Coordinators

Partnership Resource Coordinator
Dawn Franklin

Email: dawn@nccpeterborough.ca
Phone: (705)743-0882 ext 223
Languages: English

Dawn  is the Partnership Resource Coordinator focusing on connecting families with children and youth to the resources, programs and supports in the schools and community.

Dawn has experience teaching in public and private elementary schools.  As a Settlement Support Worker in Schools in Saskatoon, Dawn assisted new families to integrate into their schools and community.   Dawn holds a B.Sc. (Kinesiology) University of Waterloo and a B. Ed. University of Western Ontario.

Partnership Council Coordinator
Hajni Hos

Email: hajni@nccpeterborough.ca
Phone: (705)743-0882 ext 230
Languages: Hungarian, English and German

Hajni coordinates the Peterborough Partnership Council on Immigrant Integration (PPCII).

Hajni is a lawyer who finished teacher’s college in Hungary before moving to Canada in 2006. Her PhD thesis in the area of “Local government and local society” is currently pending.  She worked in the Trent International Program office before joining the New Canadians Centre.

Host Program and Volunteer Coordinator
Steve Ross

Phone: (705) 743 0882 x 222
Email: steve@nccpeterborough.ca
Languages: English, Hungarian, and some French

Steve coordinates the popular Host Friendship Program and the approximately 150 volunteers who make NCC’s work possible.

Steve brings years of experience in community development, having worked with development projects and non-governmental organizations in Hungary, the Ukraine and Romania. Mobilizing people, community networking, and project management are skills that Steve brings to NCC.

Steve lives outside of Peterborough on a farm with his wife and daughter.

Settlement Coordinator
Tamara Hoogerdyk

Phone: (705) 743 0882 x 224
Email: tamara@nccpeterborough.ca
Languages: English and French

Tamara has been working at the New Canadians Centre since 2007, initially as the employment counsellor.  Since April 2009, Tamara has been coordinating settlement, employment, language training, translation, interpretation, and immigration services.

Tamara holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from McMaster University and has been working in the Social Services field since 2003.  Her favourite part of the job is working one-on-one with clients and meeting many different types of people.

Outreach Coordinator
Yvonne Lai

Email: yvonne@nccpeterborough.ca
Phone: (705) 743 0882 ext 233
Languages: English, Mandarin, and Cantonese

Yvonne is responsible for promoting the New Canadians Centre and Peterborough Partnership Council on Immigrant Integration (PPCII) in the community through public speaking activities and community collaborations.

Yvonne was born in Singapore and came to Peterborough in 1998 to begin her studies in Psychology and English Literature at Trent University. Her doctoral studies in Social Psychology at York University focused on factors that motivate immigrants’ participation and engagement in small urban communities. She has volunteered in various capacities with organizations such as the Trent Centre for Community-Based Education, Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre, YWCA Y’s Buys, and the Community and Race Relations Committee of Peterborough (CRRC).