Annual Report - Learning Enrichment Foundation

The Learning Enrichment Foundation
Annual Report
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The Learning Enrichment Foundation provides
integrated and holistic community responsive
initiatives that enable individuals and families
to become valued contributors to their
community’s social and economic development.
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LEF provided a full range of supports for people
who access our programs and services. In 2009:
1,135 families accessed our child care services,
enabling them to work without worry.
632 youths were engaged in leadership and
mentorship programs, with a total of 401
recorded volunteer hours in those programs.
624 first-time newcomer clients accessed
settlement supports.
LEF supported more than 500 newcomers with
language training.
328 people graduated from our training
programs and over 70 per cent found
employment within 16 short weeks of
completing their courses.
Our employment services helped 415 people find
employment. We continue to recruit for over 560
companies.
Individually, these supports are essential in our
community. Together, they make a proverbial
impact.
In 2008, we explored ways of enhancing our
services to break the cycles of poverty. We
researched community needs, evaluated our
services and moved forward with focused
strategies for innovative supports. In 2009, we
continued this work, while concentrating on
providing increasingly mobile and integrated
services. We are working to meet people where
they are in the community.
We also continued in 2009 to focus on our
work around building relationships and
breaking social isolation. The centerpiece of
this is our new Town Square at the heart of
our building. We acknowledged a lack of large
community spaces in the Weston-Mount Dennis
community, as well as functioning space at our
116 Industry Street site. The Town Square is a
15,000 square-foot space constructed with the
help of community members, staff, clients and
University of Toronto students, making this a
space owned by more than LEF. Within a day
of construction, this space became a vibrant
meeting place, bustling with people. Even
though construction has continued around this
space, events, gatherings, lunches, meetings and
graduations are regular happenings.
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The research provides a snapshot of the demographics, challenges and service pathways of
homeless newcomers working with the Fred
Victor Centre and The Learning Enrichment
Foundation. It uncovers the professional development needs and service gaps within each
organization.
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n the fall of 2009, The Learning
Enrichment Foundation and the Fred
Victor Centre developed a short-term
research project to better understand
the experiences of homeless
newcomers. The project, funded by
Citizenship and Immigration Canada,
was meant to discover how both
organizations could more effectively
address the housing and support needs
of newcomers.
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• 15 per cent of newcomers served through
LEF’s newcomer services are homeless. The
largest percentage of homeless newcomers
was found in Newcomer Settlement Services,
followed by Youth Services and Language
Training.
• 72 per cent of LEF’s homeless newcomers
are women, speaking to the disproportionate number of immigrant women living in
poverty.
• 24 per cent of LEF’s homeless newcomers
are under 24.
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• Most of LEF’s homeless newcomers, (57 per
cent) speak Spanish as their first language.
The other two most common languages
spoken by LEF’s homeless newcomers are
English and Somali. All three languages are
reflective of LEF’s neighbourhood profile.
• 87 per cent of our homeless newcomers are
permanent residents or convention refugees.
• The majority of LEF’s homeless newcomers
have been in Canada for less than three years.
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• LEF newcomer clients who are currently
housed are known to be on Ontario Works
and paying market rent. This means that this
group is spending more than 30 per cent of
their income on housing, which makes them
vulnerable to become homeless. Moreover,
in the case of LEF, we see a considerable
number of homeless newcomers are either
staying with friends/families (13 per cent) or
in overcrowded housing conditions. (25 per
cent). We can conclude that this group continues to depend on their informal networks
for housing survival and not on mainstream
emergency housing services.
• Of the 18 per cent of newcomers who stayed
in shelters, nearly all stayed in refugee housing rather than mainstream shelters.
• Seven per cent of newcomers reported abuse
as the cause of their homelessness. These
people were most often found in Language
Training programs.
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Affordability and lack of information emerged
as the most prominent barriers to accessing or
maintaining housing.
The importance of informal networks also came
out clearly as a dominant theme. Service users
cited again and again that they get the majority
of their information and housing support
from family, friends, and faith or cultural
communities.
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• Develop partnerships between housing/homelessness and settlement services
• Foster working relationships to share expertise, resources and referrals between housing/
homelessness and settlement services
• Assess feasibility to incorporate structured
housing services in the new model of service
delivery of LEF Newcomer Services
• Strengthen collaboration of LEF Employment
Services and Newcomer Services to address
affordability barriers among other settlement
issues
• Modify LEF newcomer intake processes
to identify newcomers housing needs and
institutionalize and review record keeping
systems to facilitate case management
• Assess the effectiveness of past and existing
housing initiatives and modify accordingly to
meet newcomers’ various needs
• Formalize participation in policy advocacy
forums addressing the specific housing needs
of newcomers
• Increase awareness among LEF staff about
appropriate resources and referrals for housing in the community
• Provide basic housing training to strategic
frontline workers
• Develop relationships with housing agencies
serving newcomers to share models of service
delivery
• Expand resources and information materials
in languages other than English
• Strengthen and review existing working relations with housing agencies, community legal
clinics, landlord associations, newcomer reception centres, and other key players; create
new relationships where appropriate
• Increase awareness about the housing realities
of newcomers throughout all LEF programs.
