ED Corner | July 2024

Dear Friends,

As we step into the second half of 2024, we continue to work for the communities we serve, and in that work, we see the accomplishments that have been made through the hard work of our team. Those accomplishments are important enough to see through completion and make even stronger.

It is our job to decrease or eliminate barriers to achieving our clients’ goals and these changes have proven to be important and, in most cases, essential to the people that need these services. We are also taking on an aspect of Artificial Intelligence to help improve our services both internally and externally. In doing so, we will be automating some of our daily tasks to free up our Information Technology department to assist our clients and staff.

As a wise man once said to me and my team, We have more in common than we have in differences. I wholeheartedly agree, and as an immigrant myself, I know that we all struggle similarly. We have varying differences in what led us to leaving our home country, whether as a refugee fleeing instability or just seeking a better life. But we all had enough drive to make the move and adapt as best we could to the new circumstances awaiting us in our new home.

We will focus on this struggle and work on making an easier pathway for other immigrants to survive, cope, and thrive. We are excited about the future and its promising possibilities.

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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.