Location: Toronto ,
ON
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Food and Foodbanks, Health, Housing and Tenants, Immigrants and Refugees, Mental Health, Multicultural, Violence, Welfare, Women
Telephone: 211
Other Telephone: 1-888-340-1001 (TTY)
Website: http://www.211toronto.ca
Advocacy Description: 211 Toronto is a Help Line and website which provides comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date information on services provided by nonprofit, community-based organizations or the public sector. In...
Tags: help line
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
111 Richmond St. West
Suite 503
Suite 503
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Activists, Children and Youth, Legal Assistance, Multicultural, Violence
Telephone: 416.214.4747
Website: http://www.aclc.net/
Hours:
Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Switchboard reception: closes at noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays but the office remains open
Advocacy Description: It is funded by Legal Aid Ontario and its primary mandate is to engage in test case litigation in the areas of racial discrimination and anti-Black racism. The clinic also acts as an advocacy agency...
Location: multiple cities ,
ON
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Health, Immigrants and Refugees, Mental Health, Multicultural, Welfare, Women, Workers
Advocacy Description: CASSA is a social justice umbrella organization working with Ontario’s diverse South Asian communities. They have an extensive service directory with listings of organizations from across Ontario.
Tags: African, childcare, children's aid, clinics, community centres, credit counselling, employment services, intercultural, multicultural, neighbourhood house, south asian, women's centre, women's shelter
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
2141 Jane Street, 2nd Floor
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Family, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, Legal Assistance, LGBTQ, Multicultural, Women
Telephone: 416-533-8545
Other Telephone: AIDS Program: (416) 925-2800 Legal Clinic: (416) 533-0680 Women's Program: (416) 533-6411
Website: http://www.spanishservices.org
Advocacy Description: The Centre for Spanish-Speaking Peoples serves new immigrants from 20 Spanish - speaking countries and members of other communities.
We serve their needs by offering a variety of services designed to...
Tags: immigration help, Latin American, Latino/Latina, legal aid, legal assistance, settlement support, women's support
Location:
Type(s) of Advocacy: Multicultural
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
700 Lawrence Ave. West, Suite 226
CENTRAL PROGRAM OFFICE
CENTRAL PROGRAM OFFICE
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Family, Immigrants and Refugees, Multicultural, Women
Telephone: 416-784-0920
Website: http://www.nych.ca/
Advocacy Description: North York Community House has been serving the residents of southwest North York for over 20 years. We are committed to working with individuals, groups and neighbourhoods to address the issues that...
Tags: ESL instruction, family support groups, homework program, parenting program, settlement services, women's support groups, youth drop-in
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
1499 Queen ST W
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Activists, Addictions, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Food and Foodbanks, Health, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Multicultural
Telephone: 416-537-2262
Website: http://parc.on.ca/
Advocacy Description: The Parkdale Activity – Recreation Centre is a drop-in community centre that imagines a world where extreme poverty no longer exists; where everyone lives with dignity, safety and enough resources...
Tags: anti-poverty, drop-in centre, employment resources, food security, healthcare outreach, homelessness prevention, housing assistance, parkdale, poverty outreach, poverty prevention
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
333 Sherbourne Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Addictions, Children and Youth, Health, Immigrants and Refugees, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Multicultural, Women
Telephone: 416-324-4180
Website: http://www.sherbourne.on.ca/
Advocacy Description: The Sherbourne Health Centre is an urban primary health care centre serving the diverse communities of southeast Toronto since 2003.
We seek to reduce barriers to care by taking a comprehensive...
Tags: community health centre, counselling, homeless health outreach, homeless healthcare, LGBT counselling, LGBT health care, LGBT support programs, newcomers healthcare, newcomers support programs, transgender healthcare, transsexual healthcare
Location: ,
ON
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Disability, Health, Immigrants and Refugees, Multicultural, Seniors and Elders, Violence, Women, Workers
Advocacy Description: Specialty clinics:
represent specific individuals (e.g., seniors, people living with HIV/AIDS)
deal with specific area of law
service clients throughout Ontario.
Some clinics also specialize in...
Tags: african canadians, chinese, correctional law, environmental law, HIV/AIDS, income security, industrial accident victims, injured worker, south asian, southeast asian, Spanish, workers' health, workers' safety'
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
1651 Keele Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Crisis Services, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Health, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Assistance, Multicultural, Seniors and Elders
Telephone: (416) 653-5400
Website: http://www.ycservices.com/
Advocacy Description: York Community Services provides integrated health, legal, counselling and community services to residents of the former City of York in Central West Toronto. Established in 1973, we serve people of...
Tags: community health centre, counselling services, immigrant services, legal clinic, people living with disabilities, seniors' services
