About Us
The Newcomers' Centre
The Newcomers' Centre Team
Our Team speaks over 10 languages other than English
- Arabic
- Cantonese
- Dari
- Farsi
- Hindi
- Malayalam
- Mandarin
- Panjabi
- Pashto
- Sinhala
- Tagalog
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Urdu
- Ukrainian
- Russian
Who Do We Serve?
- Permanent Residents
- Convention Refugees
- Protected Persons
- Live-in Caregivers
- LGBTQ+ newcomers
- Newcomer seniors
- Newcomer youth
- Ukrainians on CUAET visa
Legal Assistance Centre
ACSA's Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) is a two-year project funded by The Law Foundation of Ontario to increase the capacity of ACSA to address the legal needs of immigrants, refugees and racialized groups in Toronto East (Scarborough). It focuses on 4 areas of Law: Immigration, Housing, Family and Youth Justice.
Project activities:
- Capacity building for ACSA staff, clients, volunteers and partners;
- Mobilization of legal professionals/law experts from various groups and associations;
- Creation of ACSA Legal Assistance Centre to provide pro-bono services at various ACSA locations;
Covid 360 Wrap Around Support
COVID 360 is an intensive, wrap-around support that offers vital services that is client-centred, holistic and considers the many barriers faced by newcomer families, isolated individuals and those who are most impacted by the Covid-19 crisis.
Who is Eligible?
- Newcomer arrivals doing self-isolation or mandatory quarantine
- Individuals infected by Covid-19 and their caregivers
- Isolated individuals with chronic illnesses, injured or inflicted with physical disabilities
- Personal Support Workers/Frontliners/Essential Workers who are in need
What we offer:
- Food essentials and care packages curbside pick up or delivery
- Digital & Language Literacy for families and kids
- Laptop lending program
- Virtual Information sessions
- Connection to other resources to cope with Covid-19 crisis
- Referral to resources
Locations and Hours
We are now open for in-person services with limited capacity. Please call to book your appointment.
9:00am to 5:00pm
Itinerant Locations
(temporarily on hold due to Covid-19)
Toronto Public Library-McGregor Park Branch (2219 Lawrence Avenue East), 1-3pm, Tuesdays
Toronto Public Library –Kennedy & Eglinton Branch (2380 Eglinton Ave E), itinerant services are temporary on-hold but Citizenship Test Workshops are on-going
Toronto Public Library-Cedarbrae Branch (545 Markham Rd.), 2-4pm, 2nd and 4th Thursday of the Month
Scarborough General Hospital (3030 Lawrence Ave. E,, Suite 108) 9:30am-2pm, 2nd Wednesday of the Month
Contact Person
Jamillah T. Mananghaya-Poernama, RSW
Senior Manager, Newcomers' Centre
1911 Kennedy Rd. Unit 205, Scarborough, ON M1P 2L9
Tel: (416) 292-6912 ext. 323
Fax: (416) 292-6913
Email: mjamillah@agincourtcommunityservices.com
Thank you for the support of our funders, past and present:
