Location: 100 Mile House ,
BC ,
Type(s) of Advocacy: Crisis Services, Violence, Women
Telephone: (250) 395-4093
Advocacy Description: Provides information and referrals to women and families in the community; violence and abuse counselling for women and their partners, and a Safe House for women and children leaving abusive...
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Crisis Services, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Food and Foodbanks, Health, Housing and Tenants, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Assistance, Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Violence, Welfare, Women
Telephone: 211
Website: http://www.211ontario.ca/
Advocacy Description: 211Toronto.ca is the public, online version of the database used by information and referral specialists for the 211 telephone service.
Help Line and Website for easy access to community, social,...
Tags: help line
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: Castlegar ,
BC ,
1007 - 2nd Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Disability, Family, Housing and Tenants, Violence, Welfare, Women
Telephone: Nelson: 250-352-5777
Other Telephone: Castlegar: 250-608-0589
Website: http://www.advocacycentre.org
Hours:
Nelson
Monday to Thursday — 9am - 5pm
(closed from 12-1pm for lunch)
Castlegar
Thursdays, 9:30 am - 4 pm
(closed from 12-1pm for lunch)
Advocacy Description: Extensive advocacy services offered, including poverty advocacy and family law. Appointments are encouraged. We can accommodate you a lot better if we know you are coming.
Tags: child abuse, child protection advocacy, education, family law, parenting, relationship violence, safe haven, sexual assault, social assistance, victim assistance, workshops
Location: Nelson ,
BC ,
521 Vernon Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Disability, Family, Housing and Tenants, Violence, Welfare, Women
Telephone: Nelson: 250-352-5777
Other Telephone: Castlegar: 250-608-0589
Website: http://www.advocacycentre.org
Hours:
Nelson
Monday to Thursday — 9am - 5pm
(closed from 12-1pm for lunch)
Castlegar
Thursdays, 9:30 am - 4 pm
(closed from 12-1pm for lunch)
Advocacy Description: Extensive advocacy services offered, including poverty advocacy and family law. Appointments are encouraged. We can accommodate you a lot better if we know you are coming.
Tags: child abuse, child protection advocacy, education, family law, parenting, relationship violence, safe haven, sexual assault, social assistance, victim assistance, workshops
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
2 Carlton Street Ste 701
Type(s) of Advocacy: Debt, Health, Housing and Tenants, Legal Assistance, Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Violence
Telephone: 416-598-2656
Website: http://www.acelaw.ca
Hours:
M, T, W, F 9 am to 5 pm; Thursdays 1 to 5 pm
Advocacy Description: Free legal services for low income seniors in the Greater Toronto area. Scope of practice focused on legal issues particularly impacting on seniors including but not limited to health law, consent...
Tags: consumer law, elder abuse, health law, home care, long term care, mental capacity law, retirement home tenancies, tenancy law
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: Chilliwack ,
BC ,
9046 Young Rd.
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Addictions, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Health, Housing and Tenants, Legal Aid, Legal Assistance, Multicultural, Prisoners, Seniors and Elders, Violence, Welfare, Women
Telephone: (604) 792-2760
Website: http://www.anndavis.org
Hours:
Mon to Fri
9am - 5pm
(later appointments available on request)
Advocacy Description: Support with the disability process including the initial application, reconsideration, and tribunal. Options, information, and support in general terms and specified areas such as HIV/AIDS & Hep...
Location: Antigonish ,
NS ,
204 Kirk Place, 219 Main Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Housing and Tenants, Violence, Women
Telephone: 902-863-6221
Advocacy Description: The Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre is an independent, feminist, community-based organization. We provide information, support services and programs for women of all ages and backgrounds in an...
Tags: resource centre, skills development, supportive housing, women fleeing violence, women's advocacy, women's centre
Location: Vancouver ,
BC ,
1424 Commercial Dr
PO Box 21503
PO Box 21503
Type(s) of Advocacy: Aboriginal and First Nations, Crisis Services, Employment and Unemployment, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, Legal Assistance, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Multicultural, Seniors and Elders, Violence, Welfare, Women
Telephone: (604) 687-1867
Other Telephone: (604) 687-6732 (TTY)
Website: http://www.bwss.org
Hours:
Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm
and Wednesdays 9am to 8pm
Closed Stat Holidays
Advocacy Description: Battered Women's Support Services provides support and advocacy for women who have experienced abuse, as well as, training and education about violence against women. In 2008, we revisioned our...
