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CELEBRATING OUR
Annual Report 2018/19
40 ANNIVERSARY
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About Aphasia
Language involves
the ability to speak
and understand, as
well as the ability
to read and write.
Aphasia is a language
challenge related to an injury to the
brain, most commonly stroke. This
language difficulty masks the fact that
people with aphasia are inherently
competent and leads to an inability
to participate in life’s conversations
and experiences.
Aphasia puts every human relationship,
every life role, and most daily activities
at huge risk.
The Aphasia Institute
Founded in 1979 by Pat Arato, the
Aphasia Institute is a Canadian
community-based centre of excellence,
pioneering programs and practices
that help people with aphasia learn
how to communicate in new ways
and begin to navigate their own
lives again. Through direct service,
research, education and training,
the Aphasia Institute has built an
international reputation as a world
leader and educator in aphasia.
Founder Pat Arato, with our first client, Oscar Arato
Astronaut Dr. Roberta Bondar, an early patron
Aphasia Strategic Goals
2018 – 2022
RESPECT COMPASSION COLLABORATION CREATIVITY EXCELLENCE
FORTY YEARS! 2018/19 Aphasia Institute
Board of Directors
It is a time to celebrate, not only the Aphasia Institute’s accomplishments over the
past year, but the advances and growth over the past forty years. Jane Brenneman Camilla Todesco
Gibson Member Representative
Forty Years of compassion. Forty Years of giving hope and bringing the vision of our
Board Chair to the Board
founder, Pat Arato, to life. Forty Years of volunteer commitment and excellence.
Forty Years of supporting individuals with aphasia and their families in navigating Valerie Chavossy George Kopulos
life one conversation at a time. Secretary and Vice Chair Volunteer Representative
Jane Brenneman Gibson
to the Board
The Aphasia Institute has grown from a small local organization to one with an Silvia Gomes
international reputation. As a key milestone, the Institute developed Supported Treasurer Henry Hsu
Conversation for Adults with Aphasia (SCATM) – the first evidence-based method for Quadravest Board Director
supporting conversations essential to reducing language barriers and diminishing the Moira Dean Hicham El Chazli
risk of the social isolation for those affected by aphasia. Our education and training Chair of Fund Board Director
programs have been offered across Canada and in countries all over the world. Together Development PricewaterhouseCoopers
with an acute care stroke team at North York General Hospital, we continued a Committee LLP
collaborative research project to improve communication and delivery of information to
John Gayle Nida Chaudhary
stroke patients and their families, grounded in our signature Supported Conversation
Chair of Governance Board Director
method. And in the past year, we enhanced our direct services to clients with new and Nominations PricewaterhouseCoopers
Aura Kagan
programs based on increased and on-going caregiver engagement. Office of the Information LLP
In the second year of our $1.2M Ministry of Health and Long Term Care grant, we trained over 100 health care and Privacy Commissioner
professionals in Ontario and completed an online eLearning module. All of this to reduce language barriers of Ontario
and bring Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia (SCATM) to health care professionals across the province
and beyond. In addition, we distributed almost 2000 free copies of our What is Aphasia booklet to Ontario health
care professionals for distribution to their patients with stroke and aphasia. Executive Leadership
What we have achieved has only been possible through the dedication of staff, donors, partners, hundreds of Aura Kagan, Ph.D. Rochelle
volunteers, and especially the contribution of our ‘teachers’ – our clients with aphasia and their families. Executive Director Cohen-Schneider
We continue to build on Forty Years of accomplishments. The Aphasia Institute is well positioned to focus on Director of Education M.Ed. Reg. CASLPO
its strengths and prepare for the future. We have a new Strategic Plan to carry us through the next 4 years. and Applied Research Director, Clinical and
Educational Services (SLP)
We are ready for the changes that the health care system is undergoing. Carrie Harrison
In this year of celebration, we say thank you for your support and confidence. Director, Finance Catherine Brookman,
and Operations Ed.D.
