Dr. Yogita Sanap is a Community connector at the community corner. Yogita was a Health ambassador in the Cancer prevention program at the Sherbourne Health Center. She was actively involved in various community initiatives in the neighbourhood for the last few years and is an active member in planning and organizing community events. She [...]
St. James Town has a substantial population of seniors who require care and support. Creating Caring Communities (CCC) is a program for isolated seniors, facilitated by Hospice Toronto. The goal of CCC is for isolated seniors to gain and cultivate meaningful connections with others. The program assists and aids vulnerable and marginalized seniors who [...]
Sherbourne Health’s Cancer Prevention Project by the Newcomer Health Team, was recently awarded the Quality Improvement Award at the agency's Annual General meeting. What makes this achievement of significance to St. James Town is that Cancer Prevention Project Team led and coordinated by Sherbourne's Health Promotion Specialist, Sehr Athar, was made up of [...]
The St. James Town community is often called a landing pad for newcomers. Several immigrants make the neighbourhood their home as they arrive in Canada. It is tough getting assimilated into a new culture, a new way of life, adjusting to a new environment. It is important to be able to connect these [...]
The march started at the north end of Queen's Park at 10 am. Participants expressed their solidarity celebrate and shared their thoughts on the need for Canada and the world to provide refuge to the most vulnerable of our global citizens. The march ended at Nathan Phillips Square and was attended by nearly 1000 [...]
The St. James Town Seniors Forum is an annual event organised for the seniors in the neigbourhood. For this years annual event on the 17th of June, The Older Adult Consortium, a sub committee within the St. James Town Service Provider's Network put together a program which included workshops, entertainment, food, and [...]
Pride Month was observed across the world during the month of June and St.James Town being the diverse community it is, had its own share of celebrations. On the 13th of June 2019 the annual pre-pride festival for 2019 called ‘Know Your Pride’ was celebrated at The Corner. This year’s event highlighted the history [...]
Arthur Biyarslanov, a.k.a The Chechen Wolf, is Canada’s most accomplished boxer in over two decades. From representing Canada in the 2016 Rio Olympics to winning the Gold medal at Pan-Am 2015 (The first for Canada since 2015), Arthur has many accomplishments under his belt. A Chechen national by birth, Arthur came to Canada when [...]
May 16th marked the 5th annual Toronto Newcomers Day. May 16th was proclaimed as Toronto Newcomers day in 2015 to make newcomers feel welcome in Toronto and to help them assimilate into the City’s culture and ethos. Apart from making newcomers feel welcome, the event also helped newcomers to understand and gain access [...]
The workshop is part of several programs organised by the Settlement counselor of The Neighbourhood Organization (TNO) including various recreational, social, and educational activities in the neighbourhood. TNO works closely with The Corner in collaboration with different community partners like Toronto Public Health, St. James Town Safety Committee and Ambassadors, and other service providers [...]