• Conduct homeless awareness campaigns
targeting all LEF programs modeling previous awareness campaigns such the Education Savings Incentive Program
• Centralize LEF and the community’s housing resources and tools and make them
available to all staff
• Provide housing related training to staff
working directly with newcomers
• Tailor outreach and promotional activities to
embrace informal networks including ethnospecific and religious communities in order to
reach out to a greater number of newcomers
within their first months (years) in the
country.
Moving forward, LEF will use this information
to strengthen our work and partnerships to ensure the best possible experience for newcomers to Canada.
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For over a quarter of a century, The Learning
Enrichment Foundation has filled a community
void by offering quality child care. Our service
has evolved from simple preschool and schoolaged care into infant and toddler centres that are
strategically connected to local high schools. This
enables teen moms to continue their studies. Our
newest Best Start centres are designed to build the
perfect relationship between the schools and child
care. At LEF, we recognize that each centre is a
miniature community hub, a place for parents to
connect with services that will help them realize
their dreams and a place for children to get the
head start they need to be successful in life.
In response to the identified needs of families who
use our child care centres, and to help us prepare
for the impact of All-Day Learning on child
care, LEF has created a Child and Family Unit
that taps expertise from across the organization.
We recognize that children will need more
focused supports to prepare for an all-day school
experience at age four. We know parents are in
need of local resources that are easy to access
during their busy lives. The Child and Family
Unit will build that integrated response over the
next few years, broadening LEF’s effect upon 33
neighbourhoods across the old city of York and in
North Etobicoke.
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The innovative work of The Learning Enrichment
Foundation has been recognized by the Toronto
Community Foundation’s Vital Ideas program. In
our plan, Curriculum Measurement for Vulnerable
Communities, we are leveraging our work to
understand more deeply the challenges of our
neighbours. We’re building on LEF’s integrated,
holistic curriculum that includes an enhanced
literacy program. And we have partnered with
Mothercraft to look very closely at the Early
Development Index results of children in our
centres. This information will be used in our
curriculum to help boost the scores of the children
we serve, ensuring that children in our care are
better prepared for success within the school
system.
As we look to the future, we are excited about the
possibilities to be more effective. For example,
the Family Grouping model of child care delivery
will enable us to work intensively with families
and their children from infants to preschool, in
the same room with the same supportive staff.
Our families would benefit from consistent parent
education from the dedicated staff, right up until
the moment children enter the school system.
We are embracing change with an entrepreneurial
spirit, a critical eye on local needs and a caring
heart.
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The Neighbourhood Survey done in late 2008 revealed that only 34 per
cent of parents spent five minutes or more in the child care centres. This
indicates that parents are time stressed and therefore are not able to take
the time to build relationships with other parents or staff at the child
care centres. To encourage greater participation in centre events and
activities, we provided each centre with a small budget to find unique
ways to help parents build strong neighbourhood networks of friends.
The ideas include; getting bouncers for school or site events, parent
workshops or celebration nights, developing a book-lending library and
building a Kindergarten readiness program in partnership with a school
where a child care centre is located.
These strategies bring parents together and help them begin the
conversations that will lead to relationships. For those with many
relationships in their lives, it is easy to forget how much support
they provide in terms of sharing a meal, a ride or caring for children.
Without these supports, families are increasingly stressed and socially
isolated, leading to poorer mental and physical health. Creating greater
connections to the community for parents and their children is the basic
building block of a strong community.
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At times, the strengths, dreams, skills and drive
of those who come to us can be overwhelming.
Yet, we do not get overwhelmed. We come
together and support each other by pulling out
all the stops, using all of our connections and
intellect to lend a hand.
At times, the reports, administrative minutiae,
policies and procedures, criteria, rules and
regulations can overwhelm us. Yet, we do not get
overwhelmed. We band together, laugh through
our shared experience and lend a helping hand.
We get the job done.
We have had the fortune to see rooms full-tobursting with laughter, camaraderie, love and
respect. We have experienced so many moments
when employees came together to achieve the
impossible within impossible time frames.
These are honours we all share. Thank you to our
employees, who transform impossibility every
day, and create the possible.
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VALERIE BRAITHWAITE
has been cooking for 20 years. She likes
to think of herself as a baker. Her pies have
won blue ribbons at fall fairs. And oh, if
only her butter tarts could sing.
She came to The Learning Enrichment
Foundation to learn to cook “properly.”
“It was like learning to play piano by ear
and then learning how to do it the classical
way,” she said.
Braithwaite graduated in April as the top
student in her Cooks Training class.
All the students call her Mama. She was
the oldest one in the class, by a generation.
And the nickname she earned seemed just
right to her.
“It was so rewarding,” she said. “Because
they all felt like family.”
The four-month Cooks Training program
responds to the tremendous potential for
employment in restaurants, hotels, health
care institutions, schools and many others.
