One of New Leaf’s priorities is being led by the communities we engage with. During the pandemic, our goal has been to learn what youth need/want and re-envision our work and our offerings in a way that’s responsive. Over the months of April and May, we carried out consultations and distributed a survey and grocery cards […]
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As we all put one step in front of the other and move through this unprecedented time, I hope this letter finds you all safe and healthy. At New Leaf, we’re feeling fueled by our shared passion to support our communities. While we miss seeing youth and partners face to face, we are focusing on the
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New Leaf Foundation is working hard behind the scenes to transition our work from frontline to online so that we can continue to support as many youth as possible during the COVID-19 quarantine. First thing up! Our program facilitators have created some home practice videos for youth, parents, educators and anyone who would benefit from them.
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New Leaf is excited to partner with The Forgiveness Project on an amazing event they created to support folks who are incarcerated during this difficult time. Our organization has been engaging youth in custody facilities across Ontario since 2007, and we know this period when restorative community programs, like the ones The Forgiveness Project and New
On behalf of the entire New Leaf team, I hope you’re all taking very good care of yourselves during this unprecedented time. I know that many of you are experiencing high levels of stress around the health, safety and financial security of yourselves and your loved ones, and we are sending out warmest wishes to you
Letter from our Executive Director Read More »
With the generous financial support of our donors, New Leaf was able to accomplish so much over the 2018/19 year, including rebuilding our program evaluation strategy and investing in youth leadership. We contributed meaningfully to our “Whole Schools Initiative” which aims to support both students and the adults in their lives in order to reduce cycles
Annual Report 2018/19 Read More »
Each September, our team hits the ground running to put our school initiatives back into place for the year. We’re kicking off this school year offering 18 programs in partnership with 9 TDSB elementary and secondary schools. All of these 24-week programs will launch throughout the month of October. As well, our community drop-in programs in
We’re gearing up for a busy fall! Read More »
Summer is in full swing, and we have wrapped up our TDSB school programs for the year. We’d like to thank every participant we’ve engaged, as well as the staff that make our programs come together, and our team of amazing program facilitators for a fantastic year! Over the 2018/19 school year, New Leaf offered 20
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The 2017/18 year has been a fantastic one for New Leaf, and I would like to take a moment to thank all of our programming partners, funders, facilitators, staff and participants for their dedication. This year marked a huge milestone for us, which was the launch of a new training for educators, called Building Blocks of
Annual Report 2017/18 Read More »
As we approach the end of 2018, our team is taking some time to reflect on the impact we have made this year, thanks to your support. We were so thrilled to have launched an innovative new training for school staff—called Building Blocks for Resilience—which reached close to 50 educators from schools across Toronto. The goal
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