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OUR HERITAGE
Building
Community
for 50 Years
ANNIVERSARY
COMMEMORATIVE
PROGRAMME

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contents Celebrating 50 years
Greetings from Officials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Early History, 1962–1973 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Recent History, 1974–present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Language Training and Newcomer Services, Then and Now . . . . . . . . . 14
Child Care, Then and Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Senior Services, Then and Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
The St . Stephen’s Staff Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Employment and Training Services, Then and Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Homeless and Housing Services, Then and Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Conflict Resolution and Training, Then and Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Wellness Promotion, Then and Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Youth Arcade, Then and Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Leadership: Board and Directors, Past and Present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Remembered Friends: Alice Heaps, Kwai Lan Tam, Jack Layton . . . . . . .34
Supporters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Map & Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
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Let’s Celebrate
Together
Congratulations
St. Stephens
Tom’s Place celebrated its 50th anniversary in Kensington Market in 2008.
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greetings Prime Minister Stephen Harper
I am pleased to extend my warmest greetings to everyone marking
the 50th anniversary of St. Stephen’s Community House.
Since 1962, countless children, youth, families, seniors and
newcomers to Canada have benefited from the wide array of programs and
services offered by St. Stephen’s Community House. This special milestone offers
a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the significant role your organization has
played in building a strong and caring community, while setting goals for the
future.
I would like to commend all those associated with St. Stephen’s
Community House —staff, volunteers and neighbours alike—for your
commitment to making a meaningful difference in the lives of your fellow citizens.
I am certain that you will continue to respond to the diverse needs of your clients
with skill and compassion for many years to come.
Please accept my best wishes for a memorable anniversary
celebration and for every future success.
OTTAWA
2012
The Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, P.C., M.P.
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greetings MP Olivia Chow
June 2012
Dear Friends,
I would like to offer my warmest congratulations to St. Stephen’s Community House on the occasion
of its 50 th Anniversary.
For the last half-century, St. Stephen’s has made a difference to countless lives by helping and
empowering people in our community. It has shown vision and determination in its efforts to achieve
social and economic justice, addressing issues such as homelessness, hunger, unemployment, and
racism, to name but a few.
Using local resources creatively, St. Stephen’s has provided education, food, shelter, health care, child
care, counselling, conflict resolution, cultural events, and arts programs to thousands of people. In
doing so, it has been sensitive and responsive to the needs of a diverse community, helping seniors,
young people, immigrants, refugees, and victims of violence, among many others.
I wish to commend the many volunteers, staff, board members, and supporters who have devoted
countless hours to St. Stephen’s over the past five decades. They are models in their selflessness, their
advocacy, and their compassion. Thanks to their efforts, we have stronger neighbourhoods and a better
city.
The 50 th Anniversary of St. Stephen’s Community House is an opportunity for us to honour and
celebrate its special history of vision, dedication, and achievement. It is also a chance for us to renew
our resolve in continuing to strengthen the community that St. Stephen’s serves so tirelessly.
Sincerely,
Olivia Chow, MP
Trinity-Spadina
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The Kensington Market BIA
is a proud supporter of
St. Stephen’s Community House.
The BIA is pleased to announce
our street closure events for 2012.
PEDESTRIAN SUNDAYS – 3 Festivals
May 27th, July 29th & September 30th, 12 to 7pm,
Market-wide music & performance,
street food & sidewalk sales
pskensington.ca
FETE DE LA MUSIQUE
One-day global acoustic music festival
Thursday, June 21st, 2 to 8pm,
Augusta Ave. from Oxford to College
I n partnership with Alliance Française
alliance-francaise.ca/en/cultural-calendar
MARKET SUNDAYS – August & September
August 5, 12, 19, 28, 12 to 6pm
September 2, 9,16, 23, 12 to 6pm
Pedestrian priority streets,
family friendly shopping in Kensington Market
kensingtonmarketbia.ca
Kensington Market Action Committee
thanks St. Stephen’s for its 50 years
of service to the community!
KMAC is looking forward to
partnering with St. Stephen’s and
the Kensington Market BIA to
strengthen community & support
culture in Kensington Market.
kensingtonmarket.org

greetings Ontario and Toronto
Premier Dalton McGuinty
On behalf of the Government of Ontario, I am pleased to
congratulate the members of St. Stephen’s Community House
on the occasion of this organization’s 50th anniversary. Over the
years, the commitment of the members of St. Stephen’s has helped
to make your community and our province a better place. May
the years ahead bring further accomplishments and many more
happy annivesaries.
MPP Rosario Marchese
We are incredibly fortunate to have an organization like St.
Stephen’s Community House in Toronto. In a city as large as this
one, it can be easy to overlook those desperate for assistance.
However, through outreach programs directed towards our
most vulnerable neighbours, the staff and volunteers of one
incredible organization ensure a place for everyone in our city.
Congratulations on 50 years of service to our community!
Mayor Rob Ford
It gives me great pleasure to extend greetings and sincere
congratulations to St. Stephen’s Community House on the
occasion of its 50th anniversary. On behalf of Toronto City
Council, I thank everyone involved with St. Stephen’s for your
ongoing commitment to enhancing the lives of people in the
community. Please accept my best wishes for a memorable
anniversary celebration.
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greetings Ward 20 and Community Partners
Councillor Adam Vaughan
As the City Councillor representing Ward 20, Trinity-Spadina, I
am pleased to extend my greetings and support to St. Stephen’s
Community House on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. Let
me extend my sincere thanks on behalf of the community for
the invaluable contributions St. Stephen’s has made to help
make Toronto a great city, and to wish the staff, volunteers,
and members many more successful years strengthening our
communities.
Anglican Archbishop Colin R. Johnson
It is a pleasure to offer my heartiest congratulations and very best
wishes on this significant milestone in the life of the St Stephen’s
community. In celebrating 50 years, I have looked over the file and
noted the impressive history of amazing ministry that has taken
place at, and through, St Stephen’s Community House. May God
continue to bless you and all who pass through your doors.
United Way Executive Director Susan McIsaac
On behalf of our Board of Trustees, staff and volunteers at United
Way Toronto, I would like to extend warm greetings to all those
who are celebrating with St. Stephens Community House as they
mark 50 years of outstanding service to the community. As we
reflect on St. Stephens achievements over the past 50 years, we are
reminded of the importance of community-based programs to
build strong communities. We recognize St. Stephen as a pillar of
support in the community, strengthening the social fabric of our
city.
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early years 1962–1972
St. Stephen’s is a story of people,
friendship and support
The history of St. Stephen’s
Community House (The
House), is “a living story of
mutual support, friendship
and empowerment. It is a story of
love.” (Cam Russell) It is the story
of people – compassionate and
spiritual innovators, always ready
and responsive to individual and
community needs.
In 1962, the Anglican Diocese
opened SSCH at 91 Bellevue as a
settlement house and outreach
ministry.
Captain Don Paterson of the
Church Army, served as St. Stephen’s
first director for ten years.
Like most early settlement house
workers, Don and his wife Ethel
and their children lived in the
workplace, on the top two floors
at 91 Bellevue. Paterson believed it
enabled them to “get to know the
people in the community in a way
you wouldn’t otherwise.”
From 1962–64 the daily responsibility
and initiatives lay principally
with Don Paterson and a group of
dedicated volunteers. They offered
a variety of programs, primarily
for neighbourhood youth. The
gymnasium, added to the back of
91 Bellevue in 1953, was in constant
use for sports and activities such as
Scouts and Guides. St. Stephen’s
also ran extensive summer
and winter camp
programs for young
people up north at
Sparrow Lake.
From the beginning,
St. Stephen’s recognized
the immigrant and refugee neighbourhood
where it was located.
In 1964, programs in the House
began to grow. Funds were raised
to pay salaries of additional staff to
expand services. The first hired was
Mildred Morrish, to teach English
classes to new immigrants, and
the second was Jean Harper,
to work with the young
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girls’ groups. These early years
continued to focus on young people
and new immigrant adults from the
local neighbourhood.
Captain Paterson leads a Boy Scouts
wolf pack (below); he is pictured with
Margaret Johnson, above . At left, St .
Stephen’s youth at Sparrow Lake .

