Native Women's Resource Centre of Toronto

Service: Community Programs

Record #: MET5048
Last Modified: 28 Nov 2023
Last Full Update: 19 Apr 2023

Contact Information

Office Phone 416-963-9963
Fax 416-963-5062
E-Mail info@nwrct.ca
Website nwrctportal.ca/live/
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Site Information

Located In Community Toronto
Address & Map
191 Gerrard St E
Toronto, ON
Canada M5A 2E5
Mailing Address 191 Gerrard St E 
Toronto, ON 
Canada M5A 2E5
Physical Access Wheelchair accessible automatic main entrance - side entrance with lift -- call for details ; Barrier-free washroom including door and stall

Description and Service Details

Description (Service) Resource centre
  • crisis intervention
  • information and referral
  • urban orientation
  • community outreach
  • food programs
Aboriginal Healthy Babies Healthy Children
  • home visits for families with children birth-6 years
  • auntie approach
  • prenatal and postpartum support
  • early education support, links to community resources and referrals
Pimaatsiwin -- drop-in for mothers and children birth-6 years
  • parenting classes
  • prenatal programs
  • community kitchen, healthy families training and workshops
Trauma Support -- 416-963-9963 ext 249
  • case management
  • peer support
  • peer-led support circles
  • trauma counselling
Community and Family Wellness Support
  • support, counselling and referrals specializing in legal assistance
  • ending violence and general assistance
Cultural programming
  • women's and youth hand drumming, arts and crafts, beading
  • Full Moon Ceremonies, Traditional feasts
  • Ojibwe language class
  • fitness programs
  • cultural traditions, crafts, support groups, speakers
Housing Program
  • information and referral
  • assistance finding and accessing safe, stable housing
Investing in Women's Futures
  • self-employment and pre-employment training program
  • includes skill-building workshops, educational bridging programs, traditional counselling and activities
  • dress for success program
Mobility for Good -- free phones and subsidized plans to indigenous women at risk or surviving violence, in partnership with Telus
Hours Mon-Fri 10 am-4:30 pm, closed at lunch time 12 pm-1 pm
Areas Served Durham Region ; Halton Region ; Peel Region ; Toronto ; York County
Eligibility Women of Aboriginal ancestry (Status, Non-Status, Métis, Inuit) or women with children of Aboriginal ancestry
meal programs open to all women
Aboriginal female youth of Aboriginal ancestry
Aboriginal self-identifying women, Trans or 2-Spirited people
Application Drop in or call for appointment
 
 
SVRT -- book an appointment at 416-525-9653 or email svrt.casemanager@nwrct.ca
Languages Cree, English, Ojibwe
Fees None ; Associate memberships are also available for Aboriginal women living outside GTA

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