Executive Leadership,
Social Enterprise and
Program Innovation
Jane Brenneman Gibson, Board Chair Aura Kagan, Ph.D., Executive Director
Longtime clients,
Barb & Pam
STORYTELLING
Because so many of our clients have difficulty telling
their own personal stories, a narrative-based
approach is at the heart of so much of what
we do. We recently offered a Storytelling
Group, an experimental, 4-week program
that allowed each attendee to focus on one
life event. At its conclusion, in front of
their peers, each client told their story in
a communicatively accessible way, using
words, gestures and pictures, facilitated
by students and volunteers.
CLIENT EXPERIENCE SURVEY
DIRECT SERVICE
With a focus group of clients who helped
us determine the right questions to ask,
we reshaped our annual Client Satisfaction
Survey into the new Client Experience
People Living Successfully Survey, in keeping with recent health care
trends. Administered annually by volunteers,
with Aphasia this survey now taps into how each client
experiences their participation at the Aphasia
Institute.
FAMILY COMMUNICATOR THEN
The Family Communicator is a • Pat Arato started 1 small weekly client group in her
monthly e-newsletter that basement with 7 people, including her husband, Oscar
connects clients and their family • 3 volunteers, no professional staff
members to all important program
and agency information. When
communication for people with
aphasia can be so difficult, this
tool is one of many ways we
bridge the communication gap
between clients and their families.
Kerryan, CLIENT OUTINGS
NOW
client
With social isolation so common
for people with aphasia, the
Outings program helps our clients
and their families re-engage
in the community, enjoying
everything from nature walks • Daily programming for 150 people with aphasia
and boat cruises, to art galleries & their families, including conversation groups,
and Broadway-style shows. More arts programs, outings, clients-as-volunteers,
recently, thanks to the National Toastmasters’ speechmaking
Ballet of Canada’s charitable • Specialized programs and resources for specific
Share the Music program, our needs, including for new clients and their families,
clients were able to enjoy iconic caregivers, and for clients living with Primary
productions like The Nutcracker Progressive Aphasia
and Sleeping Beauty.
• Inspired by our model, countless aphasia groups
and centers have opened all over the world
SCA-ACUTE
Partially client-funded, this study was designed
to improve awareness and care for patients post-
stroke, from the beginning of their journey in
acute care. Over the last year, working in continued
partnership with the North York General Hospital
stroke team, we provided training, resources,
and support, tailored to improving communication
and delivery of information to stroke patients
and their families in the acute care context.
COMMUNICATIVE ACCESS MEASURES
FOR STROKE (CAMS)
One of the few tools to capture the “patient voice,”
CAMS evaluates the degree to which a health care
facility/unit is communicatively accessible for
people with stroke and aphasia. A technical upgrade
to CAMS has been finalized with a new introductory
video and support material which is free worldwide.
RESEARCH &
DEVELOPMENT
People and Research
with Impact
Melodie & Aura, Research Team members
INTRODUCTION TO SUPPORTED
CONVERSATION FOR ADULTS WITH
THEN
APHASIA (SCA™) – eLEARNING MODULE
Our earliest Research &
Development involved
We have developed a short, self-paced what was later to become
online module, demonstrating techniques to SCATM. The earliest product
enable critical health care conversations for to come from this doctoral
patients who know more than they can say. work carried out by Aura
The module includes practical and video Kagan is the Pictographic
examples of concrete SCA™ techniques Communication Resource
based on our evidence-based method. (PCR), developed with
Participants in our SCA-Acute project the participation of
NOW
provided valuable input in order to ensure clients and volunteers.
applicability to the hospital setting.
