Searching for Indigenous Peoples

Offers healing, employment and training supports to men and women who have experienced or are at-risk of violence

• Delivers training sessions and workshops to empower individuals to achieve higher levels of training, education, or employment on the journey to economic independence
• Creates an individualized work and training plan tailored to participant's needs
• Promotes district-wide awareness and sensitivity to the barriers faced by individuals who experience violence

Offers the following:

• ABC Approach to Healing Your Life: Acknowledging your Past, Believe in Yourself, and Create your Future
• Computer and Numeracy Skills: Microsoft Suite, and Numeracy Skills
• Empowering Paths Program Supports: Peer Support withing Warming Centre linking individuals with community services, and giving men in community an opportunity to experience True Self's holistic healing approaches
• True Paths: Offers men and women in outlying communities an opportunity to experience True Self's Holistic healing approaches and to empower individuals to move forward with education and employment goals

Community Workshops available:

• Defining Domestic Violence
• Women's Wellness Workshop
• Great Attitude, Great Future
• Lateral Violence
• Walking the Medicine Wheel with our Personal Finances

Provides campus and online learning opportunities with daily and weekly start dates

Diplomas and certificates available in the following areas:

• Business
• Healthcare
• Human Services
• Technology and trades
• Health and Safety
• Workