Without a doubt, we see that people come here looking to start their lives. They are extremely inspired and motivated to be successful for themselves and for their families. They do not want to be in a shelter. They do not want to be living.... This shelter in Mississauga is a dorm-style shelter, where they can stay for 90 days. It is not the best place to be in. They want to move out. They want to go into the community. They want to start their own lives.
We have many such stories of people who have come in and accessed those supports. They've been able to stand on their own feet. They've been able to go to language classes and get jobs.
We had a beautiful story recently. A young woman who had arrived was supported by our shelter and given language classes. She accessed supports and went out and became a teacher. She came back to the community and was teaching at the school next door to the shelter site. She came back to the shelter and told her story. It was a beautiful full circle of how she was now contributing and giving back to the community where she had been supported and where the doors opened up for her in the first place.
We have tons of stories and outcomes like that.