Geraldine Pacheco, left, is part of the Sewing Hope program that Constanza Safatle, founder of Newbornlander, launched to help refugee women find their way in the Canadian labour market.

But the class isn’t just for women. Three men — Tony Ancheta, Henry Wong and Llewellyn Kumalae — are lifelong learners who recently joined the sewing class. “These three men are very ...