ED Corner | March 2024

Dear Friends,

It’s finally spring and we have a great year in store for us.

We just had our 40th anniversary celebration in February, and wow, it was absolutely amazing. Our dedicated staff and volunteers pulled off a once-in-a-lifetime event that would rival any such celebration setup by the City of Toronto.

A special thanks goes out to our fundraising and social committees. I also need to thank our communications team, who helped make it such a success.

Going forward this year, we have plans to do what we can to help alleviate the ongoing housing crisis. We are building our team to grapple with making our telecommunications system more advanced to help even more clients. And even more so, we are going to be expanding further north for those potential clients in need, north of the GTA.

We are moving well in the implementation of the components of our strategic plan and we have received great feedback from our staff and clients as to the extra work and dedication that we show towards our goals.

I am extremely happy with the progress we have made recently and I know that we will be more successful in the near future.

 
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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.