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How to Help Christie this Holiday Season
Christie Refugee Welcome Centre is starting to collect donations for the holiday season and there are a variety of ways you can help us.
Employment Elevates Lives
Megan Wilkinson, Elevate’s Employment Settlement Worker Our new "Elevate" program addresses the pivotal role employment plays within the settlement process for refugees. Christie launched the Elevate program this year with a 3-year Grow Grant from the Ontario [...]
Exciting News – A Launch and a Ride
ELEVATE Program Launch Supports Refugees Seeking Employment We are so proud and excited to share with you the new program we launched this spring – Elevate! Refugee Employment Services (Elevate). This program was designed to provide settlement and employment services to refugee [...]
We’ve Been Apart, Now Let’s Come Together
The pandemic kept us apart, but now we can come together again for a common cause! This will be our eighth year participating in the Ride for Refuge, taking place on Saturday October 2, 2021. (And this year, you don’t need [...]
Mama Robertina’s Journey: From Client to the Heart of Christie’s Kitchen
Mama Robertina’s Journey: From Client to the Heart of Christie’s Kitchen Robertina and her family were the very first residents to stay at what was then World Vision Reception Centre, in 1989. Last month we celebrated her incredible legacy, [...]
Refugee Spotlight Story – Introducing Eleni
Growing up at Christie Free from Fear "I think I am much more grown up now than before I left Mexico. Before I left, I was so shy.” A poised young woman sits before me, polished and articulate. She [...]