April 3, 2025

We are now nearing the end of our first phase of engaging everybody in our 18-month journey to co-design our next strategic plan. Over the month of March, we heard from Area Managers; Human Resources Business Partners; Community Facilities Specialists; Program Managers in Central, Central East, East, North, and West; Community Advisory Networks in the Central and East districts; and Our Voices Matter Council. We are very grateful for the valuable insights and input from these sessions, and the opportunity to listen and learn together. We also sent out a survey to people waiting for services in Ontario to collect their input towards our next strategic plan.  

Over the first two weeks in April, we will be meeting with Direct Support Professionals, Program Managers in South, Administrative Staff, and families and people supported through Community Advisory Networks in Central East, North, West and South districts. 

If you are a Direct Support Professional, please join one of the sessions below to share your valuable input. You will receive a link to join the virtual session after you register. The meeting will be hosted via Zoom, and we will have breakout rooms for us to listen and learn from you.  

  1. April 4, 10am-11:30am EST Registration Link 
  2. April 8, 1pm-2:30pm EST Registration Link 
  3. April 10, 6:30pm-8pm EST Registration Link 

In May and June, we will be starting our second phase of engagement with our Karis Connected Everybody Engages sessions. We will be hosting 10 sessions across our communities and preparing people who use our services for the sessions.  

Join us tonight, April 3rd, at 6:30 PM for the Everybody Engages Webinar to learn more. 

 Click this link to register for tonight’s webinar: Webinar registration.   

Our strategic work will help us mature our organizational culture and better align our work with priorities as we co-design our next strategic plan.  

 Stay tuned for more updates in On the Horizon every month!