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Aboriginal Support Services

Supports that are culturally competent and reflect Aboriginal values and practices.

Aboriginal Health Centre

Population Served:

All Aboriginal people, regardless of status

Services Offered:

  • Culturally appropriate health care programs
  • Choices of traditional healing, western medicine and complementary therapies
  • Health education, school outreach, children’s programs, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and child nutrition programs
  • Mental health supports; addictions, counselling, and wellness planning
  • Traditional healing; healing journey, grief recovery, attitudinal healing, sweat lodge ceremonies, spiritual warriors roadway, and elder mentorship program

Contact:

Phone: (905) 544-4320
Fax: (905) 544-4247
Address: 678 Main Street East, Hamilton ON
Email: [email protected]
Web: aboriginalhealthcentre.com

Other:

Accessible location? Yes
French language services? No
Interpretation services? No

Hamilton Regional Indian Centre

Population Served:

Urban Aboriginal People

Services Offered:

  • Addictions counselling
  • Criminal/family courtwork program
  • Family support; families with children 0-6 years, culturally based activities
  • Healing and wellness program
  • Healthy babies/healthy children program
  • Prenatal/nutrition program
  • Akwe: go program; cultural activities for children 7-12 years old

Contact:

Phone: (905) 548-9593
Fax: (905) 545-4077
Email: [email protected]
Address: 34 Ottawa St N, Hamilton ON
Web: www.hric.ca/index.php

Other:

Accessible location? Yes
French language services? No
Interpretation services? No

Native Women's Centre

Population Served:

All women and their children who are experiencing crisis

Services Offered:

  • Emergency shelter, short term stay, 8 rooms totalling 15 beds
  • Safety planning
  • 24 hour crisis line
  • Counselling for residents, non-residents and past residents
  • Emergency transportation to Shelter
  • Information and referrals to other community resources
  • Woman Abuse Education Program
  • Access to Traditional Native methods of healing, but remains sensitive to other cultures
  • Referral to transitional housing; Honouring the Circle
  • Transitional Housing Support worker on site

Contact:

Toll free/Crisis: 1 (888) 308-6559
Telephone/Crisis: (905) 664-1114
Fax: (905) 664-1101
Web: www.nativewomenscentre.com

Other:

Accessible location? Yes
French language services? No
Interpretation services? No

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