Laura Monastero is the program manager at the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA). The CMHA and MNLCT shares a 12 year partnership supporting different communities with mental health resources. We sat down with Laura as she shares her memories of working with MNLCT in celebration of our 40th anniversary. Watch the full conversation.
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https://youtu.be/2NCtpH9Kp04 The Mennonite New Life Centre participated in the Toronto Newcomer Day on May 25, 2023. It was a fun day full of networking and meeting people from various backgrounds. Special thanks to our BESIP students, who helped us at the MNLCT booth, communicating and connecting with interested participants!
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Do you want to build a career in the immigrant-serving sector? Our BESIP bridging program (Bridge to Employment in Services for Immigrant Populations) is for you! Join this week’s Café New Canadians session to meet with BESIP graduates and other experts. DATE: June 8 TIME: 7 pm – 8 pm ET ONLINE You will learn:
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Thursday, July 6 & 20, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Thursday, August 3, 17 & 31, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Learn more about MNLCT courses provided via the Moodle learning platform. The courses are part of our Settlement Program, including: Essential Skills Training Employment Preparation Personal Growth & Career Planning Citizenship classes In these
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Teresa Wiens has been teaching English to newcomers at the Centre for 23 years now. Throughout this time, Teresa has met and helped immigrants from several backgrounds improve their English language skills. As we celebrate our 40th anniversary, Teresa recounts her dynamic journey with MNLCT, contributing to easier settlement experiences for newcomers. Watch Teresa’s story
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Victoria Day is a federal Canadian public holiday to honour Queen Victoria. The holiday has been observed in Canada since at least 1845. The holiday has always been a distinctly Canadian observance and continues to be celebrated across the country, being informally considered the start of the summer season in Canada. We will be closed
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The federal public servants strike is now over for Treasury Board workers. Service Canada thanks everyone for their patience and understanding as they gradually resume operations in the coming days.
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In 1983, Betty Puricelli and her late husband Adolfo Puricelli founded the Mennonite New Life Centre of Toronto. Here is Betty’s story about MNLCT’s early days. https://youtu.be/PVTtCnCF8KY By Trudy Tumusime In 1983, Betty Puricelli and her late husband Adolfo Puricelli, embarked on an extra-ordinary journey that would forever shape the service of newcomers to
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You will get FREE: English language training Emotional wellbeing activities LIGHTS is a training program with emotional wellbeing activities for learners who need extra support. LIGHTS classes are FREE. They are 3 hours/once a week. The options are: Tuesday 12:30:00- 3:30 PM online Wednesday 12:00- 3:00 PM in-person (at our Keele office) Thursday 12:30- 3:30
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More than 155,000 federal public servants are on strike now. This directly impacts MNLCT settlement services as we help clients contact government institutions, especially when it comes to immigration processes. We will continue doing our best to keep MNLCT clients informed as reliable information becomes available. We ask for your patience as this is an
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Thank you for your patience as we continue to respond to a cybersecurity incident affecting our communication systems.
We are happy to share an important update — we are now able to send outgoing emails. Going forward, you will receive our emails from our new domain, @mnlc.ca, in addition to our temporary Gmail addresses. Please watch for us in your inbox.
If you haven’t already, you can sign up to receive email updates from us directly here.
Please note: All our services, classes, and appointments will be closed from Friday, July 31, to Monday, August 3. We will resume on Tuesday, August 4.
Happy Civic Holiday!
We know it has been frustrating and difficult to reach us during this time, and we sincerely apologize for that. Please know that all our programs and services are running and staff are ready to support you. For getting in touch with us, please continue to use our temporary Gmail addresses:
Or drop in to our Keele location (2737 Keele St, units 9, 111, 112, North York) or Finch location (1122 Finch Ave West, Unit 1, North York) during office hours:
We take your privacy seriously and kindly ask that you do not share sensitive personal information via email.
Thank you for your understanding. We appreciate the many kind words of empathy shared by our community, and we look forward to being fully operational again. We will continue to share updates as our systems are restored.