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INSPIRING VOICE: Innovations in Communications

The Aphasia Institute The Aphasia Institute is a community-based centre of excellence that helpsCanadians living with aphasia breakdown communication barriers, learn new ways to communicate, and re-joinlife’s conversations.

Over 100,000 Canadians are touchedby aphasia – an acquired disordercaused by an injury to the brain, mostoften the result of stroke or head injury. It affects a person’s ability tocommunicate, often making it difficultto speak, understand the speech ofothers, read, and write.

The Aphasia Institute provides communication solutions through ourdirect service, research initiatives, andeducation and training programs. Oursynergy of service is designed to helpindividuals with aphasia live full andsuccessful lives. Locally, we help people by providing exceptional servicewith support from a group of trainedstaff and volunteers. Internationally,we are recognized for providing relevant, effective tools and resourcesto better assist people with aphasia.

Living with aphasia can be an isolatingand frustrating experience. With thegenerosity of our funders, donors and supporters, we give hope to ourmembers, their loved ones, and thoseliving with aphasia.

Vision Mission

“Knowing first-hand the devastating impact of aphasia, it means so much to us to see the members in various activities, communicating, enjoying and understanding each other. We are grateful for having found this place. Jack andI know that our contribution to the Aphasia Institute makes a real difference inthe lives of everyone who walks through the doors.

Sybil & Jack Geller, Aphasia Institute Donors

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Opening Conversations The theme of this year’s annual report is Inspiring Voice: Innovations in Communications. You, ourdonors, supporters and funders, inspire our dedicated staff and committed volunteers to partner in innovative ways with individuals and families living with aphasia – both here at the Aphasia Instituteand beyond. Through your support, you assist individuals and families to re-establish relationships,find social support, take on new roles and re-engage in life’s activities. You are helping us help othersfind ways to create and support life’s conversations.

In 2012/2013 revenue generation continued to be extremely important to the sustainability of theAphasia Institute. We have refined our strategy to foster creativity in fund development and have already seen results in both the amounts raised and the number of donors participating. Our donorshave taken advantage of the different opportunities available to support the Aphasia Institute, including multi-year gifts, participating in our annual Walk, Talk ‘n Roll, our Annual Appeal or contributing the gift of time.

This year we continued to fulfill our mission through developing new programs, receiving governmentgrants for our important research projects along with funds from the Ontario Trillium Foundation and extending our reach locally and internationally with our training and education initiatives.

This is our opportunity to say THANK YOU for helping the Aphasia Institute fulfill its mission and beyond.

We look forward to working with all of you in the year ahead.

Jane Brenneman Gibson, Board Chair

Aura Kagan, Ph.D., Executive Director

Jane Brenneman Gibson Aura Kagan

220012-212-2001313Highlights Highlights

• Awarded a three-year grant for $406,000 from the Ontario Trillium Foundationto digitize our extensive pictograph collection and make them available online

• Hosted two week-long Training Institutes with attendees from Ontario, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Australia

• Expanded our training with a Video Conference Training Workshop to six sites in Alberta via Telehealth

• Provided Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia (SCA™) training for a researcher from Australia for a nursing project

• Received funding from the Central Local Health Integration Network (CLHIN) to enhance our electronic client information system

• Increased donations for our Annual Appeal from $12,357 in 2011 to $20,304 in 2012/2013

• Partnered with the Finnish Brain Association to translate our Trainer Modules to train staff in SCA™, and six resources on a wide range of topics into simplifiedand traditional Chinese in a partnership with Yee Hong Geriatric Centre

• Piloted a new program for families with young children affected by aphasia, and a new training program called “Talking to your Doctor – Help Your Doctor to Help You” to accompany the pictographic resources

• Invited to provide keynote address at the International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference in Melbourne, Australia and the Australian Aphasia Association Biennial Conference

Inspiring Voice Thanks to the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Aphasia Institute was the recipient of a three-year, $406,000 grantto facilitate communication for individuals with aphasia.Truly ground breaking in its conception, this project will enable the development of a web portal – entitledParticiPics – to facilitate “in-the-moment conversations” as well as provide communication and conversation toolssuch as conversation templates. As a result, ParticiPics will support health care professionals, family members,volunteers and individuals who face language barriers in communicating their needs and desires in a dignifiedand meaningful way.

