Manny Wong

Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Resilient Communities Fund Helps us Support 172 Youth with Housing Support

In August we wrapped up our 2-year grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Resilient Communities Fund and it allowed the Centre for Refugee Children to provide 172 unaccompanied and separated children and youth with housing services and wraparound settlement support. We were also able to strengthen connections with youth shelters and housing providers allowing the […]

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A National Plan for Asylum with Dignity: Five Key Pillars

Christie Refugee Welcome Centre endorses the Canadian Council for Refugees’ proposal for a national plan for refugee claimants. The plan notes, “Our country has the infrastructure, the know-how and the resources. With some key adjustments to the infrastructure in place and a proactive mindset, governments together with civil society can repurpose what already exists, redirect

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Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Resilient Communities Fund to Support Refugee Youth with Housing Support

Christie Refugee Welcome Centre is honoured to receive a 2-year grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Resilient Communities Fund to provide specialized homelessness prevention and housing stability support to unaccompanied and separated refugee children and youth. The project will assist children and youth to find safe short-term stays in shelters upon arrival, referrals to transitional

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