Recent News
Refugee Spotlight Story: Introducing Sandra
Sandra Gonzalez is the new Shelter Manager at Christie Refugee Welcome Centre. She brings a wealth of experience to the role; both as a refugee, client of Christie, and shelter employee. We asked Sandra to tell us more about [...]
June is World Refugee Awareness Month
and we have a lot to celebrate! Spring has Sprung and our Garden is Sprouting! Last year we launched our first community garden and we were so excited to see some of the plants have returned on their own. [...]
A Glimpse Into our 2020 Annual Report
This year our community rallied together to support Christie and our families in some pretty incredible ways! Our year started with the same shock as everyone else: "It was a Wednesday in March 2020 when we realized that everything [...]
Introducing the Centre for Refugee Children
This is Steve Meagher and this is how you'll usually find him, doing whatever it takes to serve our clients. Steve is leaving his position as Shelter Manager at Christie to launch an exciting pilot project: The Centre for Refugee Children. [...]
The doctors keeping us safe are named Jim, Meb and Paz
Doctors like Family During the last month the management team at Christie developed and implemented a plan to manage Covid-19. They couldn't have done it without the support of the doctors who staff our onsite clinic. Did you know [...]
Let’s Celebrate Together on World Refugee Day
You're invited! June 20th, 2019 is our second annual celebration of World Refugee Day. Join us in celebrating the resilience of refugees and the enormous positive contribution they make to our community. We stand #withrefugees! On World Refugee [...]