The digitization of our many pictographic assets and a sophisticated process for indexing them has been developedthis past year. Using advancements in technology, 30 yearsof clinical expertise, and hearing the needs of those withaphasia and their family members, the Ontario TrilliumFoundation grant enables the Aphasia Institute to “inspirevoice” in new, creative and dynamic ways.

“Thank you for puttingtogether an excellentprogram for our SCA™

training. I also learnedmany other theoreticalperspectives that I am now using in myclinical work andwhen I’m teachinggroups of clinicianswho are working withpeople with aphasia.

Trine Klinkby, SLP, Denmark, Full Institute Participant

Direct Service – It Takes a Village The Aphasia Institute has created over 30 programs that reduce communication barriers and reveal the intelligent and competent personthat aphasia can often mask.

Every year, the Aphasia Institute sees over 200 clients, including Alex, who entered our program in 2011 after having a stroke in October 2010.The combination of Alex’s “can do” spirit and our specialized staff andtrained volunteers allowed him to re-join life’s conversations.

What enables Alex and other clients to fully participate at the Aphasia Institute is the “behind the scenes” work we do to reduce communicationbarriers by creating programs that are communicatively accessible andprovide opportunities for individuals to take part in activities they enjoy.

The success of every Conversation Group or Book Group is the result oftraining, education and years of research and resource development. Ourvolunteers who work directly with our clients have completed 14 hours of training in SCA™ and participate in weekly debriefing meetings that encourage continuing education and knowledge exchange. Our programsutilize aphasia-friendly materials and resources such as posters, flyers and booklets created by our expert staff, including a Graphic Illustrator and Speech-Language Pathology team.

Given his love of new experiences, Alex has participated in several Institute-organized day trips to Centre Island, Medieval Times, Bowling and Dinner, and Potluck Picnics. Preparation for outings can begin months in advance, with our education and recreation team often providing off-site training to facility staff to ensure their site is communicatively accessible.

The village of the Aphasia Institute supports clients like Alex, and if you ask him, it is the moments that he is able to engage in everyday casual conversation with staff or volunteers that makes a difference – it is with them that he truly re-joins life’s conversations.

The Aphasia Institute looks for opportunities to share its innovativesolutions through knowledge exchange, and to align with other like-minded organizations to help the greatest number of people.With four centres in the Greater Toronto Area, Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care (Yee Hong) offers continuum of care services toChinese seniors and long-term care to seniors of various culturalbackgrounds, filling close to 200,000 service requests each year.

Recognizing the need to address communication issues betweenstaff and the residents who have aphasia, our unique “Working Together” and “Talking to Your Doctor” series provided the communication solution Yee Hong was looking for. Through a unique partnership, the Aphasia Institute provided SCA™ training to Yee Hong staff in exchange for the language customization of our aphasia-friendly resources into traditionaland simplified Chinese.

This type of collaboration allows us to broaden ourreach to reduce communication barriers for peoplewith aphasia all over the world and exemplifies the essence of our organization: to build resiliencyaround communicative access through the dissemination of knowledge into practice.

“I think this provides seniorsa plethora of aphasia self-help resources. It is souser friendly, any familymember can pick it up anduse it, and any volunteerwill master it with minimaltraining to assist with conversation facilitation.

Anna Wong, Speech-Language Therapist and Director of Communications, Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care

When you have aphasia, dealing with the health care system will be a life-long reality. Making informed health care decisions is challenging for people who can no longer easily understand medical terminology or fill out long, complicated forms. Providing information to people with aphasia and others, who “know morethan they can say,” is where many health care facilities fall short.

