Please feel welcome to attend the Dinner, Annual General Meeting and Public Forum for the Oakwood Vaughan Community Organization (OVCO) at 529 Vaughan Rd. on March 26th at 6:00 PM. For more information, please email info.ovco@gmail.com or see the poster below.
Family Service Toronto has expanded their caregiver workshop series. They are now offering workshops for caregivers (anyone helping a senior 55+) at all 3 of their locations and throughout some community partners locations. Please find more information below. Attend free caregiver workshops in English at three locations across the city and: Learn key skills to [...]
Please feel welcome to attend the Seniors for Nature Outdoor Club open house. The club is for anyone 55 years of over who wants to keep active via outdoor activities, 12 months a year. The open house will take place at the Earl Bales Community Centre from 12:30 to 2:30 on April 2nd. To find [...]
Please see the Return to Bay Street return-ship program run by Women in Capital Markets, a gender diversity nonprofit for women in the Canadian financial sector. The program is for women who are considering returning to their successful careers in finance after an extended leave of abscence, and has already facilitated the return of 50 [...]
By Moira Welsh Investigative Reporter Fri., March 8, 2019 Toronto now has a blueprint to transform its nursing homes through emotion-focused care, says Dr. Samir Sinha, co-chair of the city’s seniors’ accountability group. Prompted by a Star series on Peel Region’s year-long pilot of a Butterfly Model home, city council voted unanimously last July to [...]
United Neighbours is a group of people from St. Matthew's United Church and the St. Clair West neighbourhood who got together in 2015 in response to the crisis of Syrian refugees. The first family they sponsored, the Alaalyans, came in 2016 and they have adapted wonderfully to life in Canada. Mohammed is working as a [...]
By Jennifer Pagliaro City Hall Bureau Wed., March 6, 2019 A program that helps match seniors with rooms to spare and students in need of living accommodations could see up to 400 people more in more affordable housing each year if the city comes up with the necessary funds. In a city where a growing [...]
By Emily Mathieu Affordable Housing Reporter Tues., March 5, 2019 Standing in the packed lobby of a Toronto apartment tower Wendy Lum fielded questions, broke down rental housing law basics and marshalled volunteers. It is a familiar and efficient routine. Lum is part of The Federation of Metro Tenants’ Associations and half of a two-person [...]
Take Action to Support Youth Hubs- Safe and supportive communities City Council can choose to provide Toronto’s youth and their families with safe, supervised, and enriching after-school spaces accessible to every one of our city’s neighbourhoods in the 2019 budget. Toronto currently has 21 existing youth spaces that provide a supportive environment for activities, homework [...]