ecent history 1974–present
Building the social
infrastructure of our
community
In 1972, Don Paterson passed
the mantle to a new executive
director, Brian Smith. As with the
Patersons, the Smith family also
lived at 91 Bellevue from 1972–1975.
This period marked an era of
maturity and change for the settlement
house. A decision was made
in 1973 to incorporate St. Stephen’s
Community House as a separate
non-profit organization and charity.
A charter and by-laws were
drawn up, and St. Stephen’s Community
House was incorporated on
March 18, 1974.
In 1975, the Smith family moved
out to make room for expanding
services. The House organized a
community needs assessment with
support from the City of Toronto to
determine the greatest needs. One
of the results was the opening of
St. Stephen’s first child care centre
at 91 Bellevue.
In 1975, the House also became
a United Way member agency. It
was a time of new resources and
new directions, although the focus
on youth and new immigrants
remained. One area of significant
expansion was community development,
with workers helping the
neighbourhood to celebrate and
plan. In 1976, The House founded
the Kensington Festival, an event
and tradition that continues today
with pedestrian-friendly Sundays in
the Market.
All through the 1970s the City
was building what we call “social
infrastructure” such as the Kensington
Manor Seniors apartment
building on Oxford Street, Kensington
Community School on College
Left: Annual Kensington Festival,
1976 Above: Manager Irene Tsang
with Seniors Program participant
Street, and Scadding Court Community
Centre on Dundas Street.
Many of the community consultations
for these projects were held
in the gym with translation by St.
Stephen’s community workers, just
as consultations and public meetings
continue today for things like
the Bellevue Park Revitalization
project.
From this time, the building
blocks of St. Stephen’s Community
House were put in place. From a
small settlement house, programs
grew and moved across the neighbourhood.
With the Board of Directors,
volunteers, staff, and partnerships
with the city, province and
United Way, the House was able to
expand in the 1980s and 1990s, adding
employment services, seniors
programming, homeless services,
conflict resolution, and an HIV/
AIDS prevention program. Always
striving to meet new needs, St.
Stephen’s today continues fighting
poverty with new supportive housing
and mental health and addiction
services.
st . stephen’s community house 1962–2012 | PAGE 13

then 1964 Language Training &
Newcomer Services
Mildred Morrish,
centre with glasses
and necklace, was
the first ESL teacher
and founder of the
St . Stephen’s LTNS
program .
social
indicator
In 1962, there
were 74,586
newcomers to
Canada .
Mildred Morrish: the gifted teacher
who founded ESL at St. Stephen’s
By 1964, St. Stephen’s Community
House was offering counselling, job
placements, and workshops in electronics,
woodworking and other skill areas
for youth. With more than 16 nationalities
participating in an ever increasing number
of House activities, communication was
sometimes something of a challenge! In
1964, funding was secured for St. Stephen’s
very first paid staff member, Mildred Morrish,
the gifted teacher who founded the
House’s English-as-a-Second Language
program.
In the early years of the program, the
director, Don Paterson, assisted her with
teaching morning classes. In the evenings,
immigrant men came to the House for the
electronics, woodworking and photography
workshops. Learning the English names of
tools and technical equipment in Mildred’s
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classes assisted thousands of newcomers to
Canada with finding employment and settling
into their new lives in Toronto.
Mildred added a cooking class to the ESL
program, opening up even more possibilities
to those who flocked to her classes. By
the time Mildred retired in 1976, thousands
of students had improved their English
language skills – and their lives – by coming
to her classes at St. Stephen’s.
Driven by that same tremendous desire
to make a difference, Mildred spent the five
years following her retirement teaching
English in Indonesia.
Mildred passed away, aged 99, on October
16, 2010, but the dynamic English-as-a-
Second Language program that she founded
lives on, something of which she would
have been extremely proud.

