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Happy New Year to all! Yes, the Training Centre is still closed, and has been since March 17, 2020. However, life still goes on and we hope that 2021 will return us to business as usual. Below you will find a list of the January 2021 activities. Monday, January 4 World Current Events Club (Zoom) […]

Below you will find a list of the December 2020 activities at the CHKC Training Centre. Tuesday, December 1 Knitting Club (Zoom) 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Seniors Drop-In (Zoom) 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Thursday, December 3 Breakfast Club (RSVP for more info) BINGO (RSVP for more info) 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, […]

Canadian Helen Keller Centre has a bold plan to build an eight to nine story building, with 70 residential units, 35 of which would be for affordable housing, of which 13 would be for CHKC’s immediate deafblind consumer housing needs. The ground floor would be for rented community space with the second floor, and possibly […]

At CHKC, Intervenor (IV) Services is imperative for people who are deafblind. An intervenor acts as the eyes and the ears of a CHKC consumer. A consumer is a person who is deafblind, and who accesses programs and services from CHKC. Katie Metauro has worked at CHKC since January 2012, after she graduated from the […]

Donate Now! Christine Nichols admits that since COVID-19 she has felt more isolated. A resident at Rotary Cheshire Apartments (RCA) in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto for several years now, Christine has tried to make the best of her ‘new normal’. A former nurse, Christine was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa in 1970. “I did not […]

The Leadership Team and staff at CHKC would like to thank our fearless leader Jennifer Robbins for her tireless work during COVID-19. No one could have anticipated that on March 16 all of our lives would change in an instant. Jennifer has rose to the challenge repeatedly to support consumers and staff, to advocate on […]