A St. James Town resident gives back to her community after a difficult settlement in Canada By Nina Badwal - March 2022 - Anuradha Yadav, a native of Mumbai, India had only two months to prepare for her move to Canada after learning her husband was granted a permit to work here. Pregnant [...]
By Laura McDonald - March 2022 - It is important to take care of your health every day, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Part of staying healthy includes getting a regular Pap test. A Pap test only takes a few minutes and it checks for early signs of cervical cancer. Cervical cancer affects [...]
By Aarti Sharma - February 2022 - . What is love? Our experiences and circumstances in life can, to a large extent, shape the definition of love. One definition that has stayed with me is: love is giving with all your heart, without expectations. And isn’t this so true when it comes [...]
By Nea Maaty - February 2022 - . Black Wellness Hubs are temporary pop-ups located in neighbourhoods with high Black populations. Organized by various service providers that serve the Black community, the goal of these hubs is to promote health and wellness to Black community members through an inclusive, ethno-racial and welcoming [...]
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 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 [...]
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 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, [...]
By Nea Maaty - November 2021 - In this episode of St. James Town TV, we feature the Weathering the Storm research report. The report was prepared for The Corner and the St. James Town Service Providers’ Network by Lisa Kowalchuk, a professor of sociology at the University of Guelph. Lisa Kowalchuk’s team of [...]
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.