The need to evaluate communicative accessibility in health care facilities sparkedthe “Communicative Access Measures for Stroke” (CAMS) project. Funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care through the Ontario StrokeNetwork, CAMS provides tools for health care facilities to measure their level of communicative accessibility and compliance with health equity and disability legislation.

Three web-based questionnaires were developed and evaluated by the research team asking health care facilities to assess their:facility/systems level compliance; front-line staff knowledgeand application of communicative access practices; and patient satisfaction with communicative access. The projecthas succeeded in providing a web-based platform to accesssurveys and share results with participating institutions.

CAMS has proven to be a reliable tool and will be beneficialto those with an interest in quality care improvements forpatients with stroke and aphasia, and others who “knowmore than they can say.”

Volunteering – The Gift of Time At the Aphasia Institute, over 80 enthusiastic and highly trainedvolunteers work directly with our clients in our Community Aphasia Programs, Introductory Program and Outreach.

Equipped with our 14-hour SCA™ training, volunteers provide the communication tools to enable our clients to engage inmeaningful and challenging conversations in any of our programs: Conversation Groups, Toastmasters, Book Groups, and creative programs such as Spotlight and Painting. Working in collaboration with our Speech-Language Pathologists and Social Workers, there’s always an opportunity for volunteers to try new things and to grow their skills.

Lynne Czutrin has spent a lifetime teaching and has applied that skill set as a volunteer at the Aphasia Institute for over fiveyears as a communication facilitator. The benefits of volunteeringhave been abundant for Lynne – personal growth, a rewarding experience, and the opportunity to work with passionate and interesting people. “

The whole experience isterrific – interacting withour clients and seeing how so many of them havesuch a positive attitude.Just being able to helpthem express what theywant to say because it’svery difficult for them and the smile you see ontheir face is amazing.

Lynne Czutrin, Aphasia Institute Volunteerand Board Member

“With aphasia… frustrationat first, but I gradually accepted and life goes on. I come here and I am grateful. I love coming here. Home.

Garfield, Aphasia Institute Client

Technology Talks The Aphasia Institute is committed to exploring waysin which digital devices and the latest technologiescan open the world of conversation and bring ouraphasia community even closer.

Through money raised by clients, volunteers and staff via our I CARE Campaign, we purchased fouriPads to use in client programs. Clients embraced theopportunity to learn how to use the technology andwere taught how to find and share pictures, exploreapplications and read news about the Institute’sevents. Clients were also able to video conferenceinto their scheduled activities from afar, maintainingthe connection to friends, staff and volunteers regardless of geography.

Michael Hooper from Richards Landing, Ontario, a client with primary progressive aphasia, a rare condition that continues to worsen, used Skype toconnect with staff at the Aphasia Institute to create a Life Story Book using pictographs and keywordsheld up to the camera of an iPad. Michael’s wife, Florian, said he looked forward to the weekly Skypemeetings because “it got him talking and thinking. In the last year he wasn’t able to talk too much to me so while he could speak it was wonderful tohear him talk.”

Unfortunately, on June 1, 2013, Michael passed away.His Life Story Book provides an ongoing, tangible reminder of him to his family. Thanks to the latesttechnology and one simple hand held device, wehelped create one last wonderful memory for a family going through a difficult time.

The Aphasia Institute’s donors were generous in responding to ourmultiple fundraising initiatives, including our Annual Appeal andour Walk, Talk ‘n Roll event.

We know that our programs and services are life-changing for everyperson with aphasia that enters our front doors. We also know thatour work reaches far beyond the interior of our Institute. Raisingthose much-needed funds is essential to do this important work.

