Tim Hortons Helping to Bring Youth and Communities Together
Every year, Mithila Ballal’s South Asian dancers look forward to performing at the Multicultural Canada Day Festival. “The children love participating in this community-centred event,” says Ballal. “Dance provides young children with various benefits such as physical and cognitive development, social awareness and emotional maturity.” Through Bharathanatyam, the classical Indian form of dance the group…
Read MoreHelp Us Win $10,000! Great Canadian Giving Challenge starts June 1
With $10,000, the New Canadians Centre can provide life-enriching programs for newcomer youth that allow them to express themselves – building confidence and a sense of belonging to the city they call home. This month, Canada Helps and GIV3 is donating $10,000 to a deserving charity through their Great Canadian Giving Challenge. Every $1 donated…
Read MoreLeon’s Peterborough Helping New Canadians Live their Best Lives
Tom Reburn Jr. understands the importance of getting a good night’s sleep. “When it comes to health and well-being, proper sleep is everything,” says Reburn. The General Manager of Leon’s Peterborough would know. “I’ve suffered from a sleep disorder for years,” Reburn says. “When you don’t get your rest, it impacts everything you do. Even…
Read MoreRecipe for Success: Bintou and Aicha’s story
A story of hope, dreams, and resilience made possible through community support Growing up in a refugee settlement in the Ivory Coast of Africa, sisters Bintou and Aicha Cherif learned to cook Jollof, a rice dish made with peppers, onions, and tomato paste, over an open fire. Living close to the ocean and spending…
Read MoreGrant Supports Goal of Creating Positive, Lasting Change in Peterborough
“When we are welcoming and supportive of diversity, our entire community benefits,” explains Nicole Barry, Sales Support Manager, Freedom 55 Financial, a division of London Life. Supporting programs that provide language development, skills enhancement and community connection for new Canadians, Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life recently made a $5,000 contribution through their…
Read MoreWe Are Not The Others: Stories of Integration sheds light on immigrant integration
We Are Not The Others: Stories of Integration was presented by the Peterborough Immigration Partnership and WUSC at Trent in partnership with the International Development Studies Department at Trent University on March 22 at The Venue with the goal of highlighting newcomer stories and experiences of integration. The event was kicked off with the WUSC…
Read MoreNCC Zimbabwean Celebration Helps Raise $40K to support New Canadians & build Community
March 27, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sharing a love for Zimbabwean music, performance and culture, Lance Nachoff was one of several community members and partners the New Canadians Centre (NCC) collaborated with to host their sixth annual gala, One Night in Zimbabwe. “When the NCC told me they were thinking of featuring Nhapitapi – a band…
Read MoreRequest for Proposals: Multicultural Childcare Centre Feasibility Study
The New Canadians Centre Peterborough invites you to submit a proposal to provide consulting services for a Multicultural Child Care Centre Feasibility Study. Your proposal must contain recommendations to satisfy the requirements described in the “Terms of Reference” section supplied with this request. During the period for proposal preparation, any questions concerning the requirements should…
Read MoreNCC Seeks Board Directors
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 6, 2018 The New Canadians Centre Peterborough Seeks Board Directors The New Canadians Centre Peterborough (NCC) is seeking volunteer Board Directors. As the local settlement agency, the New Canadians Centre Peterborough strives to empower immigrants and refugees to become full and equal members of Canadian society, and to provide community leadership…
Read MoreMar 3: 6th Annual Gala "One Night in Zimbabwe"
Join us on Saturday March 3, 2018! At this sixth annual gala event, we look forward to sharing some highlights of Zimbabwean culture with you. Our musical guests Nhapitapi will be sharing the stage with performers from the Trent Fashion Society and Trent African and Caribbean Student Union. Two Dishes Cookshop will also be presenting a specially-designed Zim-inspired…
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