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 Biraj Jha - . Accessibility is a human right. Is the St. James Town community failing or passing on making the area as accessible as possible to people who need it? St. James Town is a diverse and multi-faceted community located in the heart of Toronto, bordering Sherbourne Street to [...]
By Yvonne Yorke - December 2021 - . World AIDS Day, designated on the 1st of December every year since 1988, is an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) pandemic caused by the spread of the HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection and mourning those who have [...]
By Nina Badwal - August 2021 - For confidentiality purposes, the name of the newcomer in this story has been changed. Marie came to Canada as a refugee a year ago from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She was staying at a shelter and then got a short-term accommodation with a [...]
Alana Banton was born and raised in Toronto. She has a master's in community development and work as a follow-up support worker at Wigwamen. Her role is to provide transitional support to newly housed Indigenous peoples and developing capacity building programs. They have years of experience in outreach and program development. An overview 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.