This past year, our Annual Appeal focused on demonstrating howthe contributions of our supporters are helping people with aphasiarejoin life’s conversations. Our Annual Appeal inspired our generous donors to give over $20,000 after seeing how Luciano turned his isolation into motivation by participating in the Toastmasters program. Our signaturefundraiser, Walk, Talk ‘n Roll, also continued to grow in 2012 with 120 individuals participating and raising$59,000. We recognize there are manyways to contribute to the ongoingsupport of the Aphasia Institute, and in the coming year, we will explore thisfurther as we continue the conversation of how we can inspire voice through fund development initiatives.

“Like many not-for-profitcommunity service providers,the Aphasia Institute does not receive adequate fundingto provide services to all who need it. The caring andgenerosity of our donorsmake sure that we can continue to support our members and help them to rejoin life’s conversation.Thank you for your support.

Lisa Chicules, Chair of Board Fundraising/Fund Development Committee

A word from our auditorTo the Directors of the Aphasia Institute:

The accompanying condensed statements of financial position, revenues, expenditures, and net assets are derived from the complete financial statements of the Aphasia Institute as at March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and April 1, 2011 and for the years ended March 31, 2013and March 31, 2012 on which I expressed a qualified audit opinion, which is a common practice with respect tocharitable organizations, in my Independent Auditor’s Report dated May 27, 2013.

The fair summarization of the complete financial statementsis the responsibility of the Institute. My responsibility, in accordance with the applicable Assurance Guideline of theCanadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, is to report on the condensed financial statements.

In my opinion, the accompanying condensed financial statements fairly summarize, in all material respects, the related complete financial statements in accordance withthe criteria described in the Guideline referred to above.

Since these are condensed financial statements, readers are cautioned that these statements may not be appropriatefor their purposes. For more information on the Institute’sfinancial position, results of operations and cash flow, reference should be made to the related complete financialstatements.

Peter Tsui, CPA, CA, LPA

Copies of the complete audited financial statements are available upon request.

Financial StatementsStatement Of Financial Position

ASSETS Current Assets Cash $ 159,099 $ 122,511 $ 113,382 Accounts receivable 24,590 79,528 37,316 Prepaid expenses and sundry assets 3,305 105 605 186,994 202,144 151,303 Investments 425,604 353,457 196,880 Capital Assets 105,426 95,757 99,578 Intellectual Property - - 24,277 105,426 95,757 123,855 718,024 651,358 472,038

LIABILITIES Liabilities Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 141,261 120,035 63,487 Deferred income 100,195 85,045 101,891 241,456 205,080 165,378 Non-Current Liabilities

Deferred capital contributions 21,172 16,235 20,251

NET ASSETS Net Assets Invested in Capital Assets 84,254 79,522 79,327 Sustainability Fund 10,039 10,000 – Research Fund 170,000 170,000 170,000 General Fund 191,103 170,521 37,082

455,396 430,043 286,409 $ 718,0 24 $ 651,358 $ 472,038

See accompanying notes to financial statements. Approved on behalf of the Board.

As at March 31 2013 2012 2011

Statement Of Net Assets

Balance, beginning of year $10,000 $170,000 $79,522 $170,521 $430,043 $286,409

Excess (deficiency) of revenues over expenditures – – (19,389) 44,742 25,353 143,634

Internal restrictions 39 – (39) – –

Internally funded acquisitions – – 24,121 (24,121) – –

Balance, end of year $10,039 $170,000 $84,254 $191,103 $455,396 $430,043

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

For the Year Ended Internally Restricted Invested in General Total Total March 31 Sustainability Fund Research Fund Capital Assets Fund 2013 2012

Notes To The Condensed Financial StatementsSignificant Accounting Policies

The Institute prepares its financial statements in conformity with Canadian accounting standards for not-for-profitorganizations. Unrestricted contributions are recognized as revenue when received or receivable if the amount to bereceived can be reasonably estimated and collection is reasonably assured. Restricted contributions are recognized as revenue in the year in which related expenses are incurred. Capital assets are recorded at cost and are depreciatedover their estimated useful lives. Funds received for the acquisition of capital assets are deferred and amortized on the same basis as the related capital assets. The investments held by the Institute are carried at fair value on the statement of financial position.

