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MNLCT provides comprehensive support for starting a new life in Canada: Diana’s Story 

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By Claudia Porras A year ago, Diana, her husband, and two daughters made the life-changing decision to relocate to Canada from Mexico. Originally a sociologist, Diana had more recently been working as a yoga instructor and CrossFit trainer. Diana’s priority had always been the well-being of her daughters and her career shift had provided a […]

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A wheelchair changed my life: Juan Carlos’s Story

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By Gertrude Tumusime  Juan Carlos is a wheelchair sports champion living in Windsor, Ontario. We first met Juan and his mother Vivian in 2005, when they arrived from Ecuador, where they lived as refugees from Colombia. The family was sponsored by the Toronto United Mennonite Church.   When they arrived in Toronto, Adolfo Puricelli, the Mennonite

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Journey to Canadian citizenship: Patricia’s Story

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By Claudia Porras  Patricia is the main character in a love story that spanned over 20 years before a happy ending. Her boyfriend, with whom she had been in a relationship her entire life, had moved to Toronto many years before her in search of better opportunities. Finally, in 2016, the two reunited and enjoyed their lives

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MNLCT gave me the confidence to restart my life positively: Mehria’s story 

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By Gertrude Tumusime  Mehria was barely 18 when she left her home country of Afghanistan, arriving in Canada after spending several months in Greece.   Like many of her compatriots, the young adult was escaping a worsening situation in Afghanistan where the Taliban were terrorizing the population – especially women and girls. Mehria remembers – quite

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My kids were the reason why I learned English: Soledad’s Story

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By Claudia Porras “When you move to Canada from Argentina, the first thing you realize is that you are in a northern country. And everything around you is different, including the language. Everyone speaks English. And it’s not easy to realize that you don’t understand anything.” Soledad has already experienced many transformations in her life.

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Katerine who immigrated to Kanada from Ukraine

I highly recommend MNLCT to Ukrainians who need urgent help: Katerina’s Story

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By Vlad Umnov “On February 24, 2022, tanks entered my city and a war began in my country. After living in occupation for 6 months, I decided to leave the city.” Katerina moved to Toronto from Melitopol, a city in southeastern Ukraine. Back home she helped children with mental health issues adapt to life. Now

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Emotional knowledge has given me the freedom I didn’t have before: Sandra’s Story

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By Claudia Porras  It has been almost 20 years since Sandra lived day-to-day at the radio stations of Montevideo and Uruguay, creating ad campaigns for local businesses. Surprises in life led her to move to Canada, and she arrived here with her dreams in her suitcase.  It was not easy for her to start over

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Martha Story

In MNLCT I found a team of friendly professionals: Martha’s Story 

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By Claudia Porras As a teacher, Martha has dedicated her entire life to guiding others. She is a native of Nicaragua. She was a tutor in elementary school and a teacher in high school for adult education. She has worked for various agencies of the United Nations system in Nicaragua. Four years ago, she had

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Mennonite New Life Centre of Toronto has a lot of angels: Lourdes’ Story 

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By Vlad Umnov Lourdes calls herself a “very strong woman”. A few years ago, she lost everything – her independence, her home, her mobility. But you would never believe it if you met this smiling, energetic woman.  Lourdes came to Canada from Mexico City in the 1990s. “I have been living in this beautiful country

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We are sharing an update on the technical issues MNLC is experiencing.

When the issue was first identified, it appeared to be a technical disruption with one of our systems. Through further investigation, we confirmed that the technical issue was the result of a malicious cybersecurity incident.

Since then, we have been working closely with external cybersecurity experts to understand what happened, contain the incident, and secure our systems.

Based on what we know so far, we have not found evidence that clients’ personal information has been accessed. Our investigation is ongoing, and we are continuing to assess the full scope. If we determine that anyone’s personal information has been affected, we will contact those individuals directly.

We know this disruption has made it harder to reach us, and we are sorry for the frustration and concern this may have caused—especially for the newcomers, refugees, and others in our community who rely on our services. We understand that privacy, safety, and access to support are especially important, and we take that responsibility seriously.

Our phone and email systems remain temporarily unavailable as we take the necessary steps to restore them safely. In the meantime, you can continue to reach us at the temporary emails listed below for urgent matters, or visit us in person.

As a precaution, we encourage everyone to be cautious of unexpected emails, phone calls, or messages claiming to be from our organization. We will not ask for sensitive personal information through unofficial channels.

We will continue to share updates as we learn more.

Thank you for your patience and trust. We are actively addressing the incident and strengthening our systems to better protect the people we serve.

Our offices will be closed from Friday, April 3 to Monday, April 6. We will reopen on Tuesday, April 7.
Happy Easter to those who celebrate!

Our Resource Centre at Keele office is open from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Settlement staff are available to answer questions and provide guidance, and LINC in-person classes are running as usual.

The HAP clinic is open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at our Finch office, 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM.

For urgent matters regarding other departments, please contact us via our temporary emails: 

We take your privacy seriously and kindly ask that you do not share sensitive personal information via email.

We will notify you as soon as we are back.