Students are taught essential aspects of
food handling and food preparation in
small classes that allow for a great deal
of individual attention and 385 hours of
practical experience in the kitchen.
Graduates receive certification as a cook’s
assistant, in food handling, WHMIS
training, first aid and propane handling.
A partnership between LEF and Second
Harvest allows the students in our cooks
training program to prepare 500 meals
every day for local homeless shelters.
Donations from Second Harvest are also
shared with our clients through food
giveaways and are prepared for use at
community events.
Braithwaite said it was exciting to discover
that she’s going to be a bit of a different
cook now than the one she’s been all her
life. She will add more specialty desserts to
her menu.
And on graduation day, she was one step
away from having a job lined up, doing
what she loves to do. Cooking.
“I think they are a solid caliber of
students,” said Nancy Hall, director of
development for Second Harvest.
Hall said it’s encouraging that the cooks
training program enjoys an 85 per cent job
placement among graduates.
Chef Patrick McNamara – the students
call him “Our Chef” – urged his class to
continue their studies, to read every book
on cooking that they find, and to learn from
anyone they can in order to keep up to date
with changes in the fast-paced industry.
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LEFTek Solutions provides IT support for LEF’s more
than 300 employees and has managed 61 Community
Access Program (CAP) sites in partnership with seven
community groups across Toronto and the surrounding
areas. The CAP network is funded by Industry Canada
and endeavours to narrow the ‘digital divide’ by
providing Internet access in communities where the
rates of unemployment are higher and access to the
Internet is limited.
CAP works because of the dedication of volunteers.
Mr. Daryl Hobbs is one of those extraordinary
individuals who, for over a decade, has made the
Parliament St. CAP site a vibrant centre of learning,
access and experimentation. For Daryl, sustainability
has always meant not needing the service. And that
has led him and his volunteers to experiment with the
provision of wireless services in the Cabbagetown
community. One building is not enough for the
Parliament St. site. Today, they are building the plans
and securing the partnerships to make broadband
Internet services available to the whole community –
especially to the most vulnerable.
LEF would like to thank Daryl for the passion he has
shown and his dedication to Internet provision.
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At The Learning Enrichment Foundation, we believe
in research that is grounded in the needs of the
community.
To that end, LEF created a research department that
works across the many other LEF departments and
initiates outreach to the community to ensure an
ongoing, thorough examination of community needs,
program impacts and opportunities for innovation.
We know that effective research must be grounded in
practice, and must inform our practise and direction.
While we all have a deep understanding of the
poverties, we have identified the Poverty of Time
as a key component of the isolation so many people
feel.
From that recognition has grown a dynamic array of
community-led initiatives, reflected in a small way in
this report.
This work has been generously supported by the
Metcalf Foundation.
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For the City of Toronto alone, the
unemployment rate skyrocketed to 9.9 per cent,
the highest it has been in over 14 years. That
means 1 out of every 10 Torontonians were
unemployed.
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G4S Security Solutions
Myron Smarter Business Gifts
Akkryl Industries
Gemma Communications
North American Tea & Coffee
Alpha Text Books
Goldrich Printpak
One Step at a Time Childcare
Appolo 8
Home Depot
Parents for better Beginnings
Aramark
Hudson Bay Company
Philips Lifeline
Bennington Heights Childcare
Irving Tissue
ProMobility Wireless
Braeburn Woods Childcare
Ina Grafton Gage Home
Rex Pak Ltd
Buc Shelter
Just Kids Childcare Center
Royal Envelope/Alliance Envelope
Canadian Standard Associates
Katz Deli
Spokes & Sports
Canadian Technology College
Lady Bud Daycare
Thane Direct
Chain Reaction Bicycles
Leda Furniture
The Bargain Group
• Initiated networking groups and events for
connections and support
Children are People Childcare
Leisure World
The Old Mill Inn & Spa
CHORD Housing Co-Operative
Let’s Work Labour Force
UPS
• Maintained coaching sessions for those with
specialized needs
Clover Tool Manufacturing
Little Hearts Childcare
VHA Home Healthcare
Delta Chelsea
Martin Luther Church Day Nursery
Vitrans
To serve effectively, we must help people
believe in themselves, believe in their strengths
and believe in their value.
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Metro Canada Logistics
Voxdata Call Centre Inc.
Form Glass
Metro News
West Side Cycle
Fred Victor
Moreau Property Services
World Network Business Club (WNBC)
The jobless dilemma took on new meaning
for many of us. This unemployment statistic
represented our friends, relatives, co-workers
and neighbours – people who had never been
unemployed before or were always successful
in finding the next job. Most of these folks had
years of Canadian experience, excellent English
communication, advanced and transferrable
skills and a comprehensive understanding of
our business culture. These same people were
having trouble finding work.
Newcomers to Canada and others with
significant employment challenges faced
an almost insurmountable situation. LEF’s
Employment Services had to meet this need:
• Customized every workshop to provide solid
help for job seekers
• Targeted organizations aligned with our training programs
• Cultivated sustainable relationships with employers for ongoing job opportunities
The person who comes to us has the courage to
ask for help. He learns how to write a resume.
