Impact Stories
The Khirous Came to Canada With A Dream
Since 2016, the New Canadians Centre has been operating the Resettlement Assistance Program through in Peterborough to resettle up to 75 individuals each year through Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada…
Read MoreFinding New & Creative Ways to Engage Newcomers
There’s no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has meant that organisations and businesses have had to get creative and innovative in their service delivery in order to meet the needs…
Read MorePartnering for stability during uncertain times
At a time when the meaning of employment is shifting for many, newcomer women are finding some stability through this work. Their confidence is growing as they see their skills…
Read MoreThis Is Our Love Letter to Peterborough – We Wouldn’t Have A New Canadians Centre Without You
“I wouldn’t have a life without the New Canadians Centre.” That’s what Miguel Hernandez told me when I asked how the New Canadians Centre has helped him. Miguel is painting…
Read MorePartnership Celebrates Programs that Bring People Together, Especially During Difficult Times
Update – April 15: Through this project, over 600 much needed caps and headbands were sewn for frontline health workers at Peterborough Regional Health Centre. Here’s a report by Katrina…
Read MoreEmPOWERing Newcomer Women through Creative Entrepreneurship
Newcomer women who face barriers to integration, whether social or economic, often experience isolation and a sense of disempowerment. They are often skilled and educated, but they don’t have the…
Read MoreHelen Smith Proud to Help Build Community
“I’m proud to support an organization that’s helping to build community. I want to be a part of that work.” Helen Smith knows what it feels like to be alone…
Read MoreIt Takes A Village: Raid’s Story
I want to tell you a story about some wonderful people like you, who changed the life of a newcomer. When I met 19-year-old Raid Hajhasan in 2016, he was…
Read MoreLocal Tim Hortons Store Helps Newcomers Feel Like They Belong
When brothers Yousef and Hayder recall some of their most memorable moments of first living in Peterborough, having a double double at Mary Blair’s Tim Hortons store on Hunter Street…
Read MoreLeon’s Peterborough Helping Newcomers Transition to a New Community
“Donations of time and support are my attempt to reciprocate the kindness the community has shown us for many years,” says Tom Reburn Jr. The co-owner and general manager of…
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