Tags: aboriginal women, counselling, crisis support, domestic violence, social enterprise, support groups, violence against women
Location: Stephenville ,
NL ,
54 St. Clare Avenue
P.O. Box 501 Stn. Main
P.O. Box 501 Stn. Main
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Aboriginal and First Nations, Activists, Addictions, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Food and Foodbanks, Health, Housing and Tenants, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, Mental Health, Multicultural, Seniors and Elders, Violence, Welfare, Women, Workers
Telephone: 709-643-4444
Hours:
8:30 - 4:00 Mon-Fri
Advocacy Description: Working for Peace, Equality and Justice for women and their families.
Tags: women's equality, women's rights
Location: Vancouver ,
BC ,
370 – 1199 West Pender Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: Legal Assistance, Seniors and Elders, Violence
Telephone: Seniors Information & Help Line: 604-437-1940 (local) | 1-866-437-1940 (toll free)
Other Telephone: Office: 604-688-1927 (Vancouver)
Website: http://bcceas.ca/
Hours:
Seniors Information & Help Line
Do you have a question or problem? Talk to someone and get a referral to our legal programs.
10am to 3pm, Monday to Friday
604-437-1940 (local)
1-866-437-1940 (toll free)
Advocacy Description: BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support is a non-profit organization delivering programs and initiatives that work to prevent elder abuse. We advocate for legal and social justice for older adults....
Tags: elder abuse, elder law clinic, senior's help line, victim services
Location: Bella Coola ,
BC ,
Type(s) of Advocacy: Children and Youth, Violence, Women
Telephone: (250) 799-5916
Advocacy Description: Advocacy and support for women and girls who have been victims of violence or who are at risk of violence.
Location: Vancouver ,
BC ,
77 East 20th Avenue
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Housing and Tenants, Violence, Women
Telephone: 604-876-2622
Website: http://www.casac.ca
Advocacy Description: We are a Pan Canadian group of sexual assault centres who have come together to implement the legal, social and attitudinal changes necessary to prevent, and ultimately eradicate, rape and sexual...
Tags: transition houses, women fleeing abuse, women fleeing violence, women's advocacy, women's housing, women's resource centre
Location: Kelowna ,
BC ,
104 - 347 Leon Ave
Type(s) of Advocacy: Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Employment and Unemployment, Violence, Women
Telephone: 250 763-4613
Website: http://www.elizabethfry.ca/
Hours:
Mon to Fri 8:30 to 4:30 after hours by request.
Advocacy Description: Advocacy and support for women, children and you affected by violence or involved in the justice system. Counselling, career development, victim services and outreach services available.
Tags: justice system, victim services
Location: Montréal ,
QC ,
3680 Jeanne-Mance, #470
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Aboriginal and First Nations, Activists, Addictions, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Debt, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Food and Foodbanks, Health, Housing and Tenants, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, Legal Assistance, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Multicultural, Prisoners, Seniors and Elders, Violence, Welfare, Women, Workers
Telephone: 514-849-5599
Website: http://www.coco-net.org/index.html
Advocacy Description: We are the Centre for Community Organizations (Centre des organismes communautaires), a provincial, nonprofit group based in Montreal aimed at building organizational and community capacity primarily...
Tags: Community Organizations
Location: Prince Rupert ,
BC ,
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Family, Housing and Tenants, Legal Assistance, Violence, Welfare
Advocacy Description: An advocacy directory from the city of Prince Rupert.
Tags: advocacy directory, victim services
Location: Courtenay ,
BC ,
Suite 202, 576 England Ave.
Type(s) of Advocacy: Addictions, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Violence, Women
Telephone: (250) 897-0511
Other Telephone: (250) 338-1227 (24 hour crisis line)
Website: http://www.cvts.ca
Hours:
Monday - Friday, 8:30 - 4:30
Advocacy Description: Emergency shelter, outreach counselling and support services provided for women and children victims of abuse.
Mondays and Thursdays, 1 - 3 pm, trained volunteers available to assist with finding...
Location: Kingston ,
ON ,
302 Victoria St.
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Crisis Services, Debt, Housing and Tenants, Mental Health, Violence, Welfare, Women
Telephone: 613-545-9640
Website: http://www.dawnhouse.ca
Hours:
open 24 hours daily 365 days a year
Advocacy Description: Advocacy support, counselling, meals, personal hygiene items, clothing and household items provided.
Location: Edmonton ,
AB ,
Type(s) of Advocacy: Employment and Unemployment, Family, Housing and Tenants, Legal Assistance, Prisoners, Violence
Telephone: (780) 428-7590
Website: http://www.johnhoward.org
Advocacy Description: Edmonton John Howard Society provides the following services: Community and Employment Support, Residential Services, Education Services, Family Violence Prevention Centre, and Court Support.
