Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 120
Centre for Social Innovation
Centre for Social Innovation
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Housing and Tenants, Multicultural, Violence, Women
Telephone: 416-642-5463
Website: http://www.shelternet.ca/
Advocacy Description: Shelternet is Canada's first and only national online resource and support network for abused women and their children. Shelternet provides abused women with information and resources including a...
Tags: emergency housing, resource centre, shelter directory, shelter list, supportive housing, women fleeing abuse, women fleeing violence, women's housing
Location: Montréal ,
QC ,
C.P. 55 succursale C Mtl
Type(s) of Advocacy: Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Violence, Women
Telephone: 514 873-9010
Other Telephone: TTY: 514 873-9010
Website: http://www.sosviolenceconjugale.ca/
Advocacy Description: Un service téléphonique bilingue et accessible 24 heures par jour, 7 jours par semaine. Si vous avez besoin de parler de violence, si vous avez besoin d'information à ce sujet ou encore si vous avez...
Tags: crisis line, crisis support, women fleeing abuse, women fleeing violence
Location: Surrey ,
BC ,
10667 135A Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Food and Foodbanks, Health, Housing and Tenants
Telephone: 604-589-7777
Hours:
24 hrs a day
Advocacy Description: Homeless Services include:
The Front Room - 24 hour Drop-in Resource Centre
Gateway Shelter - 40 Bed Homeless Shelter
Housing Program - Housing assistance
Outreach Program - Community support...
Tags: drop-in centre, HIV/AIDS, meals, medical clinic, outreach, shelter, social housing, street youth
Location: Dawson Creek ,
BC ,
10110 13th St.
Box 713
Box 713
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Violence, Women
Telephone: (250) 782-9174, ext. 236
Website: http://www.spcrs.ca
Tags: abuse prevention, assisted living, child care, community support, transition house, victim services
Location: St. John's ,
NL ,
150 LeMarchant Road
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Crisis Services, Women
Telephone: 709-753-0220
Website: http://www.sjswc.ca/
Advocacy Description: The St. John's Status of Women Council recognizes that women, individually and as a group, have been and still are victimized by the existing social structures and practices.
As a non-partisan, pro-...
Tags: emergency housing, resource centre, support groups, women's centre
Location: Surrey ,
BC ,
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Crisis Services, Family, Food and Foodbanks, Violence, Women
Telephone: (604) 589-1868
Website: http://www.surreywomencentre.ca
Advocacy Description: An information and referral service for poverty related matters including housing. Court support legal advocacy program. A family law pro-bono clinic available for women.
Location: Dease Lake ,
BC ,
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Aboriginal and First Nations, Crisis Services, Mental Health, Violence, Women
Telephone: (250) 771-5577
Advocacy Description: NNADAP services, Mental health services, Ku We Gahan justice program and shelter services for women involved in domestic violence. Programs are offered at People’s Haven Family Service Centre.
Location: Telegraph Creek ,
BC ,
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Aboriginal and First Nations, Crisis Services, Mental Health, Violence, Women
Telephone: Nnadap services - (250) 235-3350 | Women’s Shelter - (250) 235-3120 | Ku-we-gahan justice program - (250) 235-3276
Advocacy Description: Nnadap services, Mental health services, Ku We Gahan justice program and shelter services for women involved in domestic violence.
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
519 Church Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Activists, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Health, Housing and Tenants, Legal Assistance, LGBTQ, Seniors and Elders, Women
Telephone: 416-392-6874
Website: http://www.the519.org/
Hours:
Monday-Friday: 9:00 am - 10:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Advocacy Description: The 519 has over 300 groups using meeting space, providing community services and offering self help programmes. There are trans meal programs, an ID clinic, homelessness outreach, legal clinic,...
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Family, Seniors and Elders, Violence, Women
Advocacy Description: The Nuluaq Project, the National Strategy for Abuse Prevention compiles a national Inuit database for abuse prevention and shares information with the public. Their database lists advocates, shelters...
Tags: abuse prevention, counselling, crisis support, healing, Inuit, Inuk, victim services, women's shelter
Location: Thunder Bay ,
ON ,
86 S. Cumberland St.
c/o Kinna-aweya Legal Clinic
c/o Kinna-aweya Legal Clinic
Type(s) of Advocacy: Activists, Crisis Services, Welfare
Telephone: 807-344-2478
Website: http://www.kalc.ca/tbejc-1.htm
Advocacy Description: The Thunder Bay Economic Justice Committee was formed in January of 2003 as a community response to the recommendations resulting from the Kimberly Rogers Inquest.
OBJECTIVES
-Provide an opportunity...
