Community Resources
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Christie Refugee Welcome Centre
The centre provides emergency shelter and a warm welcome for refugee families from all ethnic, racial or religious backgrounds for more than two decades. They welcome approximately 100 refugee families yearly. One of their notable services is the Shelter Programs which responds to the urgent needs of refugee families by providing emergency shelter and initial settlement services.
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FCJ Refugee Centre
Serves refugees and others at risk due to their immigration status, and welcomes anyone asking for advice, counsel and support regarding these issues. These services include: settlement and integration; immigration support anti-human trafficking and; public education and networking.
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COSTI
COSTI Immigrant Services is a community-based multicultural agency providing employment, educational, settlement and social services to all immigrant communities, new Canadians and individuals in need of assistance. Their services include but are not limited to: employment services; language training; housing and settlement support for Government-Assisted Refugees, Refugee Claimants and Privately-Sponsored Refugees and; family counselling.
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Muslim Welfare Canada
Muslim Welfare Canada is committed to serving those in need, irrespective of religion, nationality, caste or creed. In Canada, they are involved in the fight against poverty and homelessness and provide food, health care services, and culturally-sensitive shelters for women, their children and families. Internationally, they promote literacy through free schools; access to clean water and providing relief assistance.
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Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre (PQWCHC)
PQWCHC's program for newcomers provides health services to new immigrants, refugees, and people without official immigration status. The program aims to help newcomers and their families increase their physical, mental and emotional well-being through accessing health services, programs, and community resources.
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Sherbourne Health
Provides family health care, counselling, health education and supportive services to new Canadians (newcomers, immigrants and refugees who have resided in Canada for 10 years or less), within downtown east Toronto. Sherbourne’s newcomer services help to promote primary care, counselling, settlement, education and skills on nutrition and healthy lifestyle choices.
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Access Alliance Multicultural Community Health Services
Provides services and advocates to improve health outcomes for immigrants, refugees, and their communities, which have been made vulnerable by systemic barriers and poverty. These services include primary health care, food, community, LGBTQ+ green access programs as well as settlement services.
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Hong Fook Mental Health Association
Hong Fook provides various mental health services in Cambodian, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, Vietnamese and English. Some of the mental health services include but are not limited to intake, case management, as well as group and individual psychotherapy.
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Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)'s New Beginnings Clinic
The program offers psychiatric consulting, care provider consulting and culturally sensitive interventions to newly arrived refugees. Please note that a physician referral is required.
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Afghan Women’s Organization Refugee and Immigrant Services
Provides settlement services to all newcomers, with a special focus on women, their families, refugees and people who have experienced war and persecution. The AWO welcomes newcomers from all over the world. These services include but are not limited to assistance filling forms, interpretation/translation, follow-ups/referrals, counselling and language training.
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Women’s College Hospital’s Crossroads Clinic
Women's College Hospital has a Refugee Health Clinic which provides medical services for newly arrived refugee clients for their first two years in Toronto. These medical services include but are not limited to: the management of chronic diseases; pregnancy care; primary care for children; annual health exams; health education and; assistance with issues such as sleep disorders, depressed mood and anxiety. Referrals are not required and they will arrange for interpretation services.
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For Youth Initiative
For Youth Initiative (FYI) supports Black, racialized and newcomer youth (ages between 12 to 29) to navigate systemic barriers, plan for the future and access the resources and mentorship they need to thrive. Their services include: educational attainment; workforce readiness; civic leadership; youth justice; newcomer settlement and; advocacy.