now 2012
For Yasmin Mohamed, everything
changed with her ESL classes
When Yasmin came to Canada from
Somalia two years ago she spoke no
English and had none of the vocabulary
she needed to get by in daily life. After
the huge step of moving to a new country,
settling into a new life when you don’t speak
the language can be extremely isolating. “As
newcomers to Canada, when we first come
here, we can’t communicate with others, we
can’t shop, we can’t be a part of anything,”
she says.
St. Stephen’s Community House’s Language Training and Newcomer Services helps
thousands of immigrants and refugees find their place in Canadian society through 17
English language classes, information and referral services, newcomer support groups
and employment preparation . In 2011, 126 newcomers graduated from our classes with
increased competence and confidence .
Yasmin started attending St. Stephen’s
English-as-a-Second Language classes soon
after arriving. Then, she says, “Everything
changed. I’d go out and I’d understand what
was being said. I started enjoying my life.”
Yasmin still attends part-time classes
and is now working, as well. Her enjoyment
of the classes that have changed her life
shines through when she talks.
“Before, when I started working, I was
shy, I didn’t want to talk. I was worried I’d
make a mistake.
Now, at break time,
I’m talking to my
co-workers,” she
says.
And she has be
come an advocate
for the program:
“When I talk to
friends who are
not taking English
classes I tell them,
take the class because
it makes life
better.”
She smiles. “Before
I came to these
classes, my life was
nothing – now, my
life is something,”
she says proudly.
social
indicator
In 2010, there
were 280,636
newcomers
to Canada .
Unfortunately,
more than
300,000 people
continue to wait
for years on the
immigration
backlog .
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then 1973 Childcare
social
indicator
In 1983, Health
& Welfare
Canada reported
that there
were 139,070
regulated child
care spaces in
Canada .
The childcare at
91 Bellevue has
been operating
for almost four
decades, one of St .
Stephen’s longestrunning
and
most successful
programs
A leader in the 1970s with child
care for immigrant children
In 1973, St. Stephen’s Community House
conducted a door-to-door survey in the
neighbourhood to determine what people
needed most from the House. The answer,
loud and clear was child care! Immigrant
parents, and in particular new Portuguese
families, were looking for child care with
staff who were bilingual and could run a
program that was affordable and culturally
appropriate. Thanks to a small grant from
the City of Toronto, St. Stephen’s was able to
hire Alice Sousa and Brenda Duncombe to
work with parents to create a new centre.
St. Stephen’s was fortunate that there
had already been the Nathanael Institute
nursery school at 91 Bellevue back in 1941
and it helped to get a license from the
province and pass inspection with the city.
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It took less than a year for Alice and Brenda
to get started and in January 1974, 30 happy
children ranging in ages from two to five
joined the first pre-school classroom! At
first, there were five staff to support the
classroom and most were bilingual immigrants
themselves. From the start, SSCH
served home-cooked food that the children
loved. Playtime included toys and games to
reflect the new immigrant children.
Today, there are over 200 children in 10
classrooms at the four licensed child care
sites. Then and now, many immigrant families
and single parents bring their children
to SSCH Childcare Centres. Staff speak dozens
of languages and they bring their skills
and care from all over the world.

Noemia Bettencourt is part of
a four-generation childcare family
While Noemia has been working at
the House since 1975, her motherin-law,
three daughters and now
her grandsons have also all been a part of
life at St. Stephen’s. Four generations of the
one family!
Over her 37 years with us, Noemia has
been a vital part of the SSCH Child Care
Program. She started as a much loved
teaching assistant, and then, after 18 years,
Noemia moved to the kitchen, where she
has now spent another 19 years as chef.
“St. Stephen’s is like my home! That’s why
I never left. I still get up in the morning,
happy to be coming here.”
Each day Noemia and her staff cook
for 85 children, many from lower income
families. “For some kids,” she says, “This is
the one big nutritious meal they get in a day.
now 2012
St. Stephen’s four provincially licensed
childcare centres meet the social, emotional,
cognitive and physical needs of 205 children
aged 3 months to 12 years . SSCH is dedicated to
full integration of children with special needs .
That’s part of what makes St. Stephen’s so
important and so special. It really makes a
difference to kids’ lives.”
“We make everything from scratch here;
the food is always fresh and nourishing and
we buy everything we can from Kensington
Market. We’ve built up a bond with the
sellers in the local area.” While her job has
changed over the years, with more food allergies
and special diets to cater to, you can
feel – and taste – the pride Noemia still takes
in her work and the satisfaction she gets
from her life at St. Stephen’s. “What makes
my day, every day, is the children. To hear
them tell me how they enjoyed their food,
how they love the smell of something, it’s
the best thing! To see happy kids and happy
parents makes me happy!”
social
indicator
In 2007, there
were 837,923
regulated child
care spaces
in Canada . In
Toronto, there
is currently
funding for only
24,000 childcare
subsidies, while
another 21,000
children are on a
waiting list .
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then 1977 Senior Services
The St. Stephen’s
Wah Luen Club for
Chinese seniors
social
indicator
In 1971, 8% of
the population
was 65 and over .
Kwai Lan Tam came to Canada, and
then co-founded our seniors club
Kwai Lan Tam and her husband left
Hong Kong and came to join their
daughter and two granddaughters
in Toronto in 1976. In doing so, they left
friends and familiarity behind. On arriving
in Canada, seniors, particularly those who
don’t speak English, can easily find themselves
socially adrift and isolated. “My parents
came because we were here and then
they had to rebuild their lives,” said Kwai
Lan Tam’s daughter, Tam Goossen.
But these seniors took action. They
didn’t just start rebuilding their own lives;
by co-founding the weekly Chinese seniors’
group, the Wah Luen Club, their efforts
also helped rebuild the lives of hundreds of
other seniors.
The charismatic Kwai Lan Tam said, “We
knocked on doors in the neighbourhood
to try to bring a group of seniors together.
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Then we had a group of five, but we needed
a group of ten to start a group at St. Stephen’s.
So we knocked on more doors.”
Their hard work paid off and the Wah
Luen Club was started at St. Stephen’s Community
House in 1977. “We even had an English
class,” said Kwai Lan Tam, proudly. Her
daughter added, “They felt the need to learn
English, to know more about Canada and
to make friends. They all became friends;
I witnessed that. We felt so much better
knowing they were not going to be isolated.”
“Being old is difficult because the kids
are gone, so if left alone too much, seniors
get depressed, they get sick,” said Kwai
Lan Tam. Instead, because of her and her
friends’ efforts and St. Stephen’s Community
House, Kwai Lan Tam and hundreds of
other Chinese Seniors have been able to live
their new lives in Canada to the fullest.

now 2012
St. Stephen’s Community House’s Seniors Activities Centre provides social or
recreational programs for active and frail seniors from the Chinese, Korean and
Portuguese communities . In 2011, the Adult Day Program provided 4,500 days of care for
frail seniors over 80 years old, many of whom live with disabilities or early Alzheimer’s .
St . Stephen’s senior’s program is a
‘real community’ – Tam Goossen
For almost 40 years after she co-founded
the Wah Luen Club, Kwai Lan Tam
remained very much a part of life at the
House. In 2003 she became an active member
in the St. Stephen’s Community House’s
Adult Day program for frail seniors.
Her daughter, Tam Goossen, told us,
“She loved the company here. She said it
was so much better than being by herself.
The seniors program is a real community.
She missed them the days they didn’t do
programming. A lot of the seniors did. They
did lots of activities. They did Tai Chi. They
went on great trips in the summer. They
visited parks. They went to all the casinos.
The other thing my mum liked was that she
got to be in the company of the Portuguese
seniors. She really liked the intercultural
exchange. The Portuguese seniors like
playing games with the Chinese seniors
and the two groups were always swapping
stories. There’s a lot of common ground;
they’d done their child-raising years, but
they weren’t ready for nursing homes yet.”
She added, “And my mum really enjoyed the
homemade Portuguese food!”
Tam Goossen continued, “When my
parents came from Hong Kong, it opened
my eyes about social services. St. Stephen’s
seniors programs make the lives of seniors
happier and more connected. The staff here
is excellent. They pick the seniors up and
bring them here. There’s a lot of physical
work, but they stay cheerful. They enjoy the
work. People trust St. Stephen’s; they have
taken their work so seriously. It is a great
comfort to the families.”
Kwai Lan Tam, a valued founder of all
our Seniors’ programming from 1976 onwards,
sadly, passed away in April 2012.
social
indicator
In 2010, 14.1% of
the population
was 65 and older
– an estimated
4 .8 million
Canadians . 13%
of immigrant
seniors live in
poverty, a rate
twice as high as
Canadian-born
seniors .
Tam Goossen with
her mother, Kwai
Lan Tam
st . stephen’s community house 1962–2012 | PAGE 19