APHASIA INSTITUTE
COMMUNITY HUB • Developed our signature, evidence-based method –
Developed to enable health care Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia (SCA™)
providers to register for our training based on what we learned from clients and their families
and join interactive webinars, • Many resources and tools, including our online
Community Hub also hosts the pictographic database (ParticiPics), now offered for free
Introduction to Supported Conversation • Clinical and Research Assessment tools
for Adults with Aphasia (SCA™)
• An online Quality Improvement tool to measure
eLearning Module. Future plans
language barriers
include providing an online social
platform for users to discuss training • Key role in the development of the Life Participation
experiences with other members Approach to Aphasia
of the community and store materials • Established a Quality, Research and Ethics Committee
of their choice in a personal library. to evaluate all research applications to work with our
clients – facilitating research by various partners
MINISTRY GRANT PROJECTS
As part of a major three-year grant from
the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-term
Care, we were able to offer the following
free training and resources to health care
professionals living or working in the province:
54 health care professionals (HCPs) working
in stroke care were given professional aphasia
EDUCATION &
training on-site at the Aphasia Institute
45 health care professionals (HCPs) working
in stroke care were given professional aphasia
TRAINING
training off-site at their own locations in
Sudbury and Kingston
1,960 What is Aphasia booklets distributed
for free in Ontario, exceeding our deliverables
by 960 booklets
ParticiPics, our searchable database of
People Making a pictographic images, designed to facilitate
Global Impact health care-related and other essential
conversations, now available for free. Rochelle & Marisca,
Education & Training Team membersWEBINARS
In addition to our world-renowned
THEN
Supported Conversation for Adults with Although Education & Training was not a focus in our
Aphasia (SCATM) training on-site and early years, the Gerry Series of training videos was
in classrooms all over the world, we developed in the early 1990s and is still used today.
continued to offer our online Knowledge
Exchange Speaker Series consisting
of eight webinars with internationally
recognized experts in aphasia and
related topics. Over 200 local, provincial,
national, and international participants
attended these webinars.
STUDENT PLACEMENTS
NOW
With a long-running commitment to
mentorship, we supervised 8 students
from the disciplines of speech-language
pathology, communicative disorders, • On-site and off-site training for health care
and social work. professionals from all over the world
• Webinar series for health care professionals
What Our Training Participants Say... featuring internationally recognized leaders in
“I would encourage all healthcare aphasia and related disciplines
professionals and anyone who cares • Expanded our social enterprise ventures by creating
for someone with aphasia to learn the more than 60 internationally recognized aphasia
SCA™ approach. I feel far more confi- resources and toolkits, designed to facilitate vital
dent about my ability to advocate for conversations between people with aphasia and
communication access for my patients, health, legal, financial, and community professionals;
their families and my community.” translations include French, Swedish, Finnish, Danish,
– Speech-Language Trainee and MandarinANNUAL APPEAL Jane Brenneman
Our 2018 Annual Appeal featured Marion, a former client living Gibson, long-
time board
with Primary Progressive Aphasia, a neurodegenerative disease member and
affecting speech and language. She and her husband, Bill (both fundraising
pictured at left), shared their inspirational, 61-year love story leader
and how support from the Aphasia Institute meant keeping
communication alive, despite Marion's diagnosis. Our generous
donors contributed more than $31,000, exceeding our target
goal, and supporting our client services and research projects.
WALK, TALK ‘N ROLL – BY THE NUMBERS
964 152
people donated. individuals from our
community participated.
I CARE
FUNDRAISING
A grassroots campaign led by our clients, volunteers, staff,
and board of directors, I Care raised over $9,000 through
30 separate events – everything from jewelry and art
sales, dinner parties, raffle tickets, odd repair jobs, and a
baby-guessing contest! One volunteer even used an
People Supporting online fundraising app to receive donations for our cause.