He lives in a rooming house next to a friend
who also doesn’t have a job. And she needs help
too. So the skills learned at LEF are passed on
in the community. It builds hope.
That’s how we measure real success.
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The students linger long enough to reflect on having
never experienced anything like this. Then they pick
up their paintbrushes again. Another wall. This time,
orange.
They were among more than 200 university students
who gave up three days of their reading week to
volunteer on more than 60 community projects that
support the goals of LEF. The Week of Service:
Building Community is another project with the
University of Toronto’s Centre for Community
Partnerships.
Working with children. Working with plants.
Participating in educational workshops, fitness,
festivals and musical events. Learning to cook.
Working in a women’s shelter. And ripping down
walls to create a new indoor Town Square, the
centrepiece of the renovation at LEF.
Two young women rest against a wall that once
rippled to the unique sound of a classroom of people
learning a new language. The concrete floor is
carpeted in drywall dust and scarred with the shadow
of what had been. To the left, a large pile of twisted
steel lay in contemplation of 30 years.
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Both women are studying architecture in their first
year at the University of Toronto. One day, they will
lead a project like this. Hours ago, they helped tear
apart what stood here. And a moment ago, they added
bright yellow paint to the opposite wall. It was one of
the walls left standing during two days of demolition
and rebuilding at The Learning Enrichment
Foundation.
These projects introduced students, who may have
seldom left the U of T St. George campus area, to
a priority community facing the many challenges
of poverty. With energy, enthusiasm and laughter,
students make their mark at the heart of our
community.
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To open the Week of Service, the students and LEF
staff decorate hardhats with paint and glitter, pipe
cleaners, feathers, colourful shapes, lettering and a
lot of glue. It’s a whimsical kickoff to the event, a
creative way to come together and begin to know
each other well.
It’s February 16. The students are bused from U of
T in downtown Toronto to LEF, in the former city of
York. It’s registration day. Welcomes and nametags
and tours and schedules and two hours of bustling
creativity. Called together, we’re wearing our hard
hats. We’re grinning at each other. We’re a team.
It’s going to be work. And students traditionally take
some time away from their studies during this week.
Maybe in Florida. Maybe in a beach bar somewhere.
But the tan fades. And the hangover fades.
“The experience and the opportunities and what
you’re giving back will not fade,” Lucy Fromowitz,
assistant vice-president for student life at U of T,
tells the student gathering. “This is a very significant
week. Working in a community is probably the most
satisfying work you will ever do.”
“What you will find is a community that is strong
in its heart and strong in its sense of self,” LEF
Executive Director Peter Frampton tells the students.
Fergy Brown, former mayor of York and former
president of LEF, offers the students a history
lesson on the economic devastation of York, which
contributed to how the community came to be the
second poorest riding in Ontario.
From here, and for the next two days, the students
fan out across our neighbourhood to participate in
the life of LEF. And in the lives of people they may
never have otherwise known.
We have already begun planning for Week of Service
2011. While this will not centre around building the
Town Square as it did this year, we will continue to
have a focus on community building. We expect the
2011 event will involve more students, more staff,
more community partners and community members,
all proposing and participating in projects.
This program has been a fantastic opportunity to
strengthen our relationship with the University of
Toronto, in particular the Centre for Community
Partnerships. We wish to thank the centre for this
opportunity, for all the support they provided and for
the belief in LEF that this event could be the great
success that it was.
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The paint on the accent walls wasn’t even dry
when our friends began to arrive.
On the evening of the last day of the Week of
Service, the newly-created Town Square was
the site of our Winter Celebration. The event
marked the end of our 30th anniversary, the
beginning of our new look and the coming
together of new friends and those who have been
with The Learning Enrichment Foundation for
many years.
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It was also a thank you to the 200 University of
Toronto students who joined us for the Week of
Service and helped make so many things happen
in our community.
As the winter sun set, a DJ played music to the
twirl of coloured lights. And we were treated
with musical performances from our friends,
including guitarist Vin Heney of Youth HOST
and the guitar trio The Stormalongs, featuring
Matthew Thompson of CCEDNet.
A feast was prepared by our own kitchen staff.
And many child care workers joined us with
their own children to decorate hard hats and join
in the celebration of our new creation at 116
Industry St.
While the LEF Town Square was far from
complete, we were all able to see the potential of
this space and the amazing work that had been
done in only two days. We could see the dream
to come.
Our expert team of specialists at The Learning
Enrichment Foundation provide the support
necessary to ensure a successful and memorable
event.
They excel at collaboration and have broad
expertise in successfully weaving together
expectations and outcomes. This year’s events
included:
• LINC Childminding Conference with 300
delegates
• Annual dotcom Classic Golf Tournament with
over 200 participants
• Higher Level Language Training (HLLT)
Conference with 200 delegates
• The Week of Service
• Internationally-Trained Doctors Forum
• Dozens of community events
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Canadian Financial Securities Course
From January to Dec 2009:
This volunteer-led initiative began as a
pilot project during the spring of 2009. And
because of the commitment and interest of the
newcomer community, we decided to offer
a new course in the fall. In total, 21 students
graduated from this training program. At
the end of each session, students seem more
confident about their understanding about
the Canadian financial system and are ready
to write the Canadian Financial Securities
Examination.
