For more than 10 years, Michele Kading has been a familiar and friendly face at the Immigrant Centre (IC)…. Read More

Andrea Coulling volunteered in the Immigrant Centre’s English Language Partner Program. What started as a three-month commitment turned into over a year of dedicated service,… Read More

I heard about the Immigrant Centre two years ago when I moved to Canada. I was impressed by how much they do to support newcomers,… Read More

Tiffany volunteers in our Cooking Matters program where, according to Nutrition Services Manager Poznma Maan,… Read More

When newcomers come to Canada, learning English can be a big challenge. Not being able to speak the language well can make it hard to make friends,… Read More

Our Language Services Department (Language Bank) relies on volunteers to verify and check document translations,… Read More

Angela volunteers as a Cooking and Nutrition Class Assistant in our Cooking Matters Program, where newcomers learn about healthy eating and enjoy cooking new recipes and preparing new snacks…. Read More

Maryna volunteers as a Translator helping clients who come to our Language Bank to have documents notarized…. Read More

Tracy Howard volunteers as an English Language Partner. Connecting newcomers with the community is an integral part of the Immigrant Centre’s volunteer program,… Read More

Narges volunteers as a Conversation Group Facilitator.  Conversation Classes allow newcomers to practice and improve their English in an informal,… Read More

Deborah Dyck has been volunteering for over one year as a Conversation Group Facilitator, teaching English to newcomers,… Read More

Oleh Melynk volunteers as a Translator in our Language Services department. He comes to the Centre several times a week and spends hours verifying documents translated from Ukrainian into English…. Read More