In June, the Agency was renamed Centre for Immigrant and Community Services on its 45th anniversary, to better reflect the nature of its mission, programs and activities. In January, a commercial- grade community kitchen was completed to allow for food, nutrition and health-related programming.
The Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives (CLGA) is the largest independent LGBTQ+ archives in the world. With a focus on Canadian content, the CLGA acquires, preserves and provides public access to information and archival materials in any medium. By collecting and caring for important historical records, personal papers, unpublished documents, publications, audio-visual material, works of art, photographs, posters, and other artifacts, the CLGA is a trusted guardian of LGBTQ+ histories now and for generations to come.
A Meaningful Life: Relationships, Community, Well-Being.Our Values: Our beliefs and principles...the framework for deciding how we do thingsWe focus on customer satisfaction.Everyone at YSSN has a customer, whether that person is outside or inside the organization. We value our customers and measure their satisfaction to ensure we have it right.We are grounded in certain principles specific to the services we offer. They are choice, individualization, creativity and flexibility. We embrace the idea that YSSN does not have to be the entire answer, but an integrated part of what is collectively available to our external customers.We trust and respect.We hold the people we support, and those we work with, in high esteem. We treat everyone we encounter through our work with the same dignity and respect we ourselves expect.At YSSN we use our best judgement in any situation, and we trust each other to do so, just as we trust the people we support. Integrity is the foundation for trust. We work ethically and honestly, building trusting relationships with people inside and out.We talk to each other.We strive for transparency and for being fully informed