By Lindiwe Sibanda Cabbage Town Farmer’s Market Find fresh local fruits and vegetables at the Riverdale Farm, open every Tuesday from 3 pm-7 pm! Click here for more info The Bike Clinic The bike clinic is held weekly at both our locations 200 and 240 Wellesley Street. It’s the best bike [...]
By Rowan Flood Heading back to the classroom in a month doesn’t mean that summer is over. Returning to school soon means summer is at its peak! It’s time to truly enjoy the warm days ahead and cherish the moments of a different routine. While some preparation for the fall is necessary with [...]
By Rowan Flood Summer is a time for long, sun-filled hours of adventure and relaxation. Toronto, in particular, is a place bustling with action and opportunity allowing for lots of summer fun. The location of St. James Town gives a unique summer experience to anyone living here. It is close to Greek town [...]
- March 2022 - Artwork created by students at Art City in St. James Town. Students drew self-portraits, their dreams for the future, or things they either enjoyed most or missed during the pandemic. Art City is a not-for-profit organization that provides free arts programming to local children and youth. . . [...]
Advocate for equality By Nina Badwal - February 2022 - Tatyanna Watts wants to make sure that no one is left behind. She has been volunteering for the St. James Town Community Corner for about a year as a Community Outreach Ambassador. As an African-Canadian, her mission is to connect Black folks [...]
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 [...]
- 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 Lovlyn Dsouza Lovlyn Dsouza is a resident of St. James Town and volunteers frequently in her community. Currently she is a member of the St. James Town Community Corner’s steering committee. The following are her thoughts on volunteering, given at The Corner’s Volunteer Appreciation event in November 2021. . I [...]
By Saleem Siddiqui - November 2021 - . Welcome to Fall Fix-it Saturday. Do you have any home or electronic appliances that need to be fixed? At the St. James Town Community Corner, we do all kinds of fixing to reduce waste and reuse items. As part of Canadian Waste Reduction Week, [...]
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.
