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Toronto
Click on the following link to find more information at the provincial level.
Aboriginal Organizations
- Dodem Kanonhsa'
- Learning and sharing facility which fosters greater acceptance, understanding and harmony between members of First Nations and Non-Aboriginal People.
- Toronto Aboriginal Business Association
- TABA's primary goal is to lobby industry, government, community, and political organizations to recognize and utilize aboriginal businesses in the Greater Toronto Area.
Education
- Aboriginal Students' Association at York
- ASAY provides a positive atmosphere and activities; emotional, social and spiritual guidance; a cultural basis to maintain balance; resourceful info and people.
- Source: York University
- Aboriginal Student Services
- Ryerson University Aboriginal Student Services delivers cultural and academic services to its Aboriginal student population.
- Source: Ryerson Polytechnic University
- Aboriginal Student Services
- Demonstrating continued support for Aboriginal students over the years Seneca College provides a variety of services and resources such as the Aboriginal Resource Area, and an Aboriginal Services Consultant.
- Source: Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
- First Nations House
- FNH is not only the home of Aboriginal U of T students, it also provides a link to Toronto's Aboriginal community, allowing others in the university to learn and network.
- Source: University of Toronto
- George Brown College (Native Student Services)
- This page provides a list of programs and services offered to Aboriginal students at George Brown College, including counselling and educational funding assistance.
- Source: Centre for Indigenous Sovereignty
- Native Skills Centre
- Increases the capacity for Aboriginal people to gain access to meaningful employment though life skills training and developing marketable job skills while maintaining and strengthening Aboriginal values and culture.
- Source: Centre for Indigenous Sovereignty
- Native Women's Resource Centre
- The Native Women's Resource Centre is a culturally-based organization that delivers programs and services to empower and enrich Aboriginal women and children to build strong families and communities.
- Visiting Schools Program
- Interactive project that has been set up to promote and foster a greater understanding of Native People in North America and their distinct cultures.
- Source: Native Canadian Centre of Toronto
Employment
- Miziwe Biik Aboriginal Employment and Training
- Provides effective job search assistance, including job referrals, getting your foot in the door, and providing the diversity employment needs of employers of all industries.
Friendship Centres
- Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres
- Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres provides services and programs for Aboriginal people and Aboriginal youth.
- Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre
- Provides counselling, material assistance and other direct services to First Nations people and encourages and enhances spiritual and personal growth.
Health and Social Services
- 2 Spirited People of the 1st Nations
- Designs, develops and delivers a plan for a continuum of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual care, support and education for Aboriginal individuals, families and communities infected and / or effected by HIV / AIDS.
- Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Strategy
- This site provides resources to those who administer or support Ontario-based programs and services designed to improve Aboriginal health and reduce family violence.
- Anishnawbe Health Toronto
- Anishnawbe Health Toronto provides services for Aboriginal communities, drug users.
- Gizhaadaawgamlik Daycare
- This daycare centre for children of First Nation parents is devoted to the promotion of First Nations languages, culture and spiritual values, as well as early childhood principles.
- Source: Centre for Indigenous Sovereignty
- Native Child and Family Services of Toronto
- Strives to provide for a life of quality, well being, caring and healing for our children and families in the Toronto Native Community.
- Native Men's Residence
- Their objective is to reduce the number of homeless and to prevent those at risk of becoming homeless, by equipping them with the tools of empowerment, self-reliance, and economic independence.
- Noojimawin Health Authority
- Describes the goals and principles of Noojimawin Health Authority, which promotes the development of supportive, coordinated, culturally-based health policies and programs for Aboriginal people who live off-reserve.
- Source: Centre for Indigenous Sovereignty
- Pedahbun Lodge Inc.
- Pedahbun Lodge is an Aboriginal designed and directed substances abuse treatment centre in Toronto, Ontario, and is mandated to facilitate healing and recovery from addiction and it's related problems.
- Spirit of the People
- This program assists current and former Aboriginal offenders to break the cycle of criminal activity and incarceration and provides opportunities for ex-offenders to reintegrate into society.
- Source: Centre for Indigenous Sovereignty
- Toronto Aboriginal Care Team
Housing and Infrastructure
- Aboriginal Housing Support Centre
- AHSC is a non-profit housing help centre offering free counselling and support services to Aboriginal people regarding their current housing needs.
- Gabriel Dumont Non-Profit Homes Inc.
- Gabriel Dumont Non-Profit Homes Inc. is a centralized 87-unit apartment and townhouse complex, as part of a project that offers subsidized housing to Aboriginal people.
- Source: Centre for Indigenous Sovereignty
- GTA Aboriginal Housing Partnership
- The purpose of the GTA Aboriginal housing partnership is to provide safe and secure housing for the Native homeless and under-housed in Toronto.
- Nekenaan (Second Stage Housing)
- Nekenaan is a long-term supportive housing program which functions as an urban-based extended family healing lodge for 42 Aboriginal women and children.
- Source: Centre for Indigenous Sovereignty
- Nishnawbe Homes Inc.
- Provides an adequate supply of safe, secure housing for the Native homeless and under-housed in Toronto and to does so in concert with similar organizations throughout North America.
- Wigwamen
- Wigwamen Incorporated is Ontario's oldest and largest urban Native housing provider with 210 family housing units and a 102-unit apartment complex for Seniors in the City of Toronto.
Justice and Policing
- Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto
- Strengthens the capacity of the Aboriginal community and its citizens to deal with justice issues and provides Aboriginal controlled and culturally based justice alternatives.
- Ontario Native Council on Justice
- Supports Aboriginal organizations and their representatives in the development of initiatives to address justice matters for their people.
- Source: Centre for Indigenous Sovereignty
Language, Heritage and Culture
- Aboriginal Affairs Committee
- Believes that friends need to develop and nurture relationships of trust and mutual respect between ourselves, others in Canada, and the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada.
- Source: Canadian Friends Service Committee
- Baffin Inuit Art
- Baffin Inuit Art Galleries specialises exclusively in Inuit (Eskimo) art sculptures from Cape Dorset on Baffin Island, in Canada's high arctic.
- Centre for Indigenous Theatre, The
- Provides theatrical training informed by traditional artistic expression, teaching and values, while creating an environment that encourages cultural exchange of practices and techniques between Nations and communities.
- Native Canadian Centre of Toronto
- Community-based non-profit organization which provides a gathering place to deliver programs and services for Native people while striving to reflect the traditional Native cultural perspective.
- Native Earth Performing Arts Inc.
- Not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating, developing and producing professional artistic expression of the Aboriginal experience in Canada.
Services and Directories
- Aboriginal Directory for Greater Toronto
- Contains a map and the contact information for all the Aboriginal businesses, agencies, organizations and governments in Toronto.
- Source: Centre for Indigenous Sovereignty
