Join the QTAY Guides!
🌈 Do you want to be a QTAY Peer Educator? Here's your chance! ✨ Come join our team by attending QTAY’s mandatory one-day training on Saturday, July 29th from 1-4pm EST and go through an interview. We are looking for 3 peer leaders to work on a part-time contract (approx. late Aug. 2023 – June 30, 2024) for up to 300 hours. You will be paid $16.50/hr on a basis of 7hrs/week, but the reality is that you can work your 300 hours in whatever way works for you within the timeframe of your contract. You can find the job posting here. You must be able to work weekends and some evenings, but otherwise hours will be flexible. This position may be perfect for you if you want to… ➡ Learn new leadership and facilitation skills ➡ Make an impact in the Queer and Trans East and Southeast Asian community ➡ Increase your social support networks and meet amazing youth in the community ...and more! Hiring details: ➡ Submit your resume with 2 references by Wednesday, August 2nd at 11:59pm. ➡ Attending the July 29th training will act as a cover letter of sorts, so don't worry about that unless you felt you weren't able to exhibit your skills at the training. ➡ We will call qualified peers for a job interview. ➡ If you can't join the training but still want to apply, you can send a cover letter, resume, and two references over to Dany at youth@acas.org by August 2nd, before 11:59pm. HOW TO RSVP You can RSVP here: https://forms.gle/uVNs3736X6sKmu566 Once you’ve RSVP’d, Dany will send you a zoom link closer to the training date! DATE: July 29th, 2023 TIME: 1PM – 4PM EST LOCATION: ZOOM! (a zoom link will be sent to you once your attendance has [...]
HIV Self-Test Kit Workshop and Spa Session
ACAS 260 Spadina Ave #410, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaACAS would like to invite you to learn how to use HIV self-testing and learn self-care from Miss Trish, beauty/style pro expert and owner of Styled by Miss Trish, on Thursday, August 3, 6-8 pm at ACAS 260 Spadia Ave #410 Free HIV self-test kits and refreshments will be provided. There will also prizes to be won! This workshop is open to participants of East Asian and South East Asian descent. Please email officeadmin@acas.org, gettested@acas.org or call (416) 963-4300 to register. See less
Asian Night at Spa Excess
Spa Excess 105 Carlton St, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDate: Thursday August 17 Time: 8:00pm – 11:00pm Location: Spa Excess (105 Carlton St) It's Asian Night at Spa Excess! It's gonna be a wet and wild night. Cum to relax, meet new guys and have some fun. Our volunteer team will be there to create a welcoming and friendly environment while getting you connected with resources on PrEP and HIV/STI testing. Coupon for 50% off lockers available by contacting Ryan at men@acas.org Join our bathhouse volunteer team by emailing Ryan at men@acas.org
ACAS BIPOC Harm Reduction Program Drop-In Event
ACAS 260 Spadina Ave #410, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaACAS BIPOC Harm Reduction program hosts a drop-in event on Thursday, August 24th, from 1 pm to 3:30 pm at 260 Spadina Ave., suite 410. You will learn about: ACAS and our services Harm Reduction 101 Various Health-related stuff Space is limited, and please register now by email: voluteer@acas.org. Our partner, MedsExpert, will sponsor giveaways.
Honest Talk About Preparing For Your Death
Fife House 490 Sherbourne St, Toronto, CanadaPlease join us for our next Community Forum. This time our topic will be: "Honest Talk About Preparing For Your Death." One day you're walking around living life...then the next day you feel a pain in your chest. You go to the doctor, who sends you to the hospital where you are told you have a terminal illness. They're not sure if you'll make it through the night. No one ever thinks this will happen to them but eventually our turn must come. What will happen to the money in your bank account, your possessions? Will anyone know what my final wishes are for my body? Do I want to be cremated or buried? Do I follow a certain religion? How do I arrange all of this? Join us for an in-person dinner and candid conversation with Kyle Vose, longtime HIV/AIDS and anti-poverty activist and worker, about his experience of being diagnosed with a terminal illness, preparing for end of life, and this destination that we all share. Our moderator for this conversation will be Ambrose Fan (ACAS volunteer.) This is our first in-person community forum in a long time, and we look forward to seeing you! Date and Time: Friday, August 25th, 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Location: Fife House, main floor community room (490 Sherbourne Street.) To register please contact: support@acas.org
QTAY Presents: Nature Club Field Trip to the Evergreen Brickworks and Farmer’s Market
Evergreen Brickworks 550 Bayview Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada👉 When: Sat. August 26, 2023 👉 Time: 11:00 pm - 2:00pm EST 👉 Location: Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Ave, Toronto, ON, M4W 3X8 👉 Cost: FREE and $15 lunch voucher provided Hey friends! Our next Nature Club event will be a fieldtrip to the historical Evergreen Brickworks in Toronto's Don River Valley. There will be a walk on their nature trails (it's all flat, but still wear good shoes in case it's wet) and then we'll check out their farmer's market for late lunch! https://www.evergreen.ca/evergreen-brick-works/visitor-info/getting-here/ Evergreen Brick Works is located in Toronto’s ravine system. Since 2010, it has been a year-round destination where the world comes to experience sustainability in action. Once an industrial brick factory, now it is an internationally renowned showcase of green design, an award-winning public space and a test site to pilot ideas that can be scaled across the country to shape cities for the better. REGISTER HERE: https://forms.gle/9CsVYN3uYMLm8Y8x7
Hot Pot Squats
Hong Fook Youth and Family Services partnering with ACAS to run a monthly LGBTQ+ peer support program for Asian LGBTQ+ youth ages 18-29. 👉 WHEN: August 29 👉 TIME: 6:30pm - 8:00pm EST 👉 WHERE: Zoom 👉 REGISTER: email Moshe at msakal@hongfook.ca The peer support group offers a space for youth to connect and share their experiences around a variety of topics relevant to their lives, including LGBTQ+ and mental health. Together we create a supportive, non-judgemental environment that inspires hope, healing, and change.
