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We’re excited to relaunch our community-giving campaign, Better Together, and are aiming to raise a much-needed $20,000 to bring our valued programs to schools, youth justice and community settings across the Greater Toronto Area and southern Ontario. If there’s ever a time we needed our community to step up for young people, it’s now.

We’re excited to announce that New Leaf Foundation is a grant recipient of the Government of Canada’s Community Services Recovery Fund. Through the support of this funding, we will be piloting, assessing, and finalizing a hybrid program model that will integrate the resources we developed during the pandemic with our in-person programming model.

As autumn arrives, our team is springing into action to re-establish our school initiatives for another exciting year. We’re kicking off this school year with the goal of growing our programs within TDSB schools and forming a partnership with a new school board.

New Leaf Foundation announces departure of Laura Sygrove as Executive Director New Leaf Foundation’s Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of Executive Director Laura Sygrove and is announcing her departure, effective October 31, 2023. Throughout her 16-year tenure as New Leaf’s Executive Director, and as co-founder of the organization, Laura has played an invaluable role

“There’s no problem that exists that gets better when we don’t talk about it.” – Kier Gaines (Therapist & Educator) For months now, we’ve been hearing a similar theme when speaking with many of New Leaf’s school and community partners. The core message goes like this: “We’ve never seen anything like it.” What these teachers, youth

Connection and community support have perhaps never been so critical. The last two and half years have taken a toll on so many, and young people between the ages of 15-24 may be experiencing some of the worst impacts on their mental and emotional health.