Some amounts in these statements are based on estimates and assumptions made by the Institute. By their nature,such estimates are subject to measurement uncertainty, although all of them are believed to be reasonable.

Statement Of Revenues And Expenditures

Revenues Government and other grants $ 1,073,168 $ 1,055,824Donations and fundraising 208,011 250,705Resource material 51,763 73,504Client service fees 51,492 49,566Professional training and education 56,254 47,072Investment income 22,868 32,417Amortization of deferred capital contributions 5,669 4,016

1,469,225 1,513,104

Expenditures Salaries and employee benefits 799,732 730,871Occupancy costs 245,321 239,454Office expenses 176,817 190,360Research projects 119,859 80,657Client services 37,574 34,024Amortization of capital assets 25,058 29,998Fundraising 15,436 11,690Staff development and travel 11,162 10,252Audit and legal fees 6,736 9,639Professional training and resource materials 6,177 8,248Intellectual property impairment – 24,277

1,443,872 1,369,470Excess Of Revenues Over Expenditures $ 25,353 $ 143,634

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

For the Year Ended March 31 2013 2012

Jane Brenneman GibsonBoard Chair

Hamid Bakhtiyari Board Director until January 2013 Southlake Regional Health Centre

Lisa Chicules Chair of Board Fundraising/Fund DevelopmentCommittee, Marketing and Business Consulting

Lynne Czutrin Volunteer Representative to the Board

Martin Gangadeen Board Treasurer, KPMG

Judy Holcomb-Williams Board Director, S.A. Armstrong

Tamara Jones Board Secretary/Vice-Chair PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Mary Lewis Board Director Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario

Garros Li Board Director, Monitor Deloitte

Hugh Pattison Board Director, Fyshe McMahon LLP

Ky Pruesse Member Representative to the Board

Gary Ryan Board Director Southlake Regional Health Centre

Jeff Brown Board Director, BMO Financial Group

Maria Huijbregts Board Director, Family Service Toronto

2012/2013 Aphasia InstituteBoard of Directors

ASSOCIATE$5,001 or moreEstate of Michael DaschukMartin GangadeenAnonymousGary RyanJan van Velzen

FELLOW$1,001 – $5,000Dennis BransPaul BussiereJack & Sybil GellerDouglas Gibson & Jane BrennemanGibson

Harmonize for Speech Fund

Marquest Asset Management Inc.

Pricewaterhouse-Coopers LLP

S.A. Armstrong Limited

Peter TsuiEyre Welland

PARTNER$501 – $1,000Donna BrownJay CalafioreAnonymousStephen HobbsRobert & Dixie Jones

Aura & Manfred Kagan

Mary LewisBarbara Moses

Rayfel Schneider & Rochelle Cohen-Schneider

David & Charline Sherman

Jane ThorsonJohn WatsonCynthia WebbMichael Wright

COMPANION$251 – $500Gerrald AbercrombieArdis ArdielGiles ArdielDeanne AtkinsonJustin AyklerJohn & Marisca Baldwin

Peter BarrBell Canada –Employee GivingProgram

Hans BlomWalter BotterMary BotterellSheena BraniganVeronica BraniganCameco Corp.Sandy ChaitMichelle CohenBernie DansAlain FavrodJohn ForsytheKrystyna GrandeBill & Carrie Harrison

Michael Hughes

Hughes Amys LLP,Barristers & Solicitors

Lee Ann KantGeorge KopulosJonathan LampeFrank LawMarjorie LeaSandra Shuk Wa Li

Barbara MarshallDonald & Sherrill Meeks

Sherry MountainGary NewhouseGabriella PatakiMargaret PattisonNadira PattisonRichard PurvesLeslie RoseCecilia RyanDiana SolowayGregory SteeleJerome StephensSudbury Regional Hospital –Memorial Site

Bettie TullisUniversity of Toronto (Faculty of Social Work)