St. Stephen’s dedicated, diverse and friendly

staff celebrate our 5oth anniversary

then 1983 Employment & Training Centre
Kevin Lee, third
from the right
social
indicator
In the early
1960s the
Federal minimum
wage was $1.25
per hour.
Kevin Lee, our employment programs
founder and innovator
Kevin Lee was a St. Stephen’s “kid”
growing up in the neighbourhood.
As a very talented adult, he joined the
House staff with increasingly responsible
positions from Youth Programs co-coordinator
to Assistant Executive Director. He has
now been Executive Director at Scadding
Court Community Centre, down the street,
for the last 15 years.
Back in the early 1980s, Kevin was working
at St. Stephen’s and was deeply concerned
about the high rate of unemployment
of youth and new immigrants in the
neighbourhood. He had a vision of St. Stephen’s
being an employment hub with job
training and job creation for local people.
With the help of a small federal government
grant, St. Stephen’s began offering job
search workshops and opened a job training
program – a thrift store, “The Goldmine”, in
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a basement on College Street. In 1983, Kevin
called it the “Youth Employment and Community
Economic Development Venture”.
Today it would be called social enterprise.
Around the same time, Kevin connected
Pierre Tetrault and Katherine Marielle
and together
they founded the
Kensington Youth
Theatre Ensemble
(KYTES) a program
for street youth.
One day, Kevin
received a call
from the police
at 3 a.m. – tragically,
three young
men had been shot
and one had died.
The victims were
Vietnamese boat
people. Kevin knew
that lack of jobs
and hope were part
of the problem,
and this tragedy
brought people together
in the community wanting to see solutions.
The Provincial Youth Development
Secretariat called offering help and that
was the beginning of St. Stephen’s Youth
Employment Counselling Centre in 1984.
Initially in the basement at 91 Bellevue, this
service has grown to its current home at
1415 Bathurst Street as the Employment and
Training Centre.
“When I started with St. Stephen’s,” says
Kevin, “There was 1 site with a staff of 25.
I left after 3 Executive Directors had come
and gone, and by that time there was 110
staff and 8 sites.”

now 2012
The Employment and Training Centre offers employment counselling and job
placement to people of all ages . In 2011, 2,074 students, youth and adults were
placed in jobs or career training . This is an incredible 77% success rate!
Chris and Anna: ‘St . Stephen’s did
this – they made this life possible!’
When Chris Pike first came to the
Employment and Training Centre
(ETC) in 1999, he was computerilliterate
and recovering from alcohol and
drug addiction. He says, “I couldn’t see what
I could make of a life that really had been
mauled by alcohol abuse. I wanted to get
into the workforce or go back to school, or
both, but I was feeling lost without computer
skills and I needed direction about how
to go forward.”
At the ETC, Chris’s employment counsellor,
Kim went above and beyond to support
him. She took what Chris thought “a totally
unworkable work history”, identified his
strengths and skills and helped him market
them. “She gave me the confidence that I
could actually turn my life around!” Now
computer-fluent and a full-time counsellor
at Anishnawbe Health Toronto, Chris
credits St. Stephen’s with getting him where
he is today.
Another person who felt road blocked by
lack of computer and language skills, Anna
Laziri came to Canada from the Congo with
her Bachelor’s degree in Accounting. Anna
was adrift in her new country, unable to
turn on a computer, send an email or even
use the Yellow Pages. When she joined Connections,
a computer training and customer
service program, her life changed for the
better. At St. Stephen’s, staff saw her passion
for helping people, recognised her many
skills and arranged a placement at a nonprofit
African community health service organization,
ACHES. It was a perfect fit. She
says, “St. Stephen’s helped me discover who
I was. They made a new beginning for me.”
Today, having graduated in Social Services
from Seneca College, Anna is working
at Africans in Partnerships Against AIDS,
but no longer on the front desk. Anna has
worked her way up to Community Development
Coordinator. She says, “St. Stephen’s
did this. They made this life possible!”
Both Anna and Chris are now working in
healthcare, giving back to the community
every day. They both credit St. Stephen’s
Employment and Training Centre with
helping them get to where they are today!
social
indicator
In 2012 in
Ontario, the
minimum wage
is $10.25 per
hour. Youth
unemployment
is recognized as
a global crisis .
In Ontario it
remains twice
the rate for
adults .
st . stephen’s community house 1962–2012 | PAGE 23

then 1986 Housing & Homeless Services
Brian McFarlane
with Executive
Director Liane
Regendanz
social
indicator
In 1962, there
were zero units
of supportive
housing .
Brian McFarlane helped start the
Caring Corner Drop-in at St. Stephen’s
The Doctor’s Hospital saw many men
and women each day who needed
more than health care. They needed a
place in the community to belong – a place
to tackle poverty, hunger and homelessness.
It was the Doctor’s Hospital Foundation that
provided the funding to open the doors of
the SSCH Caring Corner Drop-in in 1986.
Brian McFarlane joined the Doctors Hospital
in 1969 as Chief Operating Officer and
became the CEO in 1975. “I was very proud
that the Doctors Hospital Foundation, now
the Kensington Foundation, could provide
the seed funding to open the Caring
Corner 26 years ago. Our funding mandate
at the Foundation, in addition to funding
the Kensington Health entities, is for community
health and social services projects
that foster safe and healthy communities
and promote individual independence and
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wellbeing. The Caring Corner certainly met
those criteria.”
The Foundation donated $50,000 over
five years and Brian was at the opening of
the Caring Corner. “I remember the opening
event as full of hope and promise for the
lives of hungry visitors. We had no idea that
the Corner would grow over the years to
help so many people every day and provide
services such as supportive housing. We are
very happy to have played a part in their
success.”
The Kensington Foundation arose out of
the ashes of the Doctor’s Hospital. In 1998,
Mr. McFarlane, and the Board of Directors,
established the new foundation and the
Kensington Health Centre, which owns and
operates a 350-bed long-term care facility
and hospice in St. Stephen’s Kensington
neighbourhood.