Tags: economic justice, poverty advocacy
Location: Vancouver ,
BC ,
1607 E. Hastings St.
Type(s) of Advocacy: Aboriginal and First Nations, Crisis Services, Seniors and Elders
Telephone: (604) 251-4844
Website: http://www.vafcs.org
Advocacy Description: Provide support services for elders, administer extreme weather shelter, a sundance daycare and a recreation program.
BC ,
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Mental Health, Violence
Telephone: 1-888-494-3888 (24 hours)
Website: http://www.cvics.ca/
Hours:
24 hours
Advocacy Description: Providing 24-Hour Crisis Line Support and Resources Island Wide
What happens when I call the crisis line?
When you phone, you can expect a non-judgmental caring voice on the other end of the line. We...
Tags: crisis line, suicide
Location: Vancouver ,
BC ,
1424 Commercial Drive
P.O. Box 21562
P.O. Box 21562
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Aboriginal and First Nations, Activists, Crisis Services, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, Legal Assistance, Violence, Welfare, Women
Telephone: 604-872-8212 (crisis line)
Other Telephone: TTY: 604- 877-0958 (9AM to 9PM)
Website: http://www.rapereliefshelter.bc.ca
Hours:
Crisis Line: 24 hours
Advocacy Description: Provides free, confidential support services for female adults and youth who have experienced any form of male violence. Operates a 24-hour rape crisis line, a transition house for battered women and...
Tags: crisis line, legal clinic, peer couselling, public education, support services, transition house, violence against women, women's centre
Location: Province-wide ,
BC ,
Type(s) of Advocacy: Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Family, Seniors and Elders, Violence, Women
Other Telephone: For deaf or hard of hearing callers: TTY 604 875-0885 (collect calls accepted) or Text 604 836-6381
Website: http://www.vcn.bc.ca/isv/victims.htm
Hours:
24 hours, 7 days a week
Advocacy Description: VictimLINK is also available to Yukon residents.
VictimLINK is a province-wide telephone help line for victims of family and sexual violence, and all other crimes.
Certified information and referral...
Location: St. Stephen ,
NB ,
199 Union Street
P.O. Box 271
P.O. Box 271
Type(s) of Advocacy: Crisis Services, Food and Foodbanks
Telephone: (506) 466-4995
Advocacy Description: Provide food with nutritional considerations to children, students, seniors and under employed families. In the absence of school breakfast & lunch programs we offer Healthy Choices POOL SNACKS...
Tags: food program
Location: Courtenay ,
BC ,
1625B McPhee Ave
P.O. Box 3204
P.O. Box 3204
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Aboriginal and First Nations, Crisis Services, Food and Foodbanks, Housing and Tenants, Legal Aid, Seniors and Elders, Welfare
Telephone: 250-338-7793
Website: http://www.wachiay.org
Hours:
Monday - Friday
9:00 - 4:30
Advocacy Description: Wefare, Disability, Tenancy issues, debt, human rights. Wachiay also houses several youth and elder programs, two housing programs, a Legal Aid Office and an emergency food program. Advocacy and...
Tags: aboriginal, elder programs, emergency food program, Friendship centre, youth programs
Location: Toronto ,
ON ,
74 Firvalley Court
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Addictions, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Family, Seniors and Elders, Welfare, Women
Telephone: 416-694-1138
Website: http://www.wardenwoods.com/
Advocacy Description: Warden Woods Community Centre provides a range of services for children and youth, seniors, intravenous drug users, and homeless people. The Centre also provides crisis intervention and support...
Tags: children and youth programs, crisis intervention, drugs and alcohol, intravenous drug users, seniors' services, seniors' support services
Location: Welland ,
ON ,
26 East Main Street
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Employment and Unemployment, Housing and Tenants, Immigrants and Refugees, Workers
Telephone: Welland: 905-732-5337
Other Telephone: Niagara Falls: 905-356-2249
Advocacy Description: Since 1976 the Welland Heritage Council and Multicultural Centre has assisted thousands of immigrants overcome barriers to integration and watched with pride as they build new lives for themselves...
Tags: emergency housing, immigration services, settlement counselling
Location: Niagara Falls ,
ON ,
5485 Victoria Avenue
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Employment and Unemployment, Housing and Tenants, Immigrants and Refugees, Workers
Telephone: Welland: 905-732-5337
Other Telephone: Niagara Falls: 905-356-2249
Advocacy Description: Since 1976 the Welland Heritage Council and Multicultural Centre has assisted thousands of immigrants overcome barriers to integration and watched with pride as they build new lives for themselves...
Tags: emergency housing, immigration services, settlement counselling
