Meet the recipients of the 2019-2020 Volunteer Outstanding Achievement Award & Commitment Appreciation Award!

Our volunteers are a crucial part of our programming, and we are so thankful for their dedication and commitment to ensure our dancers have the best experience possible. As a way to recognize our volunteers’ efforts and show how much we appreciate them, every year we run our Volunteer Outstanding Achievement and Commitment Appreciation Awards. [...]

By |2020-08-28T08:01:31-05:00August 28th, 2020|0 Comments

Featured move of the week – Kick Ball-Change!

Are you ready to learn a new move this week? Join our volunteer Ana to practise the Kick Ball-Change!* We would love to see you practising these moves at home! If you post pictures or videos on your social media channels, don’t forget to tag us and use the hashtag: #DanceMoveOfTheWeek *Please note these are [...]

By |2020-08-17T18:10:45-05:00August 17th, 2020|0 Comments

Featured move of the week – Chaine Turn!

Have you ever tried to do a Chaine Turn? Give it a try and dance along with our volunteer Natasha!* We would love to see you practising these moves at home! If you post pictures or videos on your social media channels, don’t forget to tag us and use the hashtag: #DanceMoveOfTheWeek   *Please note [...]

By |2020-08-10T13:34:43-05:00August 10th, 2020|0 Comments

Congratulations Nera Gilbert on being selected as our July 2020 Volunteer of the Month!

Nera started volunteering at our Mississauga location this past season. She jumped right into the role with a patient and positive attitude. Nera takes initiative by offering to help instructors and noticing when dancers may need patient encouragement or a friendly face to join the group Through her warm and welcoming smile and demeanour, Nera [...]

By |2020-08-05T10:26:32-05:00August 5th, 2020|0 Comments

Featured move of the week – Box Step!

This week our volunteer Saba will show you how to do the Box Step*. Just follow along and have fun! We would love to see you practising these moves at home! If you post pictures or videos on your social media channels, don’t forget to tag us and use the hashtag: #DanceMoveOfTheWeek   *Please note [...]

By |2020-08-05T10:08:11-05:00August 4th, 2020|0 Comments

Featured move of the week – Pivot Turn!

Let’s keep practising our dance skills at home? This week our volunteer Sam will show you how to do a Pivot Turn*! We would love to see you practising this move at home! If you post pictures or videos on your social media channels, don’t forget to tag us and use the hashtag: #DanceMoveOfTheWeek *Please [...]

By |2020-07-27T12:04:10-05:00July 27th, 2020|0 Comments

Featured move of the week – Grape Vine!

Are you ready to learn a new move this week? Join our volunteer Eliora to practise the Grape Vine*! We would love to see you practising this move at home! If you post pictures or videos on your social media channels, don’t forget to tag us and use the hashtag: #DanceMoveOfTheWeek   *Please note these [...]

By |2020-07-20T15:24:27-05:00July 20th, 2020|0 Comments

Featured Move of the Week – SKIP!

While you’re enjoying these lovely days of Summer, take a few minutes to practise some of our “Featured Moves of the Week”! Every Monday, one of our volunteers will teach you how to perform a dance move so you can keep practising at home, improve your technique and have fun! On this week’s video, Kelly [...]

By |2020-07-13T18:45:07-05:00July 13th, 2020|0 Comments

Pathways and Resources for Engagement and Participation: How to integrate evidence into practice

This week, Tori McQuat will be sharing her story about her time with the Dance Ability Movement and what she has done to improve service delivery at the Dance Ability Movement. Hi everyone! My name is Tori McQuat and I am a second year Occupational Therapy student at the University of Toronto. Originally, I had [...]

By |2020-06-17T11:37:03-05:00June 17th, 2020|0 Comments

Communication & Expression – Staying Connected Through Dance

My name is Mara and I am an occupational therapy student from the University of Toronto!  For the past eight weeks, I have been working with Mallory and Jade along with three other students to complete our third fieldwork placement.  I was ecstatic when I learned I had been matched with the Dance Ability Movement!  [...]

By |2021-05-07T08:51:06-05:00June 12th, 2020|0 Comments
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