Christie Refugee Welcome Centre
Shelter and a warm welcome for refugee claimant families
Who they are
Christie Refugee Welcome Centre
Christie Refugee Welcome Centre, near Christie and Bloor in Toronto's Annex, has provided emergency shelter and a warm welcome to refugee claimant families of every background for more than three decades.
Families who stay there receive the care and support they need to pursue their refugee claims and begin their new lives in Canada.
- Where
- Toronto
- What they are
- Refugee shelter and support
What they do for Open Ice
Community Referral PartnerWhat Christie Refugee Welcome Centre does for Open Ice
Christie Refugee Welcome Centre is a Community Referral Partner. They share the Open Ice application, and a partner link of their own, with the families they serve, so that children who have never played hockey can apply for a free place at camp, with a full set of equipment they keep.
Their partner linkopen-ice.org/apply?ref=christie-refugee
Thank you
Thank you, Christie Refugee Welcome Centre
Thank you. A family that has never been near a rink does not find a free hockey camp on its own. It finds one because someone it already trusts passes it on. You are that someone, and every application that arrives with your name on it is a child who gets a fair chance at the ice.
Andrew AdairFounder and President, Open Ice Initiative
Become a partner
Share Open Ice with your families
Schools, settlement agencies and community organizations can refer a family directly, or write to us for a partner link of their own.