Our services are funded by the IRCC (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada)
We provide settlement services in the following schools:
AY Jackson SS | Dallington PS | Loretto Abbey CSS | St. Antoine Daniel CS |
Arbor Glen PS | Don Valley MS | MacDonald CI | St. Cyril CS |
Avondale schools | Donsview MH&W Academy | McKee PS | St. Edward CS |
Beverly Glen JPS | Drewry SS | Muirhead PS | St. Gabriel CS |
Blessed Sacrament CS | Earl Haig SS | Newtonbrook SS | St. Gerald CS |
Blessed Trinity CS | Ernest PS | North Bridlewood JPS | St. Joseph Morrow Park CSS |
Brebeuf College | Fairglen JPS | North East Year Round Alternative Ctr | St. Kateri Tekakwitha CS |
Brian PS | Fenside PS | Our Lady of Guadalupe CS | St. Matthias CS |
Bridlewood JPS | Finch PS | Pineway PS | St. Paschal Baylon CS |
Cameron PS | Forest Manor PS | Pleasant PS | St. Timothy CS |
Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts | George S. Henry Academy | Pleasant View MS | Steelesview PS |
Cherokee PS | Georges Vanier SS | RJ Lang E&MS | Three Valleys PS |
Chester Le JPS | Highland MS | Rene Gordon H&W Academy | Vradenburg JPS |
Churchill PS | Hillmount PS | Roywood PS | Willowdale MS |
Claude Watson School for the Arts | JB Tyrrell SPS | Seneca Hill PS | Woodbine MS |
Cliffwood PS | Kingslake PS | Shaughnessy PS | Zion Heights MS |
Cresthaven PS | Lescon PS | Sir Ernest MacMillan SPS | |
Crestview PS | Lester B Pearson ES | Sir Ernest MacMillan SPS | |
Cummer Valley MS | Lillian PS | St. Agnes CS |
(Revised: April 2025)
Services are provided in the following languages:
Arabic | Cantonese | Dari | Farsi |
Hindi | Korean | Mandarin | Pashto |
Punjabi | Russian | Tagalog | Ukrainian |
Urdu |
For further information, please contact -
Tanya Yousufi
PROGRAM MANAGER
(416) 292-7510 ext. 1303 / (647) 999-7640
tanya.yousufi@cicscanada.com
Chris Wang
PROGRAM CO-ORDINATOR
(416) 292-7510 ext. 1137 / (647) 332-4339
chris.wang@cicscanada.com
Enquiry:
(416) 292-7510 ext. 1301
swis.lsp@cicscanada.com
Name of Settlement Worker | Phone Number | Email Address |
Alaa Alrewishdi (Arabic) |
647-678-2758 | alaa.alrewishdi@cicscanada.com |
Andy Shum (Cantonese and Mandarin) |
647-881-1043 | andy.shum@cicscanada.com |
Bing Liu (Mandarin and Cantonese) |
647-888-1494 | bing.liu@cicscanada.com |
Charlyn Tocmo (Tagalog) |
647-999-5340 | charlyn.tocmo@cicscanada.com |
Dorsa Ahmadi (Farsi and Dari) |
647-999-6820 | dorsa.ahmadi@cicscanada.com |
Iona Seo (Korean) |
647-999-6012 | iona.seo@cicscanada.com |
Iris Iskander (Arabic) |
647-999-1679 | iris.iskander@cicscanada.com |
Iris Yang (Mandarin) |
647-999-6397 | iris.yang@cicscanada.com |
Kimia Nouri (Farsi and Dari) |
647-999-8623 | kimia.nouri@cicscanada.com |
Nidhi Gogia (Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi) |
647-332-9550 | nidhi.gogia@cicscanada.com |
Siavash Kohzad (Dari, Farsi, Pashto, Hindi and Urdu) |
647-999-3106 | siavash.kohzad@cicscanada.com |
Sue Kim (Korean) |
416-455-8531 | sue.kim@cicscanada.com |
Svetlana Kravchenko (Russian and Ukrainian) |
647-999-9385 | svetlana.krachenko@cicscanada.com |
Tetiana Tymoshenko (Ukrainian and Russian) |
647-215-3326 | tetiana.tymoshenko@cicscanada.com |
Year Round Services at TDSB Secondary Assessment Centre (TSAC) and TCDSB Orientation Centre (OC):
The Assessment/Orientation Centre has multilingual staff that can assist newcomer students and their families. Newcomer families will also have a chance to meet at the Assessment/Orientation Centre with a Settlement Worker, who can give them information on settlement topics such as finding housing, looking for employment, accessing health care in Ontario, and connecting with a variety of support agencies. All secondary students must make an appointment with the Assessment/Orientation Centre by telephone.
SEPT Services During Summer:
Newcomer Orientation Week (NOW)
The Newcomer Orientation Week program provides orientation to newly- arrived high school students. Over three and-a-half days in the last week of the summer, the students are oriented to their school by Peer Leaders-students who were newcomers in recent years.
Welcome and Information for Newcomers (WIN)
The Welcome and Information for Newcomers program was developed to help newcomer teens entering middle school (grades 6-8). WIN uses some of the same programming elements as NOW but is one day instead of four. Whereas NOW is a full orientation to high school, WIN is a basic introduction intended to build a positive foundation for parents and students to interact with the school and settlement worker. Peer leaders are also central to WIN, helping demonstrate elements in the program and to build friendships with the newcomer students.
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