Written by Maria Borgai, Social Worker – Diabetes Program March 4th to 10th is Social Work Week in Ontario, and across Canada, March is National Social Work Month. The 2024 theme, Social Work Opens…
Written by Anthony Rampersad, Active Living Centre Coordinator On a crisp October morning, the Scarborough Village Recreation Centre was excited and energetic. The SCHC Active Living Centre hosted the much-anticipated…
Written by Netra Rao Kangarla, Youth Summer Staff Through various activities, games, and workshops, the five-week GROW Youth Camp seeks to foster leadership traits in young people in Scarborough Ontario,…
By Jeyanithe Karunanithy, BA (Hons), MSc, Inter-Professional Primary Care (IPPC) Team “The mobile health van program is wonderful as it is geared towards “low-income”, marginalized communities or at-risk populations like…
Written by Tagan Mani, Marketing and Fund Development Coordinator You may have noticed that in our promotional material for our “A Gift to Remember program” we have a title sponsor,…
Hi, my name is Annakim fFrench. And my role at the Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities is as a youth service navigator. What were your duties as Youth Service Navigator?…
National Hospice Palliative Care Week is celebrated from May 2nd to May 8th this year. During these challenging times, staff and volunteers from our hospice and palliative team have compiled…
Written by Sarah Fancey, MSW Practicum Student March marks the beginning of Social Work Month in Ontario, and it also happens to coincide with the one year anniversary of the…
Written by Madiha Turshin, Social Media Volunteer Below is an interview between Madiha and one of our clients from our Diabetes education program. Read from her point of view the…
Written and Illustrated by Sarvenaz Rayati, Creative Space Art Project Planner October 1st, 2020 marks International Seniors Day. Today, we are celebrating seniors all over the world, especially the amazing…
Today, September 10th, marks World Suicide Prevention day. Above is only a few of the statistics pulled from a very resourceful infographic created by Public Health Agency of Canada which…
Written by Tagan Mani, Marketing and Communications Assistant The month of September marks Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and that’s why, if you have been following us on social media, you would…
SCHC and their Mind and Spirit Youth Leadership (MSYL) Program was looking for help to create a social enterprise venture to sustain their program once funding from their Ontario Trillium…
By Arenne KiritharanSCHC The fall of 2017 brought forward a challenge to MSYL (Mid Scarborough Youth Leadership) that was unlike anything we’ve done before. Our passions and commitment were tested…
By Crystal Nwakpadolu Health Promotion SpecialistInter professional Primary Care Team Finally some good news!!! “Stay Home” became the mantra since the COVID-19 pandemic and life as we knew it changed…
By Tamara Elliott, MSW, RSWSocial Worker/TherapistSCHC “I came to the clinic by referral from my doctors, who advised me that I qualify for this program because I had been sexually…
By Rhea TonyCommunications Intern At Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities (SCHC), we believe that not all heroes wear capes, instead they put on masks and gloves for the safety of…
By Diana Kinslikh-Mohamed MSc OT Reg. (Ont) Occupational Therapist, Interprofessional Primary Care Team The most common reason for referral to Physical and Occupational therapy at SCHC’s IPPC team is chronic…
By Ayzha MacLean, SCHC Harm Reduction Worker 2020 has definitely been an interesting year. With COVID-19, most of us are experiencing life as we never knew it. Sadly, many people…
Written by Diane Holmlund, RP, CASC certified Spiritual Care PractitionerSCHC Hospice-Palliative Psychosocial Spiritual Care Coordinator One of the most striking aspects of hospice and palliative care that is unique in the…
By Amy Au,Registered Social WorkerSCHC While millions of Canadians stay home to keep safe and help flatten the curve of pandemic, many victims of domestic violence found their home to…
Written byDebra McGonegal, Fund and Volunteer Development Manager Written byDebra McGonegal, Fund and Volunteer Development Manager One group of SCHC heroes provides care to isolated seniors in two Toronto Community…
Written byLori Beesley, Coordinator of Volunteer Engagement With public officials telling us every day it was necessary to stay home and practice physical distancing, I wanted our volunteers to feel…
Written by,Neha Jayaram, Communications and Marketing Specialist Discriminate: To make an unjust or prejudicial distinction in the treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of…
Written by Neha Jayaram, Communications and Marketing Assistant March is also Nutrition Month and here at SCHC our vision is healthy women everywhere, capable of anything. Research shows that as girls…
Written by Mishal DarMSW Practicum Student with the Interprofessional Primary Care Team (IPPC) What makes social workers unique is that they are grounded in the principles of social justice. Within…
Written byNeha Jayaram, Communications and Marketing Specialist We learn so much from our families. They mould and shape us, influence our opinions and outlook on life and make us the…
Written byNeha Jayaram, Communications and Marketing Specialist The Bhayana Family Foundation Awards recognize extraordinary contributions made by frontline staff and middle managers who are tackling #Unignorable issues at United Way…
Written byKrysta-Leigh Thames, Communications and Marketing Student Last year’s Quest Through Scarborough fundraising event was pretty awesome. With all the support from the SCHC community, we were able to raise…
Written byChandranie Roberts, Primary Care Manager It can be quite confusing to understand the various levels of health care available and the role each practitioner plays in your health care…
By Matthew Guades, Client of the YEO Program. Abinash Sivapalan, Grant Business Start-up Coordinator, reached out to Matthew Guades, YEO Participant, to share his thoughts on his experience with the…
Written by Ayzha MacLean, Community Outreach Coordinator& Tagan Mani, Marketing & Fund Development Coordinator On Wednesday, October 13, 2021 SCHC hosted an event to celebrate receiving three different grants from…
By Jadiha Aruleswaran, Client of the YEO program. What do you visualize when you hear the word “entrepreneur”? Personally, I found it synonymous with someone older than 20, with a…
Written by Abirah Chandraraj, Social Media Intern How did you hear about this program at SCHC? I, Janet, work as an Information Counsellor in the Peel Region to work with…
Written by Janny Wan, Diabetes Education Dietitian Four months ago, I went to the Emergency Room due to a knee injury, and a blood test revealed that I have type…