now 2012
Housing and Homeless Services provides nutritious meals, assistance in finding
supportive and affordable housing to individuals who are living on the streets .
Program participants’ have access to psychiatric and physical health services,
addictions counselling and a Voluntary Trustee Program . In 2011, 258 people were
helped off the streets and into permanent housing . More than 60 of these adults
moved into new supportive housing units for people living with disabilities .
‘St . Stephen’s has helped me
become strong and independent’
Myha Trinh is another St. Stephen’s
success story. It’s wonderful to see
how Myha has flourished since her
first visit to the House.
When she first came to St. Stephen’s, her
physical and mental health challenges had
gone undiagnosed, she had anger issues
and she had difficulty interacting with others.
She had lived in a women’s shelter for
three years.
Myha slowly opened up about how she
had been emotionally abused by her family
and left with no income. Staff connected
Myha with a psychiatrist and other medical
professionals who diagnosed her complex
health issues. Through counselling,
she learned about
available resources,
coping methods and
how to recognize
symptoms before
they reach a crisis
point.
After coming for
just sporadic initial
appointments, Myha
started to attend
St. Stephen’s more
often, joining activities
such as painting
and knitting with
the women’s group
at The Corner.
In the few years
since she first came
to St. Stephen’s, Myha’s
life has changed
dramatically. She’s
now enrolled in a
computer class. Before she was too scared
to even turn a computer on. Myha has since
moved out of the women’s shelter, and she
is now one of the leaders of the Corner
Drop-in women’s group, teaching her peers
cooking and knitting.
She says, “I now have a stable income
and independence as well as knowledge of
community resources. I have learned many
social skills from the women’s group. While
working with my mental health consultant,
I learned how to fight for my rights and address
my mental and physical health issues.
St. Stephen’s has helped me to become a
strong and independent woman.”
social
indicator
In 2012 there
are 5,200 units
of supportive
housing in
Toronto for
people with
mental health
challenges .
Thousands
of people are
waiting for
supportive
housing, and
over 67,000
households are
on the waiting
list of subsidized
housing .
st . stephen’s community house 1962–2012 | PAGE 25

then 1985 Conflict Resolution & Training
Ruth Morris
(back right)
social
indicator
In 1987, income
from sales of
CRT professional
services was less
than $5,000 .
Ruth Rittenhouse Morris founded our
conflict resolution program
Conflict Resolution and Training, a
unique centre for solving conflicts,
was established at St. Stephen’s in 1985
by passionate, determined campaigner Ruth
Rittenhouse Morris. Founded to resolve
community disputes with the aid of trained
volunteers, the program was so successful
that by 1986, extra staff and larger premises
were needed. In its early years in the mid-
and late 1980s, over 30 volunteer mediators
were trained and more than 40 cases mediated
annually.
The Quakers in the World website (www.
quakersintheworld.org) hails Ruth as “one
of the world’s leading advocates for prison
abolition.” The website tells how the Buffalo,
New York native became an activist as a
response to the Vietnam War. She moved to
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Canada in 1968. An opponent of traditional,
costly “retributive justice”, Ruth developed
the concept of “transformative justice”, a
form of justice that aims to “bring communities
together — not just victim and offender
— and recognise the harm done to the
victim, the accountability of the offender
and the social roots of the problem.” Ruth
founded the Toronto Bail Program in 1979,
was a member of the Quaker Committee
on Jails and Justice, a founder of the International
Conference on Prison Abolition in
1983 and created The Rittenhouse — a New
Vision campaign for penal abolition in 1990.
In 2001 Ruth was awarded the Order of
Canada for her justice reform work. Sadly,
she died of kidney cancer just a few months
later.

now 2012
Conflict Resolution & Training provides community mediation; dispute resolution
services and training for organizations and businesses across the GTA and Ontario .
Lyn Adamson: Volunteer mediator
with St . Stephen’s for over 25 years
Whenever conflict resolution or
community mediation takes place
across Ontario, there’s a good
chance that the Conflict Resolution and
Training (CRT) team at St. Stephen’s had a
hand in its outcome. Through the CRT program,
hundreds of conflicts and complaints
have been resolved — and even more have
found solutions with the help of one of the
thousands of people trained by CRT. The
program is a story with literally thousands
of happier endings!
Although started as an initiative focused
on restorative justice and community mediation,
the program evolved to offer much
more sophisticated services. Peter Bruer,
Manager of CRT, says, “In the late 1980s,
organizations in Toronto started asking us
to do training and interventions, saying ‘We
have problems in our workplace’ and asking
us how to manage complaints and conflicts.
That was the genesis of the professional
program now a successful social enterprise.”
Today, in addition to assisting with interpersonal
problems, St. Stephen’s also works
with and provides training for non-profit
organizations, multinational companies,
prestigious educational institutions, Bay
Street lawyers, major hospitals, and city,
provincial and federal government agencies.
For Ontario organizations wanting
to set up their own community mediation
services, St. Stephen’s is the go-to training
provider.
“Our client base has become more complex
over the years,” says Peter, “But we still
concentrate on helping people
build stronger relationships and
work out how to solve future
problems themselves. We still
have the same philosophy embedded
in our work. It’s just scaled
up. A lot!”
He adds, “Lyn Adamson was
one of the first volunteer mediators
trained at St. Stephen’s
in 1985. She went on to coordinate
the community mediation
service. When she left to go into
private practice she became an
Associate, providing professional
mediation and training services
on contract to our wide range of
clients. Twenty-seven years later,
she is still a volunteer mediator!
Perhaps Lyn best represents the
hundreds of committed volunteers
and associates who make St.
Stephen’s one of the best-known
dispute resolution services in the
field.”
social
indicator
In 2011–12,
income from
sales of
professional
services was
more than
$200,000.
Despite our
success,
community
mediation
programs across
Ontario struggle
for recognition
and support .
St . Stephen’s
continues to
champion
transformative
justice .
st . stephen’s community house 1962–2012 | PAGE 27

