What is Music Therapy? By Dorothy M. Davies, BMT, MA, MTA, NMT Fellow

August 26, 2019 in Life and art, Music and healing |

You don’t need to be a musician to benefit from music therapy. My name is Dorothy Davies and I am an accredited music therapist with advanced training in Neurologic Music Therapy. In this article, I will be answering some common questions related to music therapy, including: ● Do I have to know how to sing […]

Memory Lane Home Living

Memory Lane Home Living Inc. is a small private not-profit home for up to 5 elderly women with mild dementia who can no longer safely live on their own. These women continue to have their independence in a supervised setting. They participate in everyday living with in the home and in the community. We are […]

Mosaic’s Spring & Summer Events Are Now Up!

This spring and summer Mosaic is excited to host another set of fantastic and fun events for our community. From the return of pole walking to informative talks Mosaic’s spring and summer schedule offers a variety of free events for the community to enjoy: Come Walk with Mosaic & Author Nathalie Prezeau – April 28 […]

Explore Toronto / Explore the ROM / Explore the World in a day

March 13, 2017 in Community, Events, Life and art |

Hello and good day! My name is Hilary Topalian….. I work in the Marketing Department at the ROM. I’ve been here since 1996, first as a volunteer with the summer camp, then a teacher (a position which I still hold) and now this position as Part Time Marketing Administration Coordinator. I got super excited when […]

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Slides from our upcoming OSCO presentation showing our community outreach programs designed to encourage social interaction and education

In case you are unable to attend this Thursday’s OSCO’s Overcoming Loneliness and Social Isolation Symposium, where I will be speaking, here is a sneak preview of some my slides showing some of the events held at our resource centres over the last two years and a number of other guests: 

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A trip down memory lane with the North York Historical Society (NYHS).

In late April Mosaic took a trip down memory lane with the North York Historical Society (NYHS). Mosaic and the community was excited to have long-time North York resident and former president of the NYHS Bill Aird come into our community resource center for a nostalgic presentation. His presentation titled “Memories of North York” focused […]

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Mosaic’s Art Day

On a warm Monday morning in March, Mosaic Home Care Services & Community Resource Centre welcomed Patricia Moore to our Community Resource Centre to teach our eager guests a simple and fun way to create their own personal pieces of art. At the end of the session, the new artists left with their own creative […]

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Social Work Week: Our aging population and the “Retirement Community” concept.

Last week was “Social Work Week” in Canada and I thought this post from Jen Beninato, a social service worker and MemoryPlus Manager for Delmanor Elgin Mills Retirement Residence, would be appropriate to help mark that week. —————- The global population is aging at an accelerated rate. In 1950, just over 5% of the world’s […]

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Mosaic Sponsors “Meet the Profs” at the Fairlawn Neighbourhood Centre

Mosaic Home Care Services & Community Resource Centre is proud to be sponsoring a special series of talks arranged by The Fairlawn Neighbourhood Centre, (FNC) “Meet the Profs”. This special lecture series focuses on education and wellness by providing the community with the opportunity to listen to retired professors talk about their chosen field of […]

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“Stay-cation” in our City:Toronto!

With August around the corner this is the perfect opportunity to take out your friends and families to explore Toronto. This August take the time to “Stay-cation” with all of the amazing events, locations and scenery that Toronto has to offer.  Toronto has a number of museums for those interested in history, art and science: […]

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