Helping Newcomers
Make Canada Home
As a community-based settlement agency, the Mennonite New Life Centre of Toronto is a place of welcome, friendship and community, where newcomers and neighbours gather to support each other, learn from each other, and take action together for a more just and compassionate society.
Bridge
Your Career
Bridge
Your Career
Navigate Your First Days
in Canada
Navigate Your First Days
in Canada
Help Create an Inclusive
and Diverse Canada
Help Create an Inclusive
and Diverse Canada
Start
Your Business
Start
Your Business
Support Your
Organization’s Clients
Support Your
Organization’s Clients
Become
a Canadian
Become
a Canadian
Hire Diverse
Talent
Hire Diverse
Talent
In-person appointments are available Mondays to Fridays at our Keele office and on Wednesdays at our Finch office. Please contact us to make an appointment. We continue to offer services via phone, email, and online.
Join Us for Tamales and Gently Used Clothing Sale!
October 19, 2024, Drop-in from 10 AM – 2 PM
Keele office: 2737 Keele St., Unit 9, North York
Tamales are prepared by our chef Jacqueline – they’re a traditional Latin American dish made from masa, a corn dough that is steamed in banana leaves.
- Choose from chicken or vegetarian tamales*.
- 1 Tamale – $6.50
- 5 Tamales – $30
*Authentic, handmade, nut-free
Please pre-order your tamales by October 11, chef Jacqueline will need time to prepare them all. You can pick up your orders on the day of our event on October 19, 2024 from 10am to 2pm.
The following pre-loved items will be available for sale:
- Gently used clothing for babies, kids and adults
- Small household items
- Books
*All sales will go toward helping newcomers and refugees make Canada home.
Join Us for MNLCT's 40th Anniversary Celebration!
FINAL DETAILS
February 10, 2024, 5 PM – 1 AM
LiUNA! Local 183 – Wilson Centre
Gerry Gallagher Hall
1263 Wilson Ave, North York
We will have:
· Multicultural performers:
- Summer Guitar Orchestra
- Kaleidoscope Chinese Performing Arts (KCPA)
- Salsa Y Sabor
- Mother & daughter singers, Lily & Annie
- Jose luis Valdes
- Ukrainian musician & singer, Tetiana Cherneta
- Huairapungo
- Sabor Vallenato
· Silent auction
· Food and drinks can be purchased on site
· Free admission for children under 18 years old!
· Free parking
Don't have tickets yet, or need additional tickets?
You can get tickets at the door or click the button below to buy online.
Sponsored by:
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Pour des services d’établissement en français et/ou la formation linguistique en français, veuillez trouver des services gratuits pour les nouveaux arrivants près de chez vous. | If you wish to access French language training and/or French settlement services, please find free newcomer services near you.
"The Mennonite New Life Centre and its BEMC program came in very handy for me at the lowest ebb of my life by providing a lifeline and I am eternally grateful for that.”
What’s Your Story
About Us
Mission Statement
The Mennonite New Life Centre’s mission is to facilitate newcomer settlement and integration through holistic services and community engagement, carried out within a gender justice and anti-oppression framework.
Vision Statement
The Centre envisions a society in which all people from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds participate fully in all aspects of Canadian life. We will model an approach that brings together community engagement and community services, working with newcomers to reduce insecurity and reach integration, strengthen voices and increase social equality.
Milestones
The Mennonite New Life Centre comes into being under the leadership of founding directors Adolfo and Betty Puricelli.
MNLCT moves to 1774 Queen St E, a building shared with two Toronto Mennonite churches. Around this time, the Centre begins to respond to a new refugee movement from the former Yugoslavia.
MNLCT celebrates its 25th anniversary by launching our first two internships for internationally trained psychologists, strengthening our mental health supports for refugees and immigrants struggling with different kinds of stress and trauma.
MNLCT opened a Finch office. The office is home to two bridging programs – Bridge to Registration and Employment in Mental Health (BREM) and Bridge to Employment in Media and Communications (BEMC) – as well as settlement and mental health counselling services.
MNLCT celebrates its 40th anniversary!
“The people who work for MNLCT are not only professionals, but also have a deep sense of empathy, which is very important when dealing with newcomers.”
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