then 1988 Wellness Promotion Program
social
indicator
In 1981 in
Ontario, there
were 3 people
diagnosed with
AIDS, with the
number of cases
peaking at 745 in
1993 .
Providing HIV / AIDS education with
cultural and linguistic sensitivity
In 1997, Esmeralda Carvalho
worked as a Community
Health Educator at St. Stephen’s,
providing education
and awareness on HIV/AIDS
to the Portuguese-speaking
community.
“As I worked with the
community it became apparent
that there was a lack of
culturally and linguistically
specific services available. For
example, some HIV+ Portuguese
people were using their
children to accompany them
to doctors to translate their
diagnosis. Others didn’t know
about the AIDS Committee of
Toronto (ACT), St. Stephen’s
Wellness Program or any
other program meant to assist
them. Even those who did
know of these services faced
language barriers and a lack
of written information.”
As St. Stephen’s Wellness
Program, which was founded
in 1988, became better
known, more affected Portuguese
families began to seek out counselling
and interpretation. Although this was not
the program mandate, Esmeralda and a few
volunteers did their best to support them.
“However,” she says, “These increased pressures
led me (with St. Stephen’s approval) to
seek the support of Toronto’s Department
of Public Health. I met with Brian Paris and
Edie Cabecinha to discuss the challenges
facing the Portuguese community. I told
them about families, husbands and wives
affected with AIDS, some having passed
away because they had not been properly
PAGE 28 | st . stephen’s community house 1962–2012
diagnosed, others because
they did not take meds
as directed. Others were
experiencing shock, after
learning that not only had
their spouses passed away,
but they too were infected.
Children were distraught,
some left orphaned. The
stigma was still rampant in
the community and I, in my
limited capacity in the program,
was not in a position
to properly help them.”
They arranged a meeting
with the Ministry of Health,
which led to the development
of a group that worked
to identify community
needs and solutions. At that
point, Jose Medeiros from
St. Christopher’s House and
other community partners
became involved.
Jose says, “Esmeralda
and I worked very hard and,
along with Brian and Edie,
wrote the first successful
funding application and
hired the first outreach worker for Portuguese-speaking
men having sex with men.”
That partnership led to the creation of the
VIVER Coalition. Things evolved quickly,
with increased coalition membership, a
partnership with ACT and additional staff.
VIVER went from strength to strength. Since
1997, it has helped hundreds of Portuguesespeaking
people from southwestern Ontario.
Esmeralda and Jose are both very proud
of their involvement. “We had momentum
and we did great work,“ says Jose.

now 2012
HELLO BABY! – peer support
and education for new mothers
Maria Sheila Sebuc, a newcomer to
Canada who arrived in Toronto
from the Philippines in 2005, first
heard about St. Stephen’s Wellness program
from the House’s settlement assistant at her
community centre. Hello Baby Circle group
was exactly what the expectant mother
needed to help her prepare for the arrival
of her little one. She started coming to the
Circle when she was just three months
pregnant.
Maria is just one of 175 women who attend
St. Stephen’s three weekly perinatal
drop-ins for pre- and post-natal women.
She says, “Coming to the Hello Baby Circle
at St. Stephen’s has helped a lot because
it’s my first time, this is my first baby. I’ve
learned about the proper foods I need to
eat and I’ve had help learning how to take
proper care of a newborn baby.”
The popular drop-ins also offer mothers
and mothers-to-be valuable peer support
from other women in all three trimesters
of pregnancy and in the early stages of
motherhood. Young mothers like Maria
who are new to Canada benefit hugely from
the companionship. She says, “I’ve made
friends who I talk to every time I’m here. We
have the same questions. We’re in the same
situation. Before coming here, we didn’t
know what to expect.”
She adds, “If someone is thinking about
coming here, I always let them know it really
helps a lot, especially if it is a first baby.
You learn so much information about the
baby that sometimes you don’t know. You
really learn a lot.”
In April, everyone at St. Stephen’s was
delighted to welcome Maria back with the
Baby Circle’s newest member, her beautiful
little daughter, born at the end of March!
Wellness Promotion focuses on HIV/AIDS
education and prevention, and pre- and
post-natal health for newcomers to Canada
and the Portugese, Mandarin, Cantonese,
and English-speaking communities .
social
indicator
In 2009 in
Ontario, 270
people were
diagnosed of
AIDS . Overall
newcomers
and immigrant
women report
more problems
accessing
health care and
therefore more
episodes of poor
health .
st . stephen’s community house 1962–2012 | PAGE 29

then 1990 Youth Services
social
indicator
The percentage
of youth aged 20
to 24 in Canada
who were not
attending school
and had not
graduated from
high school was
16.6% in 1990-
1991.
The Arcade was groundbreaking,
and also heartbreaking
The Youth Arcade was a place neighbourhood
kids came to talk, share, learn,
dream, create, cry, work and explore.
For the staff, it was an opportunity to take
risks – it was groundbreaking, but also heartbreaking.
As Kate Scowen, one of the first youth
workers and manager of the early Arcade
states “While we reached many kids and
helped them to tackle big issues, there were
also some that slipped through the cracks,
no matter how much support we gave them.
This is the reality of youth work. But, the
Arcade was a special place to many kids over
the years, and we worked hard with many
neighbourhood families to get them the
support they needed to survive, and thrive.”
Staff worked with local schools and
social service agencies to get the support
in place for at-risk kids and families. They
spent a lot of time advocating for the best
services that would move everyone for-
PAGE 30 | st . stephen’s community house 1962–2012
ward. What drew kids to the Arcade was
the freedom of a place they could call their
own, where they could direct programming
and where their ideas were heard. It was
the staff who were pillars of the program,
people who understood what it means to be
young and who helped create a safe place
within the confines of an unsafe world.
They kept the kids coming back and it was
this freedom that grew all the creative
youth-directed programming that made the
Arcade stand out, programs like Venus and
The Youth and New Media Internship Program.
They never shied away from tackling
the big issues: sex, drugs, violence, conflict,
poverty – because these were the real issues
kids were dealing with. There was a sense
of pride among the staff that worked at the
Arcade; they were being true to the kids
who came there; they saw themselves as advocates
and enablers that would help them
make positive and healthy decisions.
Kate Scowen has
fond memories of
these early years,
“More than twenty
years later, we are
still friends and are
connected to many of
the youth (now adults
themselves) who
came to the Arcade.
The longevity of those
relationships is the
true testament to the
impact and meaning
of what the Arcade
brought to youth and
families in Kensington
Market.”

