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Volunteer of the Month

August 2023

Harihar Shrestha

Harihar Shrestha volunteers in our Cooking Matters program, where he has proven himself to be consistent and dependable…. Read More

July 2023

Osita Ogidi

Osita Ogidi volunteers as a Conversation Group Facilitator teaching an English class once per week to newcomers…. Read More

May 2023

Grace Pelech

The Immigrant Centre is fortunate to have an incredible team of volunteers, who generously share their time and skills to help newcomers settle into their new life,… Read More

April 2023

Vasyl Dmytruk

My family and I arrived in Canada through the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET) program…. Read More

March 2023

Galyna Kosova

I came from Ukraine under the protection program. I first heard about the Immigrant Centre from volunteers who received Ukrainian citizens…. Read More

February 2023

Nelia Resendes-Marques

Nelia Resendes-Marques volunteers as a One-on-One English Tutor. This is her story.

In 1972,… Read More

January 2023

Roula Al-Kayal

Roula Al-Kayal is a filmmaker. When she was asked to help our Employment Services department with a video project about newcomer services,… Read More

December 2022

Victor Menendez

Victor Menendez applied for a volunteer position at the Immigrant Centre after his father Roberto told him about his own experience at the Centre as a practicum student…. Read More

November 2022

Manvir Bhamra

Manvir Bhamra began volunteering at the Centre just over a year ago as a Cooking and Nutrition Class Assistant…. Read More

October 2022

Elisa de Jesus

Elisa de Jesus is a fourth-year University of Manitoba Nutritional Sciences student who volunteers as a Cooking and Nutrition Class Assistant,… Read More

September 2022

Oliver Dolinsky

Oliver Dolinsky became an Immigrant Centre volunteer in 2010 and has contributed countless hours as a Translator…. Read More

August 2022

Faezeh Khadem

I am Faezeh Khadem. I graduated in Business Management in Iran, a TESOL course at the University of Winnipeg,… Read More