau at TraceyAT@alz.to or call 647-456-6168. 

AGO Art Talk Museum Tour 

Tuesday, January 27th, 2026, from 2:00 – 3:00 P.M at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) located at 317 Dundas Street West. 

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

We will tour the David Blackwood exhibit, one of Canada’s best-known printmakers who put onto paper an enduring vision of Newfoundland. Born and raised on Bonavista Bay, his hauntingly beautiful images—suffused with struggle and myth—are drawn from childhood memories, dreams, superstitions, legends, and oral traditions. 

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 

For more information contact Kristin Bartlett at kbartlett@alz.to or call 416-389-6099. 

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.