now 2012
Youth Services is a safe hub for neighbourhood youth to drop-in at lunch and afterschool
to participate in alternative social, recreational and creative activities . Youth have
access to specialized services designed for academic success, career information
and leadership skill development . In 2011, over 1,400 youth visited the Arcade or
participated in a workshop .
Hal Smith: from young offender
to ‘pure gentleman’
With a history of selling drugs and
occasional violence, when Hal first
came to Arcade Youth Program,
he was heading down a bad path. “I used to
sell drugs. There was a little bit of violence. I
got in trouble a lot,” he says. “I was expelled
from school and placed in the Expulsion
Program. But I worked hard and did pretty
well. A few days were touch and go; there
were some arguments, but I got to know the
counsellors. They all do a lot for me. They’re
constant in your life. You get the real sense
they want to be involved in your life. To see
how you’re doing.”
In the years he’s been involved with
St. Stephen’s, Hal has participated in the
Alternatives to Hate program, young men’s
group G Spot and Boundless Adventures,
leadership training and community service
program. He graduated high school last
year after what he calls “a long high school
career” of eight years and seven different
schools. Typically, Hal sees the bright side.
“It took a while, but I got to meet a lot of
different people all over the city and experienced
a lot of different learning environments.”
Now a mature, independent, articulate
21-year-old, staff members describe Hal as
“a gentleman through and through” and
talk of him having “a smile and a handshake
for everyone.” Hal credits the Arcade with
helping him get to where he is today. “Now
I have a clean record. I’m working out,
reading, doing artworks. I’m working at
Canadian Tire, paying the rent on my own
apartment.”
“Since I first came to St. Stephen’s, I’ve
cleaned up my life a lot. Now I get a lot out
of NOT doing that bad stuff. A big part of
that is from coming here. I see others going
down that path and that reinforces my own
ideals, it reinforces that I’m doing the right
thing. I’ve kept involved here. I want to be a
role model for the younger guys and bring
out their best.”
social
indicator
The percentage
of those aged 20
to 24 in Canada
who were not
attending school
and had not
graduated from
high school
was 8.5% in
2009-2010.
St .Stephen’s
works to keep
youth in school
and helped 26
youth graduate
in 2011 with
extra high
school credits
earned in Arcade
programs .
st . stephen’s community house 1962–2012 | PAGE 31

leadership Board of Directors
Back row (L–R): Ann Mitchell, Charles Gordon, Grace Nalbandian, Clio Godkewitsch, Associate Executive Director
Bill Sinclair . Front row (L-R): Maureen Atkinson, Rob Ecclestone, Barbara Mellman, Nyron Dwyer, Mark Smye .
Missing: Tracey Rees, Cynthia Bliss, Julia Maxwell, Jennifer Scott
St. Stephen’s Community House Executive Directors
Don Paterson 1962–1972
Valerie March 1983–1988
Brian Smith 1972–1978
Wyn Chivers 1988–1996
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Shirley Hoy 1978–1980 Phil Le Blanc 1980–1983
Liane Regendanz 1996–pres .

St. Stephen’s Community House Board Presidents
Rev . Cam Russel 1974–1976
Elizabeth Beeton 1983–1985
Mary Walton-Ball 1991–1992
Wendy Kwong 1998–2000
Ann Mitchell 2010–present
Alice Heap 1976–1978
Donna Dasko 1985–1988
Ron Lavoie 1992–1995
Andy Gallagher 2000–2003
Phil Gandon 1978–1980
John Wissent 1988–1990
Robyn Collver 1995–1996
Celia Denov 2003–2007
THANKS TO LEADERS AND VOLUNTEERS
Angela Longo 1980–1983
Peter Strathy 1990–1991
Martin Zichy 1996–1998
Keith Durrant 2007–2010
Thanks to the hundreds of Board members who have provided leadership and
support during the past 50 years . These talented volunteer leaders are an integral
part of the thousands of volunteers who contributed to St . Stephen’s success .
Thank you to the 399 volunteers who contributed over 20,000 volunteer hours in
2011 .
st . stephen’s community house 1962–2012 | PAGE 33

friends In Remembrance
Alice Mildred Heap July 20, 1925 – March 24, 2012
Alice Heap was a wife and mother, grandmother, great- grandmother; Christian,
pacifist, socialist and community activist extraordinaire. She was Board President
of St. Stephen’s Community House from 1976–1978. Alice is missed by the many that
enjoyed her radical hospitality, her practical solidarity and her boundless love over
the years. In addition to St. Stephen’s Community House, many causes were dear
to her heart, including, but not limited to: the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, the
Canadian Council for Refugees and the Christian Peacemaker Teams.
The Honourable Jack Layton July 18, 1950 – Aug . 22, 2011
Jack Layton was the Leader of the New Democratic Party from 2003-2011. Through
three decades of public service, and as leader of Canada’s New Democrats, Jack
dedicated his life to a building a better, fairer Canada. “My friends, love is better
than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us
be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.” (August 20, 2011).
Getting things done for people was the hallmark of Jack’s years in Ottawa. Day in
and day out.he showed a rare passion, determination and skill. Both a fighter and
bridge-builder, he never lost sight of why he was involved in public life. Jack met
Olivia Chow, his partner of many years, at a St. Stephen’s Chinese Banquet.
Kwai Lan Tam Dec . 9, 1916 – Apr . 24, 2012
Kwai Lan Tam and her husband arrived in Canada in 1976 to join their daughter and
granddaughters. As seniors, unable to speak English, they found themselves socially
isolated. This enterprising couple took action to rebuild their life in Canada. Co-
founding the weekly St. Stephen’s Chinese seniors’ group, the Wah Luen Club in 1977,
Kwai Lan Tam and hundreds of other Chinese seniors have been able to live their
new lives in Canada to the fullest. For almost 40 years after she co-founded the Wah
Luen Club, Kwai Lan Tam remained very much a part of life at the House, attending
St. Stephen’s Senior Activity Centre regularly.
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supporters make all the difference
50 years of support from all
corners of the community
Thank you for all that you do
for us. St. Stephen’s Community
House is able to accomplish
so much for so many people
because of the steadfast support
from three levels of government,
foundations , businesses, corporations,
service clubs, churches, individuals
and United Way Toronto.
Thanks to our donors, St. Stephen’s
continues to be a place of
empowerment and positive change
for families and individuals for
three generations.
Your continued generosity
across the decades have provided
tens of thousands of low-income
1962 Nathanael
Institute leaves
91 Bellevue
1962 St . Stephen’s
Community
House founded
1962 Youth activities
and Camps begin
1964 English Classes
begin
1973 Decision made
to establish an
independent,
secular
organization
1974 St . Stephen’s
Community
House
incorporated
1975 St . Stephen’s
Child Care Centre
opens
1977 Chinese Senior
Citizens Group
begins
1978 Anglican Diocese
transfers
ownership of
91 Bellevue to
St . Stephen’s
Property
Corporation
1979 CUPE union
certification
1981 King Edward
Child Care Centre
opens
1982 Youth
Employment
& Community
Economic
Development
1983 Gold Mine Thrift
Shop opens
1983 Kensington Youth
Theatre Ensemble
KYTES begins
1984 Youth
Employment
Counselling
Centre YECC
opens
children, youth, seniors, newcomers,
and people who are homeless
with safe refuge, fresh starts and
hope for a better tomorrow.
Our deepest gratitude to three
successful Capital Campaign Chairs,
J. Spencer Lanthier, Bob Wong and
1985 Conflict
Resolution
Services begins
1986 Caring Corner
Drop-in opens
1988 HIV/AIDS
Education
program starts
1988 Elderly Persons
Centre opens
1989 Community
Service Order
CSO program
begins
1990 Drug Free Youth
Arcade opens
1993 Harbourfront
Child Care Centre
opens
1994 Employment and
Training Centre
opens
1995 Adult Day
Program for
Seniors begins
Rebecca Leigh and all our donors.
Your gifts, large and small,
multi-year or monthly promote
authentic responses to the needs of
our community in multiple ways.
As you have read in this commemorative
programme, the
stories of our service participants
express it best:
• “St. Stephen’s helped me discover
who I was. They made this life
possible.”
• “ ... now my life is something”
Thank you Urban Legendz (our
youth program supporters), Opportunity
Fund (monthly donors),
to our Capital Campaign Ground
Breakers, Leaders, Builders, Investors,
Partners, Neighbours and all
our Friends!
St. Stephen’s is here today because
all of you have been there for us.
THE ST . STEPHEN’S TIMELINE, 1962–2012
1995 Connections
Employment
program begins
1996 Perinatal
Nutrition Program
starts
1997 Waterfront Child
Care Centre
opens
1998 Senior Activities
Centre opens
2000 “Kensington”
book published
2001 Toronto Drop-in
Network TDIN
founded
2002 Augusta Centre
opens
2002 Odette Place
Supportive
Housing opens
2004 Hello Baby Circle
Perinatal program
starts
2004 Newcomer Family
Centre opens
2005 Mobilizer
Employment
Centre opens
2006 “Little Black
Book for Girls”
published
2007 REPLAY program
for youth begins
2008 “Little Black
Book for Guys”
published
2010 Toronto
Community
Addiction Team
TCAT begins
2010 Newcomer Centre
in North York
opens
2011 Opportunity
Knocks
Employment
program begins
2012 “It’s Not All
Black and White”
published
st . stephen’s community house 1962–2012 | PAGE 35