QTAY Presents: Digital Dinner Club with Kristi from Great Canadian Baking Show
ZOOM👉 When: Tue. August 29, 2023 👉 Time: 6:30 pm - 9:00pm EST 👉 Location: Online (Zoom) Hey friends! Digital Dinner Club is back after a little break and we have a guest cooking demo from Great Canadian Baking Show Season 6 semi-finalist Kristi Carey! Kristi is bi-racial Chinese and brought a lot of Asian influences to her bakes on the show. Kristi's wife Abha may also make an appearance on the zoom call to assist and chat with the audience too! https://www.cbc.ca/life/greatcanadianbakingshow/bakers/kristi-carey-baker-bio-1.6565385 REGISTER HERE: https://forms.gle/AKrq6Vukp4SWNgcn6
QTAY Presents: Photography Club Field Trip to Japan Foundation Gallery Sept.9
Japan Foundation 2 Bloor St. East Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaQTAY Presents: Photography Club Field Trip to Japan Foundation Gallery 👉 When: Sat. Sept. 9, 2023 👉 Time: 11:30 am - 1:30pm EST 👉 Location: The Japan Foundation, 2 Bloor Street East, Suite 300 Toronto, ON M4W 1A8 👉 Cost: FREE (we'll go for snacks after, provided by ACAS) Hey friends! Our next Photography Club event will be a fieldtrip to the Japan Foundation Gallery for their exhibit A Sense of Movement: Japanese Sports Posters. This will probably more centred on graphic design than photography per se but the two fields definitely inform each other and it's such a great opportunity to both visit the foundation and see some fantastic prints! For more info, click the link below: https://tr.jpf.go.jp/gallery-visitor-policy/ ---- Co-presented by The Japan Foundation, Toronto and the DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion, this is an exhibition that explores the connection between Japanese graphic design and sports. Prior to Toronto, the in-person presentations in Sydney (October 2021 – January 2022) and in Paris (December 2022 – March 2023) featured a selection of 31 posters by eight Japanese graphic designers. This exhibition then arrived in Toronto with an extended range of exhibits, a total of 71 pieces by 24 designers from young professionals who are currently active in the field to great masters who led the dawn of graphic design. The exhibition introduces the means by which these uniquely creative minds convey sport and its “sense of movement” through two-dimensional printed media. Here in this extended selection the compositional beauty, dynamism and humour expressed within these Japanese posters are communicated through the perspective of sports. You experience the fruit of Japan’s rich graphic design culture during the half century between the first Olympic Games in Japan and the present time. ---- If you have any questions or concerns, or would like more information, please email Greg [...]
QTAY Presents: Nature Club Sunset Picnic and Bat Watch at Riverdale Park Sept. 10
Riverdale Park East 515 Broadview Ave, Toroto, Ontario, CanadaQTAY Presents: Nature Club Sunset Picnic and Bat Watch at Riverdale Park Sunday Sept. 10 👉 When: Sun. September 10, 2023 👉 Time: 6:30 pm - 9:00pm EST 👉 Location: "Riverdale Sunset Vista" on Google Maps (on the hill across the street from the Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Church 515 Broadview Ave, Toronto, ON M4K 2N6) 👉 Cost: FREE -- Some snacks and drinks from nearby Chinatown will be provided by ACAS Hey friends! Our next Nature Club event will be a casual END OF SUMMER picnic at Riverdale Park to hang out, talk about the season change, watch the sunset *and* spot the local bats that come out to eat bugs when the sun goes down! We may not be sitting exactly at the spot across the street from the Ukrainian Church since it's very busy at Riverdale park lately during sunset, but you can text or call to find our location when you arrive! If you have any questions or concerns, or would like more information, please email Greg at community@acas.org. See you soon~! This program is funded by Canadian Red Cross @redcrosscanada and PHAC @healthycdns