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BALANCE for Blind Adults Offices
4920 Dundas Street West, Suite 302
Toronto, Ontario M9A 1B7
Phone: (416) 236-1796
Fax: (416) 236-4280
e-mail: info@balancefba.org
A description of how to locate BALANCE for Blind Adults Head Office from the Islington subway station.
- At Islington Station, take the 50 Burnhamthorpe bus and get off at Dundas St. West. The bus will drop you off on the northeast corner of Dundas and Burnhamthorpe.
- Walk south until you are at the intersection and turn west. There is an Audible Pedestrian Signal there to assist you in your crossing.
- Cross Burnhamthorpe to the northwest corner.
- Walk west, following the building until you locate the recessed doorway.
To locate Suite 302
- From the front door, follow the hallway until you contact a wall in front of you. Go around the wall to the right, along the hallway.
- On the left hand side, you will locate the elevator.
BALANCE Training Centre
720 Spadina Avenue, Suite 206
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2T9
Phone: (416) 964-8106
Fax: (416) 964-8249
email: info@balancefba.org
A description of how to locate BALANCE for Blind Adults Training Centre on Spadina Ave from the SW corner of Spadina and Bloor.
- Walk south on Spadina passed the JCC entrance.
- Keep walking south passed a recessed building
- You’ll pass a driveway on your right, then, as you pass the front of a Pub/restaurant, you’ll pass a metal fence on your right, which is around the pub’s outdoor patio
- Immediately after the fence, turn right and walk to the entrance of 720 Spadina. The entrance is set back from the street.
To locate Suite 206…
- From the front door, veer to the right wall and follow it until it ends. At this point, turn left and cross the hall to find the elevators. They make an audible ding when they arrive.
- Take the elevator to the 2nd floor (the buttons have Braille labels).
- On the 2nd floor, take a few steps out of the elevator then turn left and walk forward to a wall.
- At the wall, turn right and walk forward until you find the carpeting of an intersecting hallway.
- Turn right into that hallway. Suite 206 is straight ahead, on the wall in front, at the end of this hall. There is Braille on the door.
Staff Directory
Administrative Staff
Sue Archibald
Executive Director
Phone: (416) 236-1796 Extension 22
email: s.archibald@balancefba.org
Doug Poirier
Program Coordinator
Phone: (416) 236-1796 Extension 24
email: d.poirier@balancefba.org
Lynda Spinney
Office Administrator
Phone: (416) 236-1796 Extension 0
email: l.spinney@balancefba.org
Direct Service Staff
Sameh Abdou
Access Technology Instructor
Phone: (416) 236-1796 Extension 23
email: s.abdou@balancefba.org
Tom Dekker
Daily Living Skills Instructor
Phone: (416) 236-1796 Extension 25
email: t.dekker@balancefba.org
Paula Huber
Orientation and Mobility Instructor
Phone: (416) 236-1796 Extension 27
email: p.huber@balancefba.org
David Kopman
Volunteer Coordinator
Phone: (416) 236-1796 Extension 30
email: d.kopman@balancefba.org
Shane Laurnitus
Job Developer
Phone: (416) 236-1796 Extension 28
email: s.laurnitus@balancefba.org
Tricia Morley
Community Access Facilitator
Phone: (416) 236-1796 Extension 29
email: t.morley@balancefba.org
Anita Moyano
Orientation and Mobility Instructor
Phone: (416) 236-1796 Extension 26
email: a.moyano@balancefba.org
Raj Tribhuwan
Access Technology Instructor
Phone: (416) 236-1796 Extension 31
email: r.tribhuwan@balancefba.org
Board of Directors
Phone: (416) 236-1796
Fax: (416) 236-4280
e-mail: info@balancefba.org