Healing, health and wellness services for Indigenous people and families
Find healing, health and wellness services, including counselling, advocacy, residential and day programs, referrals and translation services.
Community Wellness Workers
You can talk to a Community Wellness Worker to get programs and services for family violence and existing or new healing, health and wellness issues. Services may include:
- developing action plans to address your healing, health and wellness concerns
- peer counselling
- crisis intervention
- education and prevention programs in schools and communities, including workshops, healing and cultural teachings and events, and land-based activities
- individual and family referrals to counselling and treatment programs
- case management
- advocacy and outreach
Service providers
Anishnawbe Health Toronto
225 Queen Street East
Toronto, Ontario
M5A 1S4
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Equay-wuk (Women’s Group)
16 Fourth Avenue North
PO Box 1781
Sioux Lookout, Ontario
P8T 1C4
Local:
Email: equaywuk@nwconx.net
Métis Nation of Ontario
500 Old Patrick Street, Unit 3
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 9G4
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Native Child and Family Services of Toronto
295 College Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 1S2
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Native Women's Resource Centre
191 Gerrard Street East
Toronto, Ontario
M5A 2E5
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The Union of Ontario Indians (UOI)
Through the UOI, you can find a Community Wellness Worker in 38 First Nation communities throughout the UOI territory.
For more information please contact:
Union of Ontario Indians
Curve Lake First Nation
Curve Lake, Ontario
K0L 1R0
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The Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
The Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC) sponsors Community Wellness Workers (commonly known in the Friendship Centres as healing and wellness co-ordinators) located in 26 Friendship Centres throughout Ontario.
Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres
219 Front Street East
Toronto, Ontario
M5A 1E8
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The Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians (AIAI)
The Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians (AIAI) sponsors Community Wellness Workers located in seven First Nation communities throughout the AIAI territory.
Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians
387 Princess Avenue
London, Ontario
N6B 2A7
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Treaty #3 territory
There are 29 Community Wellness Workers across Treaty #3 territory.
For more information, contact:
Grand Council Treaty #3
PO Box 1720
Kenora, Ontario
P9N 3X7
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Email: admin@treaty3.ca
Healing lodges
Visit a healing lodge to access residential and day programs using traditional Indigenous healing and contemporary therapeutic interventions to:
- reduce the impacts of, or trauma arising from, sexual assault, physical, mental and emotional abuse or family instability
- promote and foster the spiritual, emotional, mental and physical wellbeing of Indigenous people and families
- foster the healing, rebuilding and strengthening of individual and family relationships
Service providers
Biidaaban Healing Lodge
PO Box 219
Heron Bay, Ontario
P0T 1R0
Local:
Email: request@biidaaban.com
Enaahtig Healing Lodge & Learning Centre
4184 Vasey Road
RR 1
Victoria Harbour, Ontario
L0K 2A0
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Garden River First Nation – Dan Pine Healing Lodge
200 Anishnabe Point Road
Garden River, Ontario
P0S 1C0
Mailing address
Garden River Wellness Centre
23 Shingwauk Street
Garden River, Ontario
P6A 7B2
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Shawanaga First Nation Healing Centre
RR 1
Nobel, Ontario
POG 1G0
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Waashkootsi Nanaandawe'iyewigamig Healing Lodge
c/o Waasegiizhig Nanaandawe’iyewigamig
PO Box 320
Keewatin Ontario
P0X 1C0
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Health navigators
Contact the Health Navigator Program to get:
- health and mental health care navigation
- advocacy
- discharge planning
- support services
Health navigators can help make access more equitable and improve the quality of health services you receive.
Service providers
Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres
219 Front Street East
Toronto, Ontario
M5A 1E8
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Ontario Native Women’s Association
380 Ray Boulevard
Thunder Bay, Ontario
P7B 4E9
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Métis Nation of Ontario
500 Old St. Patrick Street, Unit 3
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 9G4
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Health Outreach Workers
Talk to a Health Outreach Worker to get counselling, home visits, education and referrals on a variety of matters, such as:
- health and wellness
- health promotion
- disease prevention
- family violence prevention
Service providers
Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
The Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC) sponsors health outreach workers in 11 urban centres throughout Ontario.
For more information on the health outreach workers and locations, contact:
Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres
219 Front Street East
Toronto, Ontario
M5A 1E8
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Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA)
The Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA) sponsors Community Health Outreach Workers in urban centres.
For more information on the health outreach workers sponsored by ONWA, contact:
Ontario Native Women’s Association
380 Ray Boulevard
Thunder Bay, Ontario
P7B 4E9
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Outpatient hostels (Timmins and Kenora)
If you are an Indigenous person and you are accessing health care in Timmins or Kenora, you and the people who accompany you (for example, partners, family members, friends, personal support workers) can stay in a hostel short-term.
The hostels offer:
- accommodation and meals
- transportation to and from the airport and appointments
- Indigenous language translation services
- Additional services may include client advocacy, emotional support and assistance with reserving accommodations.
Kenora
Waasegiizhig Nanaandawe'iyewigamig Outpatient Hostel
c/o Lake of the Woods District Hospital
21 Sylvan Street West, 3rd Floor, East Wing
Kenora, Ontario
P9N 3W7
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Timmins
Weeneebayko Area Health Authority
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Get an Indigenous language translator for health care
Find an Indigenous language translator to help you communicate with medical and other health practitioners about symptoms, diagnoses, care, treatments and follow-up services.
Service providers
Gizhewaadiziwin Access Centre
PO Box 686
Fort Frances, Ontario
P9A 3M9
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N'Swakamok Friendship Centre
110 Elm Street
Sudbury, Ontario
P3C 1T5
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Weeneebayko Area Health Authority
Kapashewekamik Hostel
3255 Airport Road
Timmins, Ontario
P4N 7C3
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