More than connecting with our dancers, our volunteers play an important role in inspiring and helping them participate in our dance program to the best of their abilities. As a way to recognize our volunteers’ efforts and show how much we appreciate them, every year we run our Volunteer Commitment Appreciation Award. The award is [...]
The Volunteer of the Year award is presented to a volunteer who has consistently gone above and beyond in their role, has been an exemplary role model sharing their passion for dance, and demonstrates the values of The Dance Ability Movement by helping us build our dance community. Sarah began volunteering at our Mississauga location, [...]
Although this year felt a little upside down, there's a lot to be grateful for as well. 2020 was a year of unpredictable changes, uncertainties, and unknowns but it was also a year for finding the strength of our community and the power of dance to keep us connected and moving together. We have been [...]
We are wrapping up our 2020 World OT Day celebration posts with an interview with Miss Jade, one of the co-founders of The Dance Ability Movement, who is also an OT! Thank you to our DAM OTs and all OTs around the world for making a difference in the lives of many! How you’ve been [...]
Our 2020 World OT Day celebration is coming to an end! Today, you will know more about the Ryan sisters, founders of The Dance Ability Movement, who are also OTs! Check out Miss Mallory’s interview below and stay tuned for Miss Jade’s post. How you’ve been reimagining participation in occupations throughout your career? Throughout my [...]
Continuing with our 2020 World OT Day celebration posts, we are sharing with you an interview with Miss Amanda, one of our new OTs! We hope you enjoy it! Stay tuned for tomorrow's interviews with Miss Mallory and Miss Jade! How you’ve been reimagining participation in occupations throughout your career? Participating in occupations is more [...]
As you may know, October 27th is World OT Day and we are celebrating our wonderful OTs throughout the week! Today, you will learn more about Miss Nadia! We hope you enjoy it! How you’ve been reimagining participation in occupations throughout your career? Participation can look different for everyone, and how it looks on the [...]
In this post, as part of our 2020 World OT Day celebration, we would like to recognize Miss Mara, one of our new OTs who joined our team this season! We hope you enjoy it! Don’t miss tomorrow’s interviews with Miss Amanda and Miss Nadia! How you’ve been reimagining participation in occupations throughout your career? [...]
Continuing with our 2020 World OT Day celebration posts, today we are sharing with you an interview with Miss Elyse, one of our wonderful OTs! We hope you enjoy it! Stay tuned for the next interviews! How you’ve been reimagining participation in occupations throughout your career? To me, being an occupational therapist means using a [...]
Every year, the World Federation of Occupational Therapists creates a campaign to celebrate World Occupational Therapy Day, which takes place on October 27th. The 2020 campaign theme is ‘Reimagine Doing’ and the main goal is to celebrate the expertise of occupational therapy for reimagining participation in occupations that provide value and meaning to everyday life. [...]
