August 2020
Below you will find a list of the August 2020 activities at the CHKC Training Centre. Thursday, August 6 Breakfast Club, RSVP for more info Monday, August 10 Newspaper Club (Zoom), 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 12 Movie Screening at RCA, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Thursday, August 13 Breakfast Club, RSVP for […]
Make A Wave from Coast to Coast!
Twenty years after the Ontario legislature declared June as Deafblind Awareness Month and five years after June was declared National Deafblind Awareness Month in the Senate of Canada, we created a video to raise awareness and celebrate the contributions of Canadians who are deafblind. This video was made possible thanks to collaborative efforts across the […]
COVID-19 Update
CHKC continues to monitor the COVID-19 situation and make decisions informed by public health officials to ensure the health and safety of our community. CHKC has a pandemic plan and protocols are in place. We have taken a number of steps to safeguard the community, including: -Closing the Training Centre as of Monday, March 16 […]
JUNE IS NATIONAL DEAFBLIND AWARENESS MONTH
JUNE IS NATIONAL DEAFBLIND AWARENESS MONTH Organizations providing services for Canadians who are deafblind seek to raise awareness Toronto, Ontario – MAY 25, 2020 – Many of us receive information through our eyes and ears. Whether it’s from television news, conversations with neighbours, headlines on a mobile device, or weather reports on an app. These […]
March 2020
Below you will find a list of the March 2020 activities at the CHKC Training Centre. Tuesday, March 3 Knitting Club, 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Seniors Drop-in, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Thursday, March 5 Breakfast Club, 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Friday, March 6 Advocacy Club, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturday, March […]
What is an Intervenor?
Many outside of the deafblind community ask, “What is an intervenor?” At Canadian Helen Keller Centre, intervenors are the lifeblood of our organization. Without them, we would be incapable of providing our programs and services. Acting as the eyes and ears, an intervenor provides complete information about the environment to a person who is deafblind […]