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: Lindsay ,
ON ,
64 Lindsay Street South
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Housing and Tenants
Telephone: (705) 328-0905
Website: http://aplacecalledhome.org/
Advocacy Description: Offers accommodation to homeless people through their two houses (McMurray House and Pinto House). Services families, single adults and couples with children. Services include 24-hour staffing, meals...
Tags: homelessness, outreach, shelter, support services
Location: Abbotsford ,
BC ,
2420 Montrose Avenue
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Disability, Employment and Unemployment, Family, Food and Foodbanks, Immigrants and Refugees, Multicultural, Seniors and Elders
Telephone: 604.859.7681
Advocacy Description: An non-profit community-based agency with services for the multicultural community, seniors, families, unemployed, people with low incomes, youth and those with special needs.
Tags: child care, community centre, community kitchen, community living, counselling, development disabilities, ESL, meals on wheels, pro-bono clinic, settlement workers, victim assistance, youth services
Location: Halifax ,
NS ,
2421 Brunswick St
Type(s) of Advocacy: Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Family, Housing and Tenants, Women
Telephone: 902-429-4443
Other Telephone: Crisis Line: 902-423-4443
Website: http://www.adsumforwomen.org/
Advocacy Description: Adsum for Women & Children is a non-profit, community based organization that has been active since 1983 in the Halifax region. Currently, Adsum operates three facilities that are dedicated to...
Tags: children and youth, housing support, women's housing
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: Calgary ,
AB ,
4112 -4 Street, NW
Type(s) of Advocacy: Children and Youth, Disability, Family, Legal Assistance
Telephone: (780) 451-3055
Other Telephone: Calgary - 403.717.0361
Website: http://www.aacl.org
Advocacy Description: The Alberta Association for Community Living (AACL) is a family based, non-profit federation that advocates on behalf of children and adults with developmental disabilities and their families. As an...
Location: Edmonton ,
AB ,
11724 Kingsway Avenue
Type(s) of Advocacy: Children and Youth, Disability, Family, Legal Assistance
Telephone: (780) 451-3055
Other Telephone: Calgary - 403.717.0361
Website: http://www.aacl.org
Advocacy Description: The Alberta Association for Community Living (AACL) is a family based, non-profit federation that advocates on behalf of children and adults with developmental disabilities and their families. As an...
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: 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: 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: Calgary ,
AB ,
Type(s) of Advocacy: Children and Youth, Legal Aid, Legal Assistance
Telephone: (403) 297-4400
Website: http://www.ycdo.ca
Advocacy Description: Legal Aid for youths charged with criminal offences.
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Richmond ,
BC ,
120 - 7000 Minoru Blvd.
Type(s) of Advocacy: General Advocacy, Children and Youth, Crisis Services, Legal Assistance, Seniors and Elders, Women
Telephone: (604) 279-7077
Website: http://www.chimocrisis.com
Advocacy Description: Provides direct support for people in crises.
Location: Williams Lake ,
BC ,
288 North 2nd Ave.
Type(s) of Advocacy: Children and Youth, Disability, Family, Housing and Tenants, Welfare
Telephone: (250) 398-7921
Advocacy Description: Advocacy to youth and their families in the areas of income assistance, residential tenancy, family law, disability, and small claims. Administered by the Cariboo Friendship Centre.
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
