DAM Community Spotlight – Crystal Chan!

Welcome to the DAM Community Spotlight! Our incredible team makes our world go round at DAM and we could not be more grateful. We are thrilled to be sharing a series of stories from current volunteers and alumni.  This community spotlight focuses on Crystal Chan, DAM alum! Crystal joined the DAM team around 2013, after [...]

By |2025-06-12T11:12:40-05:00June 12th, 2025|0 Comments

DAM Community Spotlight – Eliora Wee!

Welcome to the DAM Community Spotlight! Our incredible team makes our world go round at DAM and we could not be more grateful. We are thrilled to be sharing a series of stories from current volunteers and alumni.  Eliora and Dancers Having a Blast! We are happy to highlight our next DAM alumni, [...]

By |2025-05-05T09:48:18-05:00May 5th, 2025|0 Comments

DAM Community Spotlight – Devon Lewis!

Welcome to the DAM Community Spotlight! Our incredible team makes our world go round at DAM and we could not be more grateful. We are thrilled to be sharing a series of stories from current volunteers and alumni.  We are happy to highlight our next DAM alumni, Devon Lewis! Community and Movement - Devon [...]

By |2025-03-21T10:04:41-05:00March 21st, 2025|0 Comments

DAM Community Spotlight – Cooper Dupre

Welcome to the DAM Community Spotlight! The next community spotlight, where we share stories from current and alumni members, highlights Mr. Cooper Dupre, DAM volunteer alumni. Cooper and a Dancer - Smiling and Having Fun Backstage! Cooper  joined DAM in 2014, volunteering in Milton and Ancaster. In 2017, he filled the role of [...]

By |2025-03-14T12:04:34-05:00March 14th, 2025|0 Comments

DAM Community Spotlight – Sandra Chen!

Welcome to the Dance Ability Movement Community Spotlight! Our incredible team makes our world go round at The Dance Ability Movement and we could not be more grateful. We are Sandra, Volunteer Coordinator thrilled to be sharing a series of stories from current volunteers and alumni.  We are excited to highlight Sandra Chen, [...]

By |2025-02-20T15:11:15-05:00February 20th, 2025|0 Comments

The Dynamic OT Role at the DAM: Supporting the Instructors and the Community

We have invited Raven Brooks, student Occupational Therapist at the University of Toronto, to share some reflections about the dynamic roles the Dance Ability Movement OTs have based on her experience during her 10-week placement with us. Since Raven’s impressions covered diverse topics, we’ve decided to publish them in a series of blog posts. In [...]

By |2021-08-26T15:14:06-05:00August 26th, 2021|0 Comments

The Dynamic OT Role at the DAM: Building the Capacity of Volunteers

We have invited Raven Brooks, student Occupational Therapist at the University of Toronto, to share some reflections about the dynamic roles the Dance Ability Movement OTs have based on her experience during her 10-week placement with us. Since Raven’s impressions covered diverse topics, we’ve decided to publish them in a series of blog posts. In [...]

By |2021-08-10T13:59:18-05:00August 10th, 2021|0 Comments

Congratulations Saba Malik on being the July Volunteer of the Month!

Saba began volunteering with us at our Mississauga location, June Lawrence School of Dance, in-person and has continued to be a part of the larger DAM team for our online classes! She brings a great understanding and appreciation of differences and uses her calm and patient nature to connect with each dance buddy, allowing them [...]

By |2021-08-09T13:53:08-05:00August 9th, 2021|0 Comments

The Dynamic OT Role at the DAM: Supporting New Dancers through an individualized approach

We have invited Raven Brooks, student Occupational Therapist at the University of Toronto, to share some reflections about the dynamic roles the Dance Ability Movement OTs have based on her experience during her 10-week placement with us. Since Raven’s impressions covered diverse topics, we’ve decided to publish them in a series of blog posts throughout [...]

By |2021-07-29T15:36:46-05:00July 29th, 2021|1 Comment

11 Years of the Dance Ability Movement, 11 Things We Learned on Placement

Dance parties, virtual backgrounds, endless laughs, “Hey Baby!”, die-hard Disney fans and an inflatable giraffe - just a few of the many things that defined our placement experience at the Dance Ability Movement (DAM). As two student Occupational Therapists (OTs) with a dance background, if you would’ve asked us 10 weeks ago what it meant [...]

By |2021-07-19T16:33:12-05:00July 19th, 2021|0 Comments
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