Our Place Part of the Solution on Pandora

As chairman of the Our Place Society board, I recognize that there is frustration over what has happened on the 900 block of Pandora Avenue --...

Erin’s Success

I first met Erin in 2002 when she came to the drop-in centre on Pandora in our old building. She was young, shy, weak, and had been abused by...

Staff Profile

Gail Snider - Director, Operations

When Gail was working as a Principal with The York Region District School Board in Ontario, she was always most comfortable in schools with so-called “at risk” populations. She then set about making her chosen school into a welcoming community for all the students as well as for their parents. People began to feel that her school was their school—a caring home away from home—where people could go to be welcomed and find hope and direction. Single parents not able to...