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: 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: St. John's ,
NL ,
70 The Boulevard, 1st Floor
Type(s) of Advocacy: Addictions, Mental Health
Telephone: 709-753-8550
Other Telephone: Mental Health Crisis Line: 1-888-737-4668
Website: http://www.cmhanl.ca/
Advocacy Description: The Newfoundland and Labrador Division of the Canadian Mental Health Association is a voluntary, non-profit charitable organization established in 1964 to promote a better understanding of mental...
Tags: advocacy, mental health, mental health 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: Montréal ,
QC ,
1001, boul. De Maisonneuve Ouest, Bureau 420
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Addictions, Children and Youth
Telephone: 514-287-9625
Website: http://www.acrdq.qc.ca/
Advocacy Description: L’Association des centres de réadaptation en dépendance du Québec regroupe 21 membres dont tous les centres publics de réadaptation et quelques organismes apparentés offrant des services spécialisés...
Tags: addiction centres, drugs and alcohol, rehabilitation centres, resource centre
Location: Corner Brook ,
NL ,
63 Broadway
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Addictions, Children and Youth, Family, Housing and Tenants, Seniors and Elders, Women
Telephone: (709) 634-4322
Advocacy Description: The Community Coalition on Housing and Homelessness (CCHH) is an advisory committee. The CCHH is responsible for increasing community awareness about housing and homelessness issues, and for working...
Tags: homelessness
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: Smithers ,
BC ,
Type(s) of Advocacy: Aboriginal and First Nations, Addictions, Family, Health, Legal Assistance, Mental Health
Telephone: (250) 847-5211
Advocacy Description: Provide services such as family support, alcohol and drug program, mental health, FASD, legal support, residential school legacy project, and HIV/AIDS awareness program.
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
355 Church St.
Type(s) of Advocacy: Addictions, Children and Youth, Family, LGBTQ, Mental Health
Telephone: 416-595-9230
Website: http://www.fsatoronto.com/
Advocacy Description: Family Service Toronto (FST) helps people face a wide variety of life challenges. For over 90 years, we have been assisting families and individuals through counselling, community development,...
Tags: counselling, family counselling, HIV/AIDS counselling, LGBT counselling, support groups
Location: New Westminster ,
BC ,
519 7tth Street
Second Floor
Second Floor
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Addictions, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Mental Health
Telephone: (604) 522-3722
Website: http://www.fraserside.bc.ca
Advocacy Description: Provide referral and counselling services as well as operate an emergency shelter for families that is accessible only upon the Ministry's referral.
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
147 Queen Street East
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Addictions, Employment and Unemployment, Food and Foodbanks, Housing and Tenants, LGBTQ, Violence, Women
Telephone: (416) 369-1199
Website: http://www.fredvictor.org/
Advocacy Description: The Fred Victor Centre provides assistance to men and women who live in extreme poverty and are marginally housed or homeless and works to increase the options and resources available to people in...
Tags: emergency shelter, employment program, employment resource centre, homelessness, homelessness outreach, homelessness prevention, homelessness support, housing support, shelter, social service support, transitional housing, women's housing, women's shelter
Location: St. John's ,
NL ,
Confederation Building, 1st Floor West Block
P.O. Box 8700
P.O. Box 8700
Type(s) of Advocacy: Addictions, Crisis Services, Health, Mental Health
Telephone: 709-729-4989
Website: http://www.health.gov.nl.ca/health/
Advocacy Description: Provides a leadership role in health and community services programs and policy development for the Province.
Tags: government, healthcare
Location: Vancouver ,
BC ,
1725 Venables Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: Addictions, Children and Youth, Disability, Family, Housing and Tenants, Mental Health, Welfare
Telephone: (604) 253-0669
Website: http://www.thekettle.ca
Hours:
9:30 am to noon and 1:00 pm to 4:15 pm, Monday to Thursday
Advocacy Description: Advocacy services in a variety of areas undertaken exclusively for mental health patients. Also offer specialized assistance for parents with mental illness in their dealings with government...
Tags: community services, employment program, health clinic, housing program, lifeskills, mental health clinic, outreach
Location: Lillooet ,
BC ,
357 Main Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: Aboriginal and First Nations, Addictions, Children and Youth, Family, Food and Foodbanks
Telephone: (250) 256-4146
Website: http://lillooetfriendshipcentre.org/
Advocacy Description: Provides culturally sensitive programs and services for all peoples (aboriginal and non-aboriginal.)
Tags: aboriginal friendship centre, addiction services, employment centre, food bank, pre-school, victim assistance program, youth centre
Location: Lakeside ,
NS ,
P.O. Box 1
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Addictions, Crisis Services, Housing and Tenants, Violence, Women
Telephone: 902-876-0006
Website: http://www.margueritecentre.ns.ca/
Advocacy Description: The Marguerite Centre is a 12 bed, long-term residential facility for women in recovery from addictions and abuse. The Marguerite Centre believes in the right for women to recover from their...
Tags: addiction services, skills development, supportive housing, women fleeing abuse, women fleeing violence, women's housing
Location: St. Catherines ,
ON ,
216-479a CARLTON STREET
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Addictions, Crisis Services, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Health, Housing and Tenants, Immigrants and Refugees, Mental Health, Prisoners, Seniors and Elders, Violence, Welfare, Workers
Telephone: 905-934-2233
Hours:
Hours: BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
Advocacy Description: WE PROVIDE FREE ADVOCACY WITH GOVERNMENT OFFFICES (O.D.S.P., ONTARIO WORKS, WSIB) ALSO PROVIDE COUSELLING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH ADDICTIONS. ALSO FAMILY COUNSELLING. WORKING WITH IMMIGRANTS AND...
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: Vancouver ,
BC ,
Type(s) of Advocacy: Aboriginal and First Nations, Addictions, Health, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Multicultural, Seniors and Elders, Women
Telephone: 604-658-1214
Website: http://www.vch.ca/prism
Hours:
Monday - Friday 9-5. Closed weekends and statutory holidays.
Advocacy Description: Prism provides information, education and referral services to all members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, Queer and Two Spirit (LGBTQ2S) communities. Prism is an umbrella group of counselling and...
Tags: harm reduction, LGBTQ2S
Location: Lower Mainland ,
BC ,
Type(s) of Advocacy: Addictions, Children and Youth, Employment and Unemployment, Health, Housing and Tenants, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Assistance, Multicultural, Seniors and Elders, Workers
Telephone: (604) 596-7722
Website: http://www.pics.bc.ca
Advocacy Description: The PICSS legal advocacy program and the ACS (Abbotsford) legal advocacy program is a partnership program and its mandate is to serve agricultural farm workers by way of legal education, law reforms...
Location: Quesnel ,
BC ,
319 North Fraser Dr.
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Aboriginal and First Nations, Addictions, Children and Youth, Health, Legal Aid
Telephone: (250) 992-8347
Advocacy Description: Provides advocacy and assistance to low income people whose matter is not covered by the legal aid program and who cannot afford to hire a lawyer, FASD resource, druge and alcohol service, counseling...
