Haimanot is an Employment Counsellor at Skills for Change. Haimanot is married and has a beautiful 3-year-old daughter. She was born in Ethiopia and moved to Canada when she was 25 years old. She still misses the close-knit and intimate community of her home Country. Before working in the nonprofit sector, Haimanot worked as a nurse. “It was a…
Maria is currently a client at Skills for Change. In October 2018, she enrolled in the Skills for Change’s Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) course to improve her English language skills. She’s a newcomer who was born in Venezuela and arrived in Canada two years ago with her husband and her…
Today is Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. To commemorate the day and the female victims of violence, Skills for Change commits to supporting women to join the movement in eliminating forms of violence against women and girls. The history of our Agency has a strong grounding in providing support…
Ana Laura is a current client with Skills for Change and is enrolled in the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) program levels 6 and 7. She was born in Brazil, close to the capital city of Brasilia, and arrived in Canada in 2010. Before arriving in Toronto, she studied law and worked at a…
Kateryna (also known as Kate) is a Marketing and Events Assistant at Skills for Change. Kateryna is a newcomer who moved to Canada from Ukraine three years ago. She began her relationship with Skills for Change as a client by participating in our mentoring program back in March. By June, she joined our marketing team…
