10/02/2026
Welcoming Week at COSTI was a time filled with culture, creativity and care!
COSTI's ESL/LINC students shared their artwork representing their culture and their hope for the future at the Newcomers Arts and Crafts Exhibition organized by CCSYR as part of Welcoming Week in Richmond Hill.
York Region Public Health shared information with our newcomer students on disease prevention, mental health, primary care, child and family health, sexual health and safety, nutrition and hearing screening, along with library and community resources to help them feel supported in Canada.
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Image 1: A smiling woman with short gray hair stands beside several colourful paintings on easels, including pink and purple flowers, a rainy Paris street with a red umbrella, and a woman in an orange dress walking toward a lighthouse. Framed artworks sit on a table in front of her.
Image 2: A smiling man in a black T-shirt sits behind a table displaying his framed watercolour paintings, including a brown horse, a couple embracing in a field, a striped lighthouse by the sea, and a sailboat on blue waves.
Image 3: A York Region Public Health staff member sits at a blue-draped table covered with healthy-eating recipe booklets while a visitor browses them. A second table in front holds rainbow lanyards, rainbow wristbands and small paper bags.