• Provided one-on-one settlement-related
information to a total of 624 newcomers: (286
newcomers within their first year in Canada
and to 338 newcomers after their first year in
Canada.)
• Facilitated 35 workshops/information
sessions on various settlement matters such
as immigration, early childhood development,
the Canadian income tax system, Ontario’s
Employment Standards Act and professional
accreditation.
• Conducted three series of training sessions
for newcomers:
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• Two sets of Canadian Citizenship Classes
(two from April to June 2009 and one from
October to December 2009)
• Two sets of computer classes (spring and fall)
• Two Canadian Financial Securities Courses
(one from April to June 2009 and one from
October 2009 to February 2010)
• From April to December 2009, we provided
occasional child care services for families
who participated in our computer, citizenship,
African women’s groups and the Canadian
Financial Securities Courses. In total, 90
children attended OCC while their parents
attend these groups and training activities.
• One of our settlement counsellors
facilitated a training session on settlement
issues for childminders at the 2009
National LINC Childminding Conference.
• One of our settlement counsellors
facilitated a training session for
Mothercraft’s online professional
development course for settlement
workers.
• Our settlement/entrepreneurship counsellor
has spoken at four conferences, four other
business events, appeared at two job fairs
and one trade show reaching over 250
individuals and promoting our programs
at LEF more organically. Some of the
events participated in include; Enterprise
Toronto, Vaughan Small Business Expo,
SISO Conference in Hamilton, the Career
Foundation and COSTI’s Job Support
Worker’s Conference.
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“My Magic Hands” performances took place
during the summer and winter of 2009 at Weston
Road and continued with performances for the
March Break child care camp and at the Annual
General Meeting in May 2009. Youth from the
LINC Childminding Summer Camp for schoolaged children also brought their magical talents
to LEF last summer. What courage it takes to
perform such feats in public!
The Youth HOST Soccer League took place
during July and August 2009. Connections are
made during friendly and competitive matches
with teams from other Youth HOST agencies in
the Greater Toronto Area.
Winter Survival Night was a huge success. In
December 2009, many newcomer families came
to LEF’s 1267 Weston Road location to learn
what a Canadian winter was all about – and
how to dress for it. A holiday meal was served,
warm clothing was given away and Youth
HOST celebrated the launch of its community
programs.
Job support for youth was a priority. Preemployment workshops, individual resumewriting support, job search resources and an
impressive Youth Job Fair, were held to help
youth find work. At the job fair in March 2010,
11 local employers took resumes and questions
from more than 260 participants.
BizCamp ran twice this year, with over 25
students thinking through their business ideas
very thoroughly.
The youth also put together their own one-day
sale, which helped them visualize and put into
practice some of the business lessons taught and
learned during the sessions, including;
• Marketing strategies
• Pricing
• How to showcase a product
• How to approach a potential buyer
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The International Doctors Network is an initiative that
arose from The Learning Enrichment Foundation’s selfstudy group of international medical graduates.
In 2008, seven doctors began meeting at LEF to improve
their English-language skills and study for Canadian
medical exams.
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The backbone of our success is the strength
of the partnerships we’ve built with over 300
organizations and 65 networks. Together, we’re
creating meaningful opportunities for one of
Ontario’s poorest communities. We want to take
this opportunity to thank all of them for their
contributions.
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SPEN Toronto is a self-managed network of
social purpose enterprise (SPE) managers
and practioners in Toronto, funded through
a combination of membership dues and the
support of the Toronto Enterprise Fund/United
Way of Greater Toronto. Founded in 2006 with
a primary purpose of providing a voice and
strategies for SPE managers, SPEN Toronto’s
mission is to grow social purpose enterprise in
the Greater Toronto Area.
SPEN Toronto provides business networking and
peer support opportunities for enterprise staff,
including collaborative marketing opportunities
and professional development events. Bringing
a long history of experience and entrepreneurial
spirit, LEF is proud to be a SPEN Toronto
member and is active on the SPEN Toronto
steering committee, as well as providing the
network with support in financial administration.
Thank you SPEN Toronto!
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Change Toronto is a network of representatives
from social service sector, government and
business as well as people with lived experience
of homelessness. They work together to find
innovative and collaborative approaches to
addressing homelessness in Toronto. Change
Toronto provides opportunities for discussion,
idea sharing and action on the causes, impacts
and solutions to homelessness in Toronto.
Central to Change Toronto is the belief that
in order to find new and effective solutions to
homelessness, multiple stakeholders need to
be involved. Most importantly, people who
have first-hand experience with homelessness
need to have an active role in developing and
implementing these solutions.
