Recent News
Thank You to the Ontario Trillium Foundation for Capital Grant
We are so grateful to the Ontario Trillium Foundation for a Capital Grant to purchase 1 new commercial washing machine, 2 new commercial dryers to replace old units and an air conditioning unit for our laundry room. Our shelter [...]
New Executive Director
We are saying goodbye to our executive director Sam Chaise after over five years in the role. Everyone at CRWC is grateful for the contributions he has made to our organization and our cause. Sam had a few words [...]
CRWC’s Mental Health Project
Every single Christie staff and volunteer has been inspired by the resilience we see everyday in refugee families. At the same time, we know that refugees to Canada have an elevated risk of experiencing a range of mental health [...]
Children’s Program visit to O’Neill Centre
Last month, our Children's Program paid a visit to our neighbours, the O'Neill Centre, a long-term care home just next door to our shelter. Last year, our Children's Program workers thought of having the children do a musical performance for the residents at [...]
Thank You to the Ontario Trillium Foundation for Basic Needs Funding
We are so grateful to the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Resilient Communities Fund for a 2 year grant to hire a Basic Needs Coordinator to connect with community and refugees to assess needs, provide referrals and support item collection.
Thank You to the Ontario Trillium Foundation for Mental Health Funding
We are so grateful to the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s Resilient Communities Fund for a 1 year grant to build our staff capacity to identify, help and refer refugee claimants with increasing mental health issues stemming from the pandemic.