For nearly 25 years, Ging Hum and his wife Lisa ran one of Guelph’s signature restaurants, Friends in our Kitchen . Regular guests will say the atmosphere lived up to the name, as the relationships that developed were far more than that of restaurateur and patron; when guests arrived, it was almost... Read more
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July 20, 2022
- Village Voice
“I’m rooted now,” says Barbara Kersey as she discusses her foundations in the Windsor Region. She’s more than 100 years old and she’s lived here practically all her life, aside from her earliest days in Nova Scotia and her toddler years in Scotland. Her roots, as they say, go deep in Windsor... Read more
July 14, 2022
- Village Voice
On a beautiful summer evening at Toronto’s lakeshore, the yacht Yankee Lady IV filled with people connected to Schlegel Villages in honour of the Wilfred Schlegel Hope Fund and the team members supported through it. General Managers Brad Lawrence, Bryce McBain and Dana Houle are joined by Pam Wiebe... Read more
June 30, 2022
- Village Voice
At the end a pedestrian avenue near Victoria Park in Downtown Kitchener, and older man with silver hair and a silver moustache stops walking to look over at a sign that has the hashtag #ElderWisdom upon it. Chris and Kristian share a conversation over philosophy and ancient history; a beautiful... Read more
June 20, 2022
- Village Voice
It wasn’t until Gary Terpstra was in his early 20s that he felt he could truly be himself, comfortable and free to honour the aspects of love and life that could make him happy. It was the early 1970s and even though he’d previously challenged the stagnant views of traditional society by starting a... Read more
June 14, 2022
- Village Voice
Butterflies are believed by many to represent spiritual rebirth and transformation, a reminder that in the relatively short span of life, there is opportunity to live with beauty, grace and courage. On the day the Village at St. Clair officially dedicated the Florence Becker Healing Garden in... Read more
June 7, 2022
- Village Voice
June is a month of many meanings, with the Wisdom of our Elders celebrated through Seniors’ Month , National Indigenous History Month honoured in Canada and the struggle for inclusion and equality among those in the 2SLGBTQ+ community recognized during Pride Month . For several years, Pride Month... Read more
June 2, 2022
- Village Voice
The sky clears over Downtown Toronto on June 1, just in time for residents from three Schlegel Villages to take their seats upon their green #ElderWisdom bench to kick off Senior’s Month in Nathan Phillips Square. This is the first in a series of five events to take place throughout June, where... Read more
May 31, 2022
- Village Voice
It’s late morning at the end of May as the sun beats down on the courtyard in The Village of Tansley Woods with the intensity of mid-Summer, and Jackson Hill and Rod Pullen sit under the shade of a patio umbrella. The two friends have known each other for short few months, but this is the first... Read more
May 16, 2022
- Village Voice
The annual Schlegel Villages Leadership Retreat has been a Spring ritual for several years, drawing Village leaders and the central Support Office team together to learn from each other and recommit to the ongoing, shared quest to continually improve upon the care and support provided to the... Read more
