With the percentage of renters increasing in Ontario and across Canada, the affordable housing crisis is becoming truly untenable — especially for our country’s most vulnerable populations. Renters in Ontario now…
In the waning, lazy days of summer, Tony Roost was focused on back-to-school, and thinking about what the children living at Nellie’s would need to start the year off right.…
September 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day for all Canadians to recognize the ongoing trauma caused by residential schools, and honour the children who never…
The move to the new shelter in February has opened up a lot of new possibilities for us. It is no secret that in the old building, we were cramped…
Beatrix Montanile was living in Los Angeles when she first started attending, and later teaching, yoga in the park classes. It was the early 2000s and these pay-what-you-can yoga classes…
A board member since 2017, Dana Granofsky has played a key role in guiding Nellie’s through a number of major changes, primarily the purchase, renovation and move to our new…
“There will be many more like me that will walk into Nellie’s … and come out stronger for it.” In 2017, Krystal Joseph showed up on Nellie’s doorstep, pregnant with…
The move to the new shelter building this past winter gave us much more than additional space. It made us one of just a handful of shelters in Toronto to…
For almost 50 years, Nellie’s has been providing shelter and support to women and their children fleeing violence, trauma and homelessness as they take steps toward accomplishing the next chapter…
Across the city this year, Pride Month celebrations are back in-person in Toronto after two years of pandemic-related virtual festivities. Every event, performance, talk and march are about uplifting 2SLGBTQ+…