LEF has been a member of Change Toronto
since 2007 and has participated in many
collaborations through this committee. We are
proud to be a part of this innovative committee.
Thank you Change Toronto!
The network was created in response to the need to
formalize the work of this study group and to provide more
specialized support to its members.
Since its creation, the group has grown from 18 to 45
registered members. The IDN serves as a social and
professional network that provides internationally-trained
doctors access to professional supports in their field. It
also connects them to the various dimensions of Canadian
society. The doctors hope the networking and shared
experience will assist them to break into medical jobs in
Canada.
Members participate in many events, such as
conversational circles, mentorship opportunities,
information exchanges, social networking and leadership
projects.
On March 25, the first IDN forum was held at the LEF
Town Square with the attendance of over 60 participants.
This full-day conference of guest speakers and discussion
groups was the first step in structuring this professional
network. Developed by Dr. Kennedy Palmares and Dr.
Fernando Rivas, the forum is expected to be held annually.
LEF will continue to work with this group in order to
advance the professional needs of internationally-trained
doctors.
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In early 2009, we launched our
entrepreneurship program at The
Learning Enrichment Foundation.
The aim of the entrepreneurship
training program is twofold:
• To establish LEF as a centre of
excellence for small business
training and development.
• To make available a variety of
training and development programs
that makes sense to our community.
Our networking events offer
topical guest speakers and valuable
opportunities for networking. An
average of 300 people attended
during the most recent 10 sessions
in 2009-2010. The goal of our
networking events is to build
community and capacity among
local entrepreneurs, particularly
newcomers.
Our guest speakers included Toronto
Argonaut Willie Pile, inspirational
speaker Jennifer Hough, business
development specialist Curt Skene
and authors Sonia Ricotti, Ross
Reck and Murray Smith. Topics have
covered sales, success, motivation,
human resources, team building,
marketing and the law of attraction.
We are also the only small business
program in the Greater Toronto
Area to focus on those new to
Canada. Programs include our Start
Smart sessions, which provide an
understanding about what it takes
to start a business. Our Start Smart
series of seminars have served over
150 people.
Since May 2009, three sessions of
our 13-week small business training
program supported over 40 new
business start-ups. About 16 of those
are run by newcomers to Canada.
Participants in our programs learn
about selling, marketing, financing,
business planning, banking and more.
Participants also develop a business
plan, receive coaching, mentorship
and peer-to-peer learning.
In my first few weeks at LEF, I often heard
the name of Eunice Grayson, our founder and
executive director for 27 years. Her name was
always spoken with boundless affection and
respect. Sometimes, with tears.
I never knew Eunice. I so wish I had. But I
have come to feel as though I know her work.
Our work.
One day, I found myself in the development
room, snooping through the family albums.
I’m told that Eunice wouldn’t have had much
use for pictures of our work. To her, it was
the day-to-day work itself that was important.
But I was new here. And history is a
journalist’s work. I needed a few memories.
I scanned through the albums. Yellowed
photographs on sticky yellowed backgrounds
and pressed in cellophane. Pictures of former
students. Celebrations of the old LEF Wood
Works program. Album after album. Most of
them meant to mark the 25th anniversary of
LEF.
By Meghan Currie
There’s a little dust on the shelf and I can’t
help but smile. Dust knows a good story when
it sees one.
In one of the albums, only one, there’s a
story pasted to one of those sticky pages.
It was written by a woman named Natasha.
She talks about coming from Russia at age
13 and living on the streets in Canada for
years, unable to find work, living in parks and
sleeping on hot air vents. She dreamed simple
dreams: Waking up in the morning in a warm
bed, with clean blankets and pillows. Going
to her own kitchen to make herself a nice
breakfast.
“I was tired of being dirty and hungry and
cold all the time,” Natasha wrote. “I had
no friends . . . and I didn’t fit in anywhere
because nobody understood me and I didn’t
understand anybody. I thought a lot about
going back.”
Eventually, Natasha came to LEF to learn
a trade. She learned how to drive a forklift.
And she hoped to learn about welding and
electricity. She had always wanted to learn to
work with her hands and break into the kinds
of jobs only boys were allowed to do. She
wanted to be a carpenter. Or an electrician.
Her story rang in my ears as I listened to
something Donald C. MacDonald said
on a video presentation about LEF that I
found later that day on another shelf in
the development room. He talked about
accessibility being the hallmark of The
Learning Enrichment Foundation.
Natasha had the courage to ask for help. She
found us. She found what she was looking for
at LEF. I don’t know anything else about her
either. I hope she’s well.
I think Eunice was right. It’s the work that’s
important. And there are plenty of memories
to come.
For now, let’s take a look back at the faces of
that work. Please enjoy these memories, from
the Family Album.
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LEF Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC)
program provides targeted, holistic and responsive services
to clients who come to LEF for English language training.
