Members of the Tibetan community have been in Canada for many years and a majority have resettled in Toronto, with many ending up in the Mimico area.

The community is active and has been very involved in helping to feed busy emergency and front-line workers as they fight the COVID-19 virus.

The Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre (TCCC) has teamed up with Little Tibet and Zomsa Café restaurants in Parkdale to feed frontline staff.

Tibetan Canadians are proud to be part of the diverse communities of Ontario and Canada. Tibetans were some of the earliest government-sponsored non-European refugees to settle in Canada.

In the last weeks we have delivered 250 meals to frontline workers in Parkdale, said Tsering Wangyal, president of the TCCC.

Wangyal said the community also wrapped up celebrations of the Year of Gratitude to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, which started in July last year.

The Dalai Lama turned 86 years old on July 6, an occasion that was marked by millions worldwide.

Wangyal said July also marked Tibetan Heritage Month in Ontario, which was decreed by the Ontario government.

“We have a large community of Tibetans now living in the Mimico area,”’ he said.

He said last year the TCCC distributed more than 10,000 hot meals during the peak of covid-19. And to mark the birthday of His Holiness they deliver meals to 250 healthcare workers every Tuesday.

The community have been busy. They have also delivered 150 hot meals to the Cloverdale Mall City-run COVID-19 clinic staff, in addition to 80 meals to Lakeshore Lodge, a long term care centre, at Lake Shore Blvd. W., and Kipling Ave.

They have also fed about 20 workers at Loft Community Services, in Parkdale. And they continue to serve the hot meals without being asked.

There are an estimated 100,000 Tibetans who live in the Toronto-area. Many have resettled in the South Etobicoke area, namely Mimico.