Our Work I Care revenue was used to assist with Direct Service
needs like client outings, program supplies, and equipment
that was not budgeted for.Longtime Volunteer Years of Service
volunteers Ushi, 1 – 4 Years Diane Litchen Antonio Rodriguez
Anna & Jane Rita McCann Adrienne Smith
Kalkidan Kali
Alemayehu Mariam Mushtaq Margaret Van Dijk
Samin Ali Lily Najm
10–14 Years
Coralie Andre John Nussbaum
Tiffannie Peterratnaraj Marilyn Berger
Alexa Francesca
Aviles Leron Porges Lynne Czutrin
In 2018, the Walk, Talk 'n Roll, Claudette Baril James Rasalingam George Kopulos
Bonnie Boltman Loren Roth Sybilla Mannsfeldt
championed by our client Becky, Cheryl Morris
Patricia Tricia Susan Roza
generated over $83,000, exceeding Broughton Grace Ryu Dean Parker
our goal by almost $3,000. This Jennifer Castillo Katrina Chelsea Marilyn Shama
signature annual fundraising event Adele Chiasson Saguil John Tonus
Melissa Cook Aisling (Ash)
helps fund our client support Sampson
15–19 Years
Vidya David
services as well as our research Stephanie Deschamps Julianne Silver Steve Gahbauer
and education initiatives. This year, Amara Singh Ruth Grant
Amanda Facca
Selina Teti Norma McVicar
participants showed once again Deja Forde-Dixon
Michael Wright
Christa Isabella Vince Tso
that in addition to raising much- Giron Mia Wallace 20–24 Years
needed funds, the Walk, Talk ’n Roll John Glofcheski Gayle Wilmot Mary Botterell
builds community. We are indebted Gloria Good Draper Vicky Wong Jean Cameron
to everyone who supported this Jennifer Grieve Judy Moore
5–9 Years
Daniela Grimaldi
great event! Rabeb Haouas Cynthia Blackman Myriam Shechter
Valerie Chavossy Urvashi Tanna
Andrea James
Baljot Kalsi Rose Kamnitzer 25–29 Years
Rachel Kandiah Joyce Li Anna Taylor
Afnane Kraba Jessa Luna
Don McKellar 30+ Years
Melanie Lamarca
Robyn Lewis Moira Minoughan Jane Thorson
In memory of Joyce Ostler and George Aldworth
Clients Deanne
& Barb, 1997, Fir
Walk, Talk ‘n Ro
st
ll
9
volunteers were recognized with
Ontario Volunteer Service Awards for
their continuous years of outstanding
39
new volunteers 140
committed volunteers
worked tirelessly to help
deliver our programs to
commitment to our organization. joined our team. clients and their families.AMBASSADOR AWARD
PAT ARATO
Vincent & Christine
COMMUNITY
Patten
The Ambassador Award was launched in 2005 to
recognize outstanding contributions to the Aphasia
PARTNER AWARD
Institute community. This year’s recipients are:
CHRISTINE & VINCENT PATTEN
For their significant contribution to the Introduction to
SCA™ eLearning video and the championing efforts
they have made to our Walk Talk ‘n Roll campaign. The Pat Arato Community Partner Award,
created in 2017, recognizes our community
JACK & ROSE SHAPIRO
partners and their leaders whose funding,
subsidy, and expert advice show a deep
For their advocacy in creating awareness about belief in the work we do on behalf of people
aphasia during our Walk, Talk ‘n Roll campaign. living with aphasia and their families.
This year’s recipient is:
Rose & Jack Shapiro
SHORE CONSULTING GROUP INC.
In recognition of their outstanding
contribution as a community partner,
by providing technical and strategic
solutions and giving generously of
their time and expertise.GERRY CORMIER COMMUNICATIVE
ACCESS AWARD
Pat Arato
Launched in 2010, the Gerry Cormier Communicative Access Award
was renamed in 2014 to celebrate the enormous contributions of the
late Gerry Cormier, a man with aphasia who agreed to be featured in
our educational materials. Created in the early 1990s, the Gerry Videos
are still a key component of our aphasia training today.
This award recognizes individuals and organizations whose work has
significantly reduced barriers to full life participation for people living
with aphasia. This year's recipients are:
When her husband, Oscar, suffered a stroke that left DANA & JONATHAN LAMPE
him with aphasia, Pat Arato could find no support
available for this isolating communication disorder. In recognition of their outstanding
contribution to reducing barriers
In 1979, with almost no funding, she created the to full life participation for people
Pat Arato Aphasia Centre – the first independent, living with aphasia.
