Author name: Vlad Umnov

C-Women provided me with the confidence, skills, and industry insights: Nada’s Story

Today, on Valentine’s Day, we want to express our gratitude and love to all of our partners who support us in helping newcomers to Canada. By Trudy Tumusime C-Women graduate, Nada Khan shares about finding the right path in her career journey. Nada is an internationally trained Quality Assurance and Automation Testing professional with a […]

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I am grateful for the support of immigrants in learning English for free: Oleksandra’s Story 

By Youdon Tenzin  Adjusting to a new country is difficult. Anyone who has ever had to leave everything they’ve ever known behind and move to a new country knows the feelings of uncertainty, fear and hope that this process accompanies. However, when you do not know the language that is spoken in your new country,

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The BREM program makes the route to becoming a psychotherapist a lot easier: Maryam’s Story 

By Youdon Tenzin  Maryam discovered the Bridge to Registration and Employment in Mental Health (BREM) program through a stranger’s LinkedIn post. An immigrant from Iran with extensive experience in psychology field, she moved to Canada in 2019 with her parents. She landed in Calgary first and chose to move to Toronto in 2020 by herself

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The Revive and Thrive Peer Support Group made me understand that I am not alone: Angel’s story  

By Trudy Tumusime  Angel (not real name) started a new chapter of her life, over a decade ago, when she moved to Canada. She was sponsored by the love of her life – now ex-partner. The initial years were filled with excitement as the couple began building their family and welcomed their first child.   However,

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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: Our Finch office will close on Thursday, July 23.

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:

  • Settlement staff are available onsite at 2737 Keele St Units 111 & 112 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Monday to Fridays to answer questions and provide guidance. Wi-fi is now available.
  • Community Health Services are available at 1122 Finch W Unit 1 on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm. The HAP clinic is closed for the summer but our Health Navigator can provide guidance in accessing health services.
  • LINC classes are closed for the summer. Registration will begin in August for the fall semester.
  • Mental Health and BREM staff are available by appointment only.

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.