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Contingency Plan: City and Centennial

contingency plan: Around 400 beds in the Centennial Place residence have been designated by the city to temporarily house 100 or so refugee families, according to Toronto Star. Supplied by Centennial College Multiple floors and around 400 beds in the crisp, bright Centennial Place residence have been designated by the city to temporarily house refugees 100 or so families under a contingency plan for emergency social services, which will also see rooms filled at Humber College in Etobicoke. Rather, the school is housing refugee claimants in their dormitories, as part of the city's plan to cope with an influx of refugees arriving in Toronto. It is likely that we will be seeing families, Stephanie Etkin, a manager with Red Cross disaster management, told the Star in the hours before the newest residents arrived. We are anticipating that we will be seeing children and some babies and some big families, but we're anticipating and ready for any sort of makeup. The suite-style Centennial dorms were an amenable layout to housing families together, she said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.