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.

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Education

Aboriginal Education Outreach 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

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

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.

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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.

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Friendship Centres

Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres

Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres provides services and programs for Aboriginal people and Aboriginal youth.

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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.

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.

Toronto Aboriginal Care Team

Help First Nations, Inuit and Métis people in Toronto who are looking for help with their addictions and mental health issues.

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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.

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.

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.

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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.

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Language, Heritage and Culture

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.

Indigenous Peoples' Rights

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

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.

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