OREG
community-based resource of its kind. Inspired by
beloved stage and screen performer Patricia Neal,
a stroke survivor herself, Pat and a few volunteers
worked with a small group of adults with aphasia In recognition of their outstanding
and built what is now the Aphasia Institute. contribution to stroke education
Pat also established Essex House Bed and Breakfast, and reducing barriers to full life
offering a supportive environment for people with participation for people living
aphasia. Her pioneering work, for which she was with aphasia.
awarded the Order of Ontario in 2004, continues to
inspire and inform what we do and who we are. Jonathan &
Dana LampeANNUAL REPORT 2018/19 DONOR RECOGNITION ASSOCIATE $5,001 – $50,000 Anonymous Lee-Ann Kant The Lampe Family Jane Thorson FELLOW $1,001 – $5,000 Earl & Cheryl Barish Nancy Bishop Veronica Branigan Dennis & Nomi Brans Jane Brenneman Gibson & Douglas Gibson Peter Broecker The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited Bernie Dans Ian Epstein Silvia Gomes Krystyna Grande Harmonize for Speech Fund John Hurlburt Isberg Charitable Trust Aura & Mannie Kagan George & Susan Kopulos Pathways Training and ELearning Inc. Gary Ryan Diana Soloway Peter Tsui Jan van Velzen Esther Zdolec Zubas + Associates PARTNER $501 – $1,000 Anonymous (3) Justin Aykler Jan & Gerry Babins Marisca & John Baldwin Mary Botterell Paul Cecchetto Valerie Chavossy Rochelle Cohen-Schneider & Rayfel Schneider David Davidson Patricia DiNicolantonio Deja Forde-Dixon Dixie Jones Deborah Mayhew (Cormier) David Mear Wilfried Neidhardt Objective Financial Partners Inc. People Dynamics Learning Group Inc. Esther (Georgiana) Rose Marion Soloway Jerome Stephens Werbar Investments Michael & Katherine Wright COMPANION $251 – $500 ACA Alliance John Bailey Winston Baker Sidney & Frances Barish Cecilia Berube Sandra Black Don Blyth Sheena Branigan Catherine Brookman Mary Budd Christopher Ryan Colbert Aileen Daley Tom David Moira Dean Eleanor Ellins David & Marjory Ellis Anke Flohr Jibu George Ruth Grant Norm Grosman Leila Hackim Carrie Harrison Murray & Margaret Hobbs Christopher Holoboff Henry Hsu Tamara Jones Adam Kagan Johanna Kavanagh Gregg Kuperstein Josephine Kwok-Liu Christian Laliberte Marion Leung Mary Lewis Joyce Li (Hong Jiang) Sharon Lincoln Diane Litchen Joseph Liu Joseph Mari Barbara Marshall Donald McKellar Christine & Vincent Patten Grace Pompey PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Raymond James Canada Foundation Joan Rogers Cecilia Ryan Barbara Shadden Rose Shapiro David & Charline Sherman Diane Shrott Julie Soloway Catherine Takaoka Stephen Theys Toastmasters Gavel Club John Tonus Frank van Biesen Keith and Martha Wake Family Foundation Douglas Weir D. 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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FINANCIAL KEY HIGHLIGHTS 2018-19
A word from our auditor For the year ended March 31, 2019, the Aphasia Institute had a net surplus of revenue over
To the Directors of the Aphasia expense of $103,304.
Institute:
Revenues $ Expenditures $
The accompanying condensed
statements of financial position,
Government & other grants 1,375,529 Salaries and employee benefits 1,021,153
revenues, expenditures, and net
assets are derived from the complete Donations and fundraising 238,857 Occupancy costs 265,089
financial statements of the Aphasia Institute as at March 31, Office expenses 111,884
Resource Material 33,956
2019 and for the year then ended on which I expressed Provincial education and training 254,775
a qualified audit opinion, which is a common practice with Client service fees 56,715
Client services 28,290
respect to charitable organizations, in my Independent
Professional training and education 112,761 Amortization of capital assets 13,387
Auditor’s Report dated June 26, 2019.
