BREM

Beatrice Traub-Werner, Academic Director of Bridge Program for Mental Health Professionals (now BREM)

Beatrice Traub-Werner moved to Canada from Argentina in 1970. In the 2000s, she met MNLCT’s former Executive Director Tanya Chute-Molina. Beatrice and Tanya shared a close friendship which later translated into a working relationship when Tanya asked her to join the MNLCT’s Bridging team.  For our 40th anniversary, Beatrice sat down with us to give […]

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Shahrzad Hazrati, Better Life Counselling Centre Clinical Director, BTMH (now BREM) Graduate

Our bridging programs set clients up for success in their respective fields. We sat down with Shahrzad Hazrati, a graduate of the BTMH (now BREM) program, who is currently the Clinical Director of Better Life Counselling Center. https://youtu.be/BJAZqFJWQ2c?si=041onSR2Lj7xcj3K

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After completing the BREM program, I was immediately hired: Uma’s Story

Uma Viswanathan talks about her career success after recently graduating from the mental health bridging program. After completing the BREM program, I was immediately hired as a First Call Care Counsellor at Homewood Health. I am happy to be working as a part of the Client Service Team providing counselling under the Wellness Together Canada Project. We

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Laura’s Story

By Lucy Slavianska ~New Horizons Media One day she received an email from her mother-in-law with a subject line “GREAT OPPORTUNITY” written in all capital letters. It was about The Bridge Training Program for Internationally Trained Psychologists and Allied Mental Health Professionals at the Mennonite New Life Centre. The email contained an attachment – a flyer informing

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Thank you for your patience as we worked through the cybersecurity incident affecting our communication systems.

We are happy to share an important update — we now have new MNLC emails set up from our new domain, @mnlc.ca. Please watch for us in your inbox. 

Please note: All our services, classes, and appointments will be closed from Friday, September 4, to Monday, September 7. We will resume on Tuesday, September 8.
Happy Labour Day!

You can now reach us through our new program emails below:

Our office hours remain the same: You can drop in at our Keele location (2737 Keele St, units 9, 111, 112, North York) or Finch location (1122 Finch Ave West, Unit 1, North York):

  • 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 Wednesdays 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.
  • 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 patience as we worked to get the issues resolved. We appreciate the many kind words of empathy shared by our community. We’re hopeful that we will return to regular operations soon, and will continue to share updates as our systems are restored.