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Cedarhurst is a not-for-profit, community based organization specifically dedicated to the care of people living with Alzheimer disease or related dementia.Located at Bayview Avenue and York Mills Road, our new residence provides a stimulating and secure home away from home for 24 individuals. Cedarhurst's design offers our residents dignified living and a caring environment which maintains a sense of independence, choice and self-worth.Our philosophy of care is holistic and individualistic. We build on residual strengths, encourage choice in daily activities and provide freedom to our residents to live normally but securely. The environment and programming work together to support memory and cognitive functioning.

Since 1975, our combined services with a winning team of 100 employees and a devoted group of 500 volunteers have worked together to assist over 6500 residents in our communities on an annual basis.

Jean Lauder made a significant originating contribution to the creation of services in Toronto for adults with cerebral palsy. Jean Lauder was a young person with cerebral palsy in the 1930's when she was at high school at the Wellesley Orthopaedic School. Through discussions with her teacher, she began to think of alternatives to living at home with her parents and came up with the idea of a residential workshop. Into the 1940's, Jean and her family further recognized the imperative of developing a community alternative to her situation of living at home.In 1948, through the efforts of family, friends and mentors, the Cerebral Palsy Adult Association was created. This group, under the leadership of Muriel Heyland and members of the Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity, decided to start work on the workshop and set up the Inter Fraternity Cerebral Palsy Association Workshop, now known as Corbrook Workshop. By 1956, now that the workshop was running, these two groups and the Cerebral Palsy Parents Council formed the Auxiliary of the CP Adult Association to work on developing a residence for adults with CP.

Provide leadership and funding for research, advocacy and solutions to improve the quality of life for Canadians affected by arthritis. Arthritis Society Canada has been setting lives in motion for over 65 years, and is dedicated to a vision of living well while creating a future without arthritis. Arthritis Society Canada is a bilingual national organization with a network of offices across the country. An 18-member national board provides governance oversight and is responsible for setting the strategic priorities of The Society. The voluntary board includes members recruited from across Canada, as well as representatives from each division.

Welcome to Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Office (TNO), a community-based, multicultural agency. We are the first stop in our neighbourhood for information, services and support. TNO is committed to building a safe and healthy community through supporting and strengthening the quality of individual and community life in Thorncliffe Park.

George Syme Community School's motto is 'Believing in achieving, together we make it happen!'As a school in the Model Schools for Inner City program, George Syme is committed to student achievement by building strong partnerships with families and the community. Recently celebrating its 100th Anniversary, the school has seen many changes. Now a vibrant open concept school, located near Jane and St. Clair Avenue West, George Syme hosts a French Immersion program. Its diversity is seen and heard in the halls and on the playground as students, parents and staff speak in over 30 languages. We strive to deliver curriculum through units of study where students see themselves as agents of change. George Syme is the hub of the community offering many programs for students and parents during and beyond the school day.