The fair summarization of the complete financial statements Investment Income 38,012 Fundraising 8,103
is the responsibility of the Institute. My responsibility, in Amortization of deferred Staff development and travel 7,671
accordance with the applicable Assurance Guideline of CPA capital contributions 8,793 Professional fees 35,073
Canada, is to report on the condensed financial statements.
Other income 10,234 Professional training and
In my opinion, the accompanying condensed financial resource materials 26,128
statements fairly summarize, in all material respects, the Total revenues $1,874,857
related complete financial statements in accordance with Total expenditures $1,771,553
the criteria described in the Guideline referred to above.
Since these are condensed financial statements, readers For a complete review of the Audited Statements as of March 31,
Net Surplus $ 103,304 2019, please see the Annual Reports page at www.aphasia.ca.
are cautioned that these statements may not be appropriate
for their purposes. For more information on the Institute’s
financial position, results of operations and cash flow, From Our Treasurer… In 2018/19, the Aphasia Institute had a surplus of $103,304 of revenues
reference should be made to the related complete financial over expenditures.
statements. During the prior year, we were awarded a three-year grant from the Ministry of Health, which continued
to contribute to an increase in revenues in the current year, along with donations and fundraising,
investment income and other income, which also increased in the year. Other revenue sources remained
fairly consistent year over year, with the exception of client service fees and professional training and
education which decreased.
We incurred additional salaries in order to meet our obligations under a three-year grant. Expenses
Peter Tsui, CPA, CA, LPA otherwise remained fairly consistent year over year, with the exception of office expenses, provincial
education and training, and fundraising which decreased, and occupancy costs and professional fees
Copies of the complete audited financial statements are available upon request.
Silvia Gomes, Treasurer which increased.Our Team 2018/19
Aura Kagan
Executive Director
Lisa Chan
Interim Coordinator
Our Unique Synergy
Director of Education of Research &
and Applied Research Development (SLP)
Allison Tedesco Lisa Samson
Social Worker Speech-Language Pathologist
Manager, Client Services
Lorraine Podolsky
Carrie Harrison Clinical Mentor (SLP)
Director, Finance
and Operations Marisca Baldwin What do you think?
Education and Learning
Caryl Pereira Coordinator Staff Member Volunteer
Administrative Assistant
Melodie Chan
Catherine Brookman Coordinator of Research
Executive Leadership, & Development
Social Enterprise
and Program Innovation Michael Chin
Finance Coordinator
Direct Service Research
Clare Thompson
Team Assistant, Michael Wiley
Client Services Coordinator, Fund Development
Elyse Shumway Natalie Muradian
Education Consultant (SLP) Speech-Language Pathologist
Fatima Cabral Natasha Matar
Coordinator, Recreation Art Instructor
and Community Razan Rawdat
Integration Knowledge Translation WHAT IS APHASIA?
Judy Hain-Cohen Coordinator
Speech-Language
An information booklet for adults with Aphasia, their families
and their caregivers.
Pathologist
Robbyn Draimin
Speech-Language Pathologist Education and Training
Leanne Buck Rochelle Cohen-Schneider
Social Worker, Family Director, Clinical and
Services and Outreach Educational Services (SLP)
Lee-Ann Kant Shannon Hill
Speech-Language Coordinator, Volunteer Services
PathologistOur Mission & Vision
Mission Vision
Give hope to people with aphasia and their families by There are no barriers to
developing and sharing innovative solutions living successfully with aphasia.
that reduce language barriers to full life participation.Aphasia Institute | The Pat Arato Aphasia Centre
73 Scarsdale Road, Toronto, ON M3B 2R2 Canada
(416) 226-3636
For more information on our initiatives, how you can participate, volunteer, sponsor,
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