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Week of Jun 17th

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June 17, 2024
June 18, 2024(1 event)

1:30 pm: Sharing Space Support Group Spring 2024


June 18, 2024

This program offers a 10-week professionally facilitated group counseling opportunity for adults with visual disabilities. Together, participants will explore various aspects of living with partial sight or blindness, delve into identity formation amidst visual challenges, assess support networks from friends and family, navigate the process of grief and letting go, manage feelings of stress and overwhelm, and celebrate personal achievements. Lisa Derencinovic, MSW, a professional counsellor with lived experience of blindness, leads the group. Lisa has provided therapeutic counseling at BALANCE for the past 7 years.

Limited space, so secure your spot now! To register, please contact our office at info@balancefba.org or call 416-236-1796 ext. 0.

June 19, 2024(1 event)

4:30 pm: Annual General Meeting


June 19, 2024

We are thrilled to announce our 40th Anniversary Annual General Meeting, scheduled for June 19, 2024. This year's meeting will be held both in person at Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre Conference Room (Room 318), and via Zoom to accommodate our amazing and accomplished guest speaker, and all attendees unable to attend in person. Both types of attendance require prior registration, please.

This year, we are absolutely thrilled to have Jason Romero as our guest speaker, with his talk "Challenge to Change".

This is an authentic, thought and emotion provoking saga that will inspire you to overcome, grow and carry-on. Jason will join us remotely on Zoom.

And, come hear the following exciting presentations!

  • Tom Dekker Award Recipients
  • Board Chair’s Address
  • CEO's Year-end Review
  • Our Financial Report for 2023-24
  • Our exciting plans for our 40th Anniversary
  • And more...
Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre
750 Spadina Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M5S2J2

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June 20, 2024(1 event)

6:30 pm: Stress Management and Resilience Workshop- Spring 2024


June 20, 2024

This 7-week program caters exclusively to BALANCE clients.  Social Worker and BALANCE counsellor Melanie Marsden facilitates the workshop series. Melanie specializes in intersecting identities in counselling and is an experienced counsellor with lived experience of sight loss.  In this workshop, participants will learn fundamental mental health skills tailored to individuals with visual disabilities. Each 2-hour workshop builds on the next, covering topics such as understanding stress, mindfulness, reframing negative thoughts, assertiveness, and resilience.

Limited space, so secure your spot now! To register, please contact our office at info@balancefba.org or call 416-236-1796 ext. 0.

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