By Shirley Roberts and Munira Yusuf - January 2022 - The new year is always a time to pause, to reflect on the past year and to think about our hopes and expectations for the future. Because the last eighteen months have been so challenging for all of us, there may be a [...]
Previous in-person services at the St. James Town Community Corner now available by phone while others put on hold By Nina Badwal - January 2022 - . Since its opening in 2011, The Corner’s mission has always been to provide residents of St. James Town an inclusive space where they can access [...]
Flying tree - By Nick Gurevich - I am a tree, growing high, Oh, how I’m longing for the sky. It seems so close, clear and blue Like the brightest dreams I ever knew. I am a tree stuck in the ground With dust and dirt I see around. My roots [...]
By Georgie Alford - January 2022 - . There is no denying that 2021 was another tough year financially. Statistics Canada highlights that while economic activity has grown in the past year, it still remains below pre-pandemic levels. The slow growth rates have continued to affect business owners and with the surge [...]
The accidental volunteer By Nina Badwal - January 2022 - . You can call Nina Kukoc the “accidental volunteer.” One day while taking a stroll in her neighbourhood, Kukoc encountered the St. James Town Community Corner’s Share and Reuse Hub, The Corner @240 (located at 240 Wellesley Street East). After learning more about [...]
By Christina Tran, RD - January 2022 - This holiday season has brought on some frustrating changes and challenges. However, if you have goals to eat well this holiday season and beyond, you can rest assured that nutrition advice has not changed significantly. From pre-pandemic days to now, there have always been some [...]
By Munira Yusuf - December 2021 - . Every year on December 6th, Central Neighbourhood House hosts its annual event for the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in honor of the 14 women that were murdered during the École Polytechnique massacre in 1989. This year's virtual event [...]
- By Norma Khandaker - . The St. James Town Community Corner’s Seniors Day Program completed 9 years of programming in November. Folks celebrated the milestone with a week of festivities where they reminisced about the past, listened to music, enjoyed good food and had tons of fun. Over the years, the program’s [...]
Art Class for Kids Children creating their masterpieces at the in-person Fall 2021 Art Class for Kids program at The Corner (200 Wellesley St. East). . . .
By Nina Badwal - December 2021 - (Photo: Daily Bread Food Bank) The holiday season is upon us and food insecurity in Toronto is getting worse. According to a report from the Daily Bread and North York Harvest food banks, there were 1.45 million client visits to food banks between April 1, [...]
Nalini Pandalangat, Director of Newcomer Health & Specialty Services, Sherbourne Health, is a Registered Social Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. She completed her PhD at the Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, and has extensive experience leading projects and programs in the community health, hospital and international development sectors. Her PhD was on cultural influences on help-seeking, treatment and support for mental health problems in the Sri Lankan Tamil community. Her research and program interests are focused on immigrant mental health, gender and health, cultural competence, health care access and health equity. Currently she is part of a core team working on the development and dissemination of a refugee mental health framework.