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Providing complementary healthcare education since 1986
Feeling Stressed out?
Tired?
Suffer from Aches and Pains?
Shiatsu Student Clinic:
Shiatsu Student Clinic is an excellent source for relaxation and
rejuvenation for overall health and well being.
Wednesdays
10:15am, 12:15pm, 2:45pm and 4:30pm
Single Treatment: $35.00 +tax
Acupuncture Student Clinic
This clinic is ideal for those who would like to try acupuncture for
the first time and are interested in learning more about their
body's condition from an eastern therapeutic perspective.
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 6:15pm and 8pm
Sundays: 10:15am, 11:45am, 2:30pm and 4:00pm
Single Treatment: $20.00 +tax
Chinese Herbal Student Clinic
This clinic is ideal for those who would like to try Chinese Herbs for
the first time and are interested in natural herbs for healing
Tuesdays and Thursdays: 6:15pm, 7:15pm, and 8:15 pm
Starting June 2012
Single Treatment: $20.00 +tax
Our Professional Clinic services:
Shiatsu and Acupuncture $75.00
( Buy 5 & Save $75.00)
Registered Massage Therapy $80.00
547 College Street Toronto, Ontario M6G 1A9
Telephone: (416) 323-1818 ext.23
Toll-free: 1-800-263-1703
Email: admin@shiatsucanada.com
Website: www.shiatsucanada.com

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ST. STEPHEN’S COMMUNITY
HOUSE LOCATIONS
sschTO.ca 416.925.2103
BELLEVUE CENTRE
Administration, Child Care, Conflict
Resolution Service, Wellness
Promotion
91 Bellevue Avenue
Toronto, ON M5T 2N8
416-925-2103
AUGUSTA CENTRE
Corner Drop-in, Language Training
and Newcomer Services, L.L. Odette
Place, Youth Services, Community
Development
260 Augusta Avenue
Toronto, ON M5T 2L9
416-964-8747
EMPLOYMENT AND
TRAINING CENTRE
1415 Bathurst Street
Toronto, ON M5R 3H8
416-531-4631
HARBOURFRONT CHILD CARE
CENTRE
650 Queens Quay West, Suite 101
Toronto, ON M5V 3N2
416-203-1300
WATERFRONT CHILD CARE CENTRE
635 Queens Quay West
Toronto, ON M5V 3G3
416-260-9442
KING EDWARD CHILD CARE CENTRE
112 Lippincott Street
Toronto, ON M5S 2P1
416-922-8705
KENSINGTON HEALTH CENTRE
Senior Activities Centre (Suite 360),
Language Training and Newcomer
Services (Suite 502), Toronto
Community Addiction Team (Suite 108)
340 College Street
Toronto, ON M5T 3A9
416-929-3281 (Senior Centre)
416-353-4331 (TCAT)
NEWCOMER CENTRE
Language Training and Newcomer
Services
5231 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON M2N 5P8
416-222-9002
OSSINGTON AVE.
Shaw St.
3
Davenport Rd.
BATHURST ST.
TTC Bathurst
TTC Ossington
QUEEN ST.
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Bill Sinclair, Liane Regendanz,
Francine Freeman
Photography Vincenzo Pietropaolo and
St. Stephen’s archives
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ST. CLAIR CLAIR AVE. AVE.
TTC St. Clair W.
SPADINA RD. SPADINA AVE.
Lippincott
Oxford
6 7
Augusta
Bellevue
BATHURST ST.
GARDINER
1 2
8
Ellerslie Norton
Park Home
YONGE ST.
YONGE ST.
AVENUE RD. UNIVERSITY
BLOOR ST.
TTC Spadina
4 5
Empress
TTC North York Centre
SHEPPARD AVE.
TTC St. Clair
COLLEGE ST.
TTC Yonge–Bloor
DUNDAS ST.
EXPRESSWAY
Queen’s Quay W.
LAKE ONTARIO
TTC College