Aron WattleworthMichael Wiley & Elyn Catli

Raymond WongPeter YoungEsther Zdolec

FRIENDS$100 – $250Howard AdamsLisa AdamsClive AllenCarol AnjoNona ArdielScott ArdielMark ArmstrongMoira ArnotEric AshfieldJohn AuriemmaJohn BaileyDavid BaskinMarlene Behrmann Cohen

Barbara BennettMarilyn BergerSandra BerkalSandra BlackCynthia BlackmanGeoff BobbAldo BocciaVincent BowmanPeter BroeckerJames BrownPamela BryantPauline BullJohn BurghardtDale ButterillPatricia CareyRyerson CaseMargaret CavanaghValerie ChavossyJonas ChernickChevron Humankind Matching Gift Program

Lisa ChiculesThomas ClearyNancy CollyerDonald CouchLouise CoxallSteve CrookBruce CurrerRobert DavisMark DawberSerge DesmaraisAudrey DillonJane DobieMarion DobieLauren DohertyKen DownLinda DumaisAnne Dyer-Witheford

Don EkstromEleanor EllinsDavid EllisMarjory EllisJocelyn EmdonIan EpsteinJoyce EpsteinRaefie EpsteinDeborah EtstenSteven EvansKenneth FergusonAnita FerrariJames FisheAnne FithernThomas FlackAnke FlohrFiona FollasJanet ForbesPeter FosterMadeline Fox-Zammit

Ellen FranklinElaine FroggattSylvia Christine Gamble

Luciano GiralicoScott GoddardFrank GoldschlegerGordon GoldschlegerHelena GottschlingRuth GrantDorothy GreenawayGuta GrushkaMukesh GuptaAnne Marie Gutierrez

Eugenia HabaMarion HallJohn HarringtonJonathan HellmannTim HenryIrene HewittHG Partners LimitedSophia HibbelnKatherine HillShannon HillSunny HillaryAllen HoMargaret HobbsJeffrey HoffmanDeborah HolbrookChristopher Holoboff

Hugh HyndmanPaul IaconoIBM Canada Employees’ Charitable Fund

Ina IribarneMonique Isaacson

Lawrence JacksonIris JacobsonAdele JeffreyRobert JolicoeurChris JonesCraig JonesBirthe JorgensenDianne JorgensonNicole KaganTamar KaganRose KamnitzerAlim KananiBarry KantEllen KarabanowBeverley Kassirer Shniffer

Anna KaufmannTerence KavanaghRobert KelleyDavid KennedyFelix KimKimberly-Clark Inc.Eric KimmelBarbara KirklandElizabeth KittsKiwanis Club of Don Mills

Jim KnafoHenry KosziwkaTrish KrauseGordon KrofchickIleana KrummeKTS Tooling Supply Inc.

Shirley KussnerWilliam LandyRobert LangillePaul LantzJosette Lebel

George LeonEstella LeungMichael LevickColin LewisPericles LewisPhilip LindColin LochRick LochRuth LowenbergRita LutyMalter Holdings Limited

Karyn MartinF.G (Ted) McDowellGeorge McElroyBill McFaullTom McGrenereMark McKerrowAntony MelcherLisa MeloIqbal MerchantBonte MinnemaBarbara MissenHon Kwong MokMilly MokYiu Kwong MokJudith MooreMotorola Mobility/MotorolaSolutions

Cameron MoyesAlison MutrieJeff MutrieLynne MutrieKaren NecpalJanice NeilLynne NelsonMarek NesvadbaDerrick Novis

Donor Recognition

Kathleen O’NeillCharles OverlandEric PattisonJonathan PaulAnonymousMarney PearenCheryl PereraSusan PetersenAnne PopeValerie PringleMark PritzkerKy PruesseMaureen QuigleyRobert RastinRe: ReadingJohn Reeve-NewsonDavid ReganLois RichardsLori RichardsonShanjida RipaLucille RochDani RomainRuta RossetLiz RykertBarbara SaipeHeide SauerJulia SaxVanna SchiralliCarolyn SchwartzBonita ScottPer ScottWilda ScottTessa ShabanLinda ShapiroMyriam ShechterPatricia ShieldElyse Shumway

