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BuskerFest

The Toronto International BuskerFest for Epilepsy returns! After a 2 year hiatus, due to Covid-19, plans for the 2022 festival are now underway.  The event is scheduled to take place over the Labour Day weekend, Sept 2 – 5, 2022 at Woodbine Park in the Beaches Neighbourhood. For more details please visit our BuskerFest website and for current updates, follow our social media, on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Toronto International BuskerFest for Epilepsy features spectacular circus artistry; music, magic and mime; feats of the impossible, and the ridiculous, performed by comedians, fire jugglers, acrobats, aerial artists, clowns, daredevils, stiltwalkers, and much more. What makes this world-class festival truly unique is that it is produced by a local charitable organization, Epilepsy Toronto. Established in 1999, the event is one of the biggest street performer festivals in North America, and is the largest epilepsy event on the planet!

A performer contorts himself through a tennis racket while bouncing a tennis ball on another racket, and another performer is dressed as a space traveller with a radar gun

BuskerFest

The Toronto International BuskerFest for Epilepsy returns! After a 2 year hiatus, due to Covid-19, plans for the 2022 festival are now underway.  The event is scheduled to take place over the Labour Day weekend, Sept 2 – 5, 2022 at Woodbine Park in the Beaches Neighbourhood. For more details please visit our BuskerFest website and for current updates, follow our social media, on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Toronto International BuskerFest for Epilepsy features spectacular circus artistry; music, magic and mime; feats of the impossible, and the ridiculous, performed by comedians, fire jugglers, acrobats, aerial artists, clowns, daredevils, stiltwalkers, and much more. What makes this world-class festival truly unique is that it is produced by a local charitable organization, Epilepsy Toronto. Established in 1999, the event is one of the biggest street performer festivals in North America, and is the largest epilepsy event on the planet!

A performer contorts himself through a tennis racket while bouncing a tennis ball on another racket, and another performer is dressed as a space traveller with a radar gun

BuskerFest

The Toronto International BuskerFest for Epilepsy returns! After a 2 year hiatus, due to Covid-19, plans for the 2022 festival are now underway.  The event is scheduled to take place over the Labour Day weekend, Sept 2 – 5, 2022 at Woodbine Park in the Beaches Neighbourhood. For more details please visit our BuskerFest website and for current updates, follow our social media, on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Toronto International BuskerFest for Epilepsy features spectacular circus artistry; music, magic and mime; feats of the impossible, and the ridiculous, performed by comedians, fire jugglers, acrobats, aerial artists, clowns, daredevils, stiltwalkers, and much more. What makes this world-class festival truly unique is that it is produced by a local charitable organization, Epilepsy Toronto. Established in 1999, the event is one of the biggest street performer festivals in North America, and is the largest epilepsy event on the planet!

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2023 Epilepsy Toronto AGM

Epilepsy Toronto AGM

TEst: Epilepsy Toronto Annual General Meeting with Keynote speaker Jennifer Nunes. Image of Jennifer and the front of her book "Making it to Monday".

The Epilepsy Toronto Board of Directors and staff are thrilled to welcome author, Registered Social Work, mother and advocate, Jennifer Nunes to be our guest speaker at our Annual General Meeting this year.

‘Making it to Monday’, Jennifer’s Amazon best-selling book, is an emotional memoir that chronicles the road to recovery following her son’s medical crisis and epilepsy diagnosis that changed the course of her and her family’s lives forever. Jennifer will speak about the strength in vulnerability and the powerful potential we all have within ourselves to create joy and happiness in our lives, even through the chaos and darkness.

This event will take place virtually through Zoom. To receive a link to attend, please click the button below to register.

REGISTER HERE

The 2022 Epilepsy Toronto Annual General Meeting was held virtually on Thursday, May 19, 2022.  For a copy of the minutes from this meeting, please email [email protected].

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2022 Epilepsy Toronto AGM

Epilepsy Toronto AGM

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The Epilepsy Toronto Board of Directors and staff are thrilled to welcome Dr. Patrick Akos, professor, advocate and person living with epilepsy, to be our guest speaker at our Annual General Meeting this year. Dr. Akos will share his dramatic personal story of discovering he had epilepsy, what he has learned on his journey and his priorities for advocacy.

Dr. Patrick Akos’ professional experiences as a teacher, school and college counselor inform his work as a Professor in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

In his work with children, adolescents and young adults, he discovered the power of self-awareness and agency toward strengths and well-being (e.g., positive emotion, relationships, engagement, meaning). Especially in vulnerable moments of transition – he promotes hope within students and clients – both goals and pathways to success. In his professional roles, he strives to be empathetic and research informed to co-construct and empower others toward flourishing.

He is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Supervisor, as well as a licensed K-12 school counselor and secondary and middle grades teacher in North Carolina. He has served in a variety of leadership roles and was recognized as the American School Counselor Association’s Counselor Educator of the Year.

Overall, he strives to lead, teach, counsel and serve others consistent with a strengths orientation.

This event will take place virtually through Zoom. To receive a link to attend, please click the button below to register.

REGISTER HERE

The 2021 Epilepsy Toronto Annual General Meeting was held virtually on Tuesday, May 25, 2021.  For a copy of the minutes from this meeting, please email [email protected].

Music and Movement for Babies and Tots

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Elana Ellison, Epilepsy Toronto’s Child & Youth Services Co-ordinator,  leads a playful new program of Music and Movement for Babies and Tots.

Join Elana in Christie Pits Park for a virtual song circle and parent chat! Enjoy songs, rhymes, and stories with your little one. Connect with other parents of young children who experience seizures. Siblings are welcome!

For more information or to register, please email Elana at [email protected].

Health precautions and COVID-19 screening will be followed. In the event of inclement weather or changes to provincial health regulations, the program will be held online via Zoom. 

Ask Me Anything…about Employment

Our Employment Services Department’s “Ask Me Anything…” webinar series is an opportunity for employers to talk about their recruitment process, company, or a topic related to job search they are are experts on; and a chance for our clients to ask them questions in an easy, open, comfortable environment. 

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Nirav Patel will be joining us on Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 @ 1 pm-2 PM for an AMA (Ask Me Anything!). He will take questions around job search and disclosure of a disability. Nirav will be speaking as a person with years of experience in these areas, not as a representative of OPG. Please join us for an enlightening AMA with Nirav!

This online workshop is presented by Epilepsy Toronto’s Employment Services Department. To receive a zoom link to join, please complete this form to register.

About the Presenter

Nirav Patel is Vice President of Human Resources at Ontario Power Generation.  He has been with the generation utility for 20 years taking on various roles within HR and leadership.  He has a special interest in recruitment, and ED&I and was recently awarded as the 2021 Agent of Change award for his commitment to inclusion efforts in the electricity sector by the non profit Electricity HR Canada organization.  Nirav is currently engaged in a number of HR transformations as his organization continues to focus on people, process and technology to create the HR organization of future focused on great employee experience.  In his spare time, Nirav is an avid cycler and continues to raise funds to Princess Margaret Cancer Centre through the Ride to Conquer Cancer.