We recognize that language acquisition is only the first
step in the settlement experience and ensure programming
is consistent with client needs by working closely with
LEF’s newcomer settlement program to assist newcomers to
become fully engaged and active participants in Canadian
society.
hosted workshops, events and speakers on environmental
issues and had bake sales and garage sales to raise
emergency funds for food, clothing and transportation for
LINC and LEF clients. We also strengthened our partnership
with Service Canada by having service kiosks available on
site at LEF to address newcomer issues. We had cultural
sharing by joining all clients together for an EID celebration.
All of these activities built skills, strengthened relationships
and helped introduce LINC clients to Canadian culture.
LINC serves over 185 newcomer adults and 40 children
daily.
Summer School-Age Program This year, we once again
saw our summer camp program succeed, with more demand
than spots were available for children. New activities in
the last year included the Magic Hands program which is
magic training for children, teddy bear creation, a reptile
demonstration, arts and crafts, theme days, movies, cooking
classes, field trips and more. All these activities served
to integrate children into the Toronto community, while
teaching them fun activities and skills.
LINC offers eight levels (Literacy to Level Seven) of
free English language classes to landed immigrants and
convention refugees.
LINC is a vibrant part of the LEF family, with students
participating in all areas of LEF life and contributing greatly
to the spirit of LEF.
Field Trips This year, we had new and creative field trips for
LINC clients that emphasized the understanding of Canadian
culture. Many Toronto citizens have not experienced all
the city has to offer. Through these trips we provide an
opportunity to understand their city and integrate into
the local culture. Field Trips have included outings to the
Toronto Zoo, the CN Tower, Toronto Archives, Casa Loma,
Niagara Falls, Centre Island, Black Creek Pioneer Village,
the Royal Ontario Museum, Police Museum, Bruce’s Mill
Sugarbush and the Ontario Science Centre.
Workshops and Activities Our LINC program had an
increased number of activities and workshops this year. We
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Language training is an essential service within our
community because six per cent of the population has no
knowledge of English or French.
LEF’s LINC program promotes greater civic engagement
and social inclusion of newcomers by providing
opportunities and supports for full economic and social
participation in the community. We provide access to
training and employment supports and encourage the
strengthening of social networks through building family
cohesiveness, peer bonding and neighbourhood connectivity.
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3. Adefila Emmanuel
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4. Margarida Almeida
When you donate to The Learning
Enrichment Foundation, you become part
of an organization that is responsible to the
community it serves. You also become a part
of a network of friends helping to improve
the quality of life in the Weston–Mount
Dennis area.
As a donor, you share in the successes of our
participants and feel the pride we feel every
time someone makes a change for the better
in their lives.
Person by person, our community becomes
stronger and healthier.
You contribute to that achievement by
becoming a donor.
LEF is grateful to our donors and sponsors
who see the promise and the vision that
began with our founders in 1978.
Our sincere thanks to all those who have
generously supported The Learning
Enrichment Foundation this year:
22. Brenda Dixon
5. Cathy Aspeliender
6. Garry Bakiuniec
7. Darri Beaulieu
8. Joan Birkett
9. John Blair
10. Colleen Boer
11. Ed Boer
12. Antonella Bosco
13. Fergy Brown
14. Bob Churchill
15. Sam Cole
16. Brima Conteh
17. Willa J. Corse
18. Christopher Cowperthwait
19. Lisa Cresswell-Fung
20. Nancy Cunningham
21. Louise Dikschei
25. Neserita P. Gascon
26. Jackie George
27. Olesya Gleba
28. Larry Gutstein
29. Robert Heath
30. Denise Ince
31. Osman Ismail
32. Maggie Knap
33. Comfort Kyei-Boateng
34. Ed Lamoureux
35. Elizabeth Lanfermann
36. D. Lang
37. Eileen Longson
38. Kathleen Macdonald
39. Rev. Louise Mahood
40. Rankin McSween
41. Peter Marinelli
42. Helen Marzsalkowski
43. Elizabeth McBain
44. Mr Dairy &Food
Distribution Ltd
Colleges and Universities
1.
24/7 Real Media Inc.
2.
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35. Outdoor Gear Canada (OGC)
45. Grace Nalbandian
3.
Alterna Savings
36. Palmer Group
4.
Anonymous
37. PricewaterhouseCoopers
46. Donna Nichol
5.
AOL Advertising
38. ProMobility Wireless Inc.
6.
Brady Financial Group
39. Redux Media Inc.
7.
BV Media
40. Royale Tissue
8.
Caplan’s Appliances
41. Scotia Bank, Weston/Mount Dennis
9.
Casale Media
42. Shum Vourkoutiotis Fund TCF
47. Nusso Textiles Ltd
48. Amy O’Neil
49. Lax O’Sullivan Scott LLP
50. Louise Kool & Galt
10. Diego Casco/Casco Design
Communications Inc.
11. Chapman’s Ice Cream
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Akler, Browning, Frimet and
Landzberg
33. IdX Toronto Corporation
63. Squibb’s Stationers
34. Irving Tissue
64. St. John Ambulance
2.
A-Way Express Courier Service
65. Supreme Learning
3.
Association of Early Childhood
Educators
35. Information Technology Association
of Canada
67. Telecommunications Canada
1.