Jonathan SimmonsNina Simmons-MackieMelinda SinclairAdrienne SmithIngrid SmithWendy SmithLeslie SochaRalph SpadaforaTrevor SteinJoscelyn SylvesterLaura SyronBeverley TakaokaCatherine TakaokaAnna TaylorMichael TeitelbaumAlaina TennisonClare ThompsonEric ThompsonTrilogy Long-Term Care

Tita TubilUniversity of Toronto Campus Lions Club

Margaret van DijkJason WattleworthJoyce WebbRobin WeirJudith WileyGayle WilmotJackie WinklerAlane Witt-LajeunesseEd WoodDianne WoodsJanice WoolfordJean WrightYvonne YamaokaPamela Zabarylo

Ambassador Award

This award was launched in 2005 in recog nition of outstanding contributions ofservice to the Aphasia Institute community.This year’s recipients are Eric Thompson and Garfield Alexander for being superb advocates for people with aphasia by showingothers that aphasia masks competence, and for helping people with aphasia take a life participation approach, ensuring a betterquality of life.

Communicative Access Award

Launched in 2010, this award recognizesoutstanding contributions to reducing barriers to full life participation for thoseliving with aphasia. This year’s recipientsare Anna Wong (Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care) and Rick Berry (York-Durham Aphasia Centre/March of DimesCanada), for their innovative ideas, local and international advocacy, raisingawareness and generosity in sharing resources and expertise.

Volunteer Years of Service as of April 1, 2013

2 – 4 YearsCynthia Blackman Valerie Chavossy Alexandra DincaMegan Donnelly “Gabi” Hong Jin Rose Kamnitzer Sin Tung LauMelissa Marasigan Elizabeth Mintoft-CohenDean ParkerAnn SargentMargaret Van Dijk Catherine VaughanDeanna Yeung Jessie Yoon

5 – 9 YearsMarilyn Berger Lynne Czutrin Paul Donnelly Ruth Grant

Sophia Hibbeln Dana Hudon George Kopulos Sybilla Mannsfeldt Cheryl Morris Norma McVicarKaren NecpalAnne Neidhardt Joyce OstlerGabriella PatakiCarol Pratap Marilyn Shama Eric ThompsonJohn Tonus

10 – 14 YearsMary BotterellSteve GahbauerAnita LovisekJudy McNeillyJudy MooreMichael Wright

15 – 19 YearsMintrude BullenJean CameronSylvia GoldmanBruce KingMyriam ShechterUrvashi TannaAnna Taylor

20 – 25 YearsJohanna Cook

25 +Jane ThorsonMurray HigginsBobbie Missen

30+ YearsRona Armel

In Memory of

Donna Kerr and Paul Donnelly

Ontario Volunteer Service Awards

In June 2013, six of our volunteers were recognized with Ontario VolunteerService Awards. The awards werehanded out by the Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration during a special ceremony at the IsabelBader Theatre, downtown Toronto.The Volunteer Service Award recognizesvolunteers for their continuous years of commitment and service to an organization.

Aphasia Institute Award recipients are as follows:

15 Years of continuous service: • Urvashi Tanna• Myriam Shechter• Jean Cameron

10 Years of continuous services: • Michael Wright

5 Years of continuous service: • Paul Donnelly• Cheryl Morris

2 Years (Youth recipient): • Melissa Marasigan

Aphasia Institute • The Pat Arato Aphasia Centre73 Scarsdale Road, Toronto, ON M3B 2R2 Canada • (416) 226-3636

For more information on our initiatives, how you can participate, volunteer, sponsor, or to make a donation to support the work of the Aphasia Institute, visit www.aphasia.ca.Charitable Registration #13306 5227 RR0001

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