4.
Bicycle Trade Association of Canada
36. Jane Alliance Neighbourhood
Services
5.
Boyle Commercial Real Estate
37. Katz’s Deli
6.
Brady Financial Group
38. Macaulay Child Development Centre
7.
Canadian Community Economic
Development Network (CCEDNet)
39. Metcalf Foundation
43. Sinclair Cockburn Financial Group
8.
Canadian Mothercraft
44. Social and Enterprise Development
Innovations (SEDI)
41. Microskills
9.
CCEDNet Ontario
42. Ministry of Children and Youth
Services Ministry of Community
Services
10. CCLCS (LINC Childminding)
51. Yanneth Paz
12. Citizenship and Immigration Canada/
Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada
52. Adele Peden
13. City of Toronto
47. Sunlife Financial, Richmond Hill, ON
14. Club Link
48. Supreme Learning
15. Robert Conway
49. Sympatico.msn.ca
16. CTV Digital Media
50. Tatengelo’s Wholesale Fruit
14. Citizens-Police Liaison Committee
12 Division
17. Electrolux Canada
51. Tex-Euro Industrial Sales
18. Employment Ontario
53. Pam Richardson
54. Velma Russell
55. Gaile Saltmiras
56. Sylvia Smith
57. Supreme Learning
58. Jennifer Venart-Sym
59. John Voorpostal
45. Standard Life Canada
46. Steam Whistle Brewing
11. Centre for Social Innovation
12. Change Toronto
40. Metroland
43. Ministry of Training, Colleges and
Universities
66. TechSoup.ca
68. Toronto Bail Program
69. Toronto Board of Trade
70. Toronto Catholic District School
Board
71. Toronto Centre Employment Services
Network
72. Toronto Children’s Aid
73. Toronto Children Services
74. Toronto Coalition for Better
Childcare
44. Miziwe Biik
75. Toronto Community Housing
Corporation
45. Middle Years Community Group
76. Toronto Community Foundation
77. Toronto Community News
15. College of Early Childhood Educators
46. Mount Dennis Community
Association
52. Tim Hortons
16. Community Consultative Committee
47. Mount Dennis United Church
19. Ernst & Young
53. The Globe and Mail
48. Mount Dennis/Weston Network
20. Gorilla Nation Canada
54. The Toronto Star
17. Community Employment Action
Team
49. Quality Early Learning Network
80. Toronto Enterprise Fund – United
Way
21. Greenshield Canada
55. The Weather Network
18. Community Social Planning Council
of Toronto
50. North York Chamber of Commerce
81. Toronto Parks and Recreation
51. Nunu Educational Products
19. Construction Safety Association
82. Trethewey Club
52. One Step
20. Corrections Canada
83. University of Toronto
53. Ontario Coalition for Better Childcare
21. DOPE Girls and Boys
84. WeirFoulds LLP
54. Ontario Coalition of Agencies
Serving Immigrants
85. West Coalition on Housing and
Homelessness
22. Human Resources and Skills
Development Canada/Ressources
Humaines et Développement des
competences Canada
56. Toronto Community Foundation
57. Toronto Community News
58. Tremor Media
13. Childminding Monitoring Advisory
Support
78. Toronto District School Board
79. Toronto Economic Development
60. Jane Waihenya
23. Industry Canada/Industrie Canada
59. Video Egg
24. Kevin Murdoch/Investors Group
60. John Voorpostel, Accountants
22. Downtown East Community
Development Collective
61. Sam Waskies
25. Irving Tissue
55. Operation Springboard
23. Ernst and Young
86. Wilcox Early Learning Centre
26. Louise, Kool and Galt
61. Wilder and Associates Internet
Services
56. Parkdale Activity–Recreation Centre
27. McGraw Hill Ryerson
62. Yahoo! Canada
24. Etobicoke Brighter Futures
57. Reboot Canada
87. Wilder and Associates Internet
Services
63. York Lions Club
25. Evergreen
28. Metcalf Foundation
58. Rites of Passage
88. Windfall Clothing Services
26. Every Child Belongs
29. Microsoft Advertising
59. Second Harvest
89. YMCA Fit for Life
27. For Youth Initiative
30. Mr. Dairy and Food Distributing Ltd.
60. Social and Enterprise Development
Innovations
90. York University
28. Fred Victor Centre
31. Nunu Educational Products Inc.
29. George Harvey Collegiate Institute
32. Olive Canada Network
92. Yorktown Child and Family Centre
30. Hanen Language
61. Social Purpose Enterprise Network Toronto
33. Ontario Government
31. Haween Enterprises
34. Ontario Ministry of Training,
94. YMCA Assessment Centres
32. Hincks Dellcrest
62. Somali Immigrant Women’s
Association
62. Mike Wilder
63. John Wilkinson
91. York West Seniors
93. Youth Challenge Fund – United Way
95. YWCA – Beatrice House, LEAP
116 Industry Street
Toronto, Ontario M6M 4L8
Phone: 416.769.0830
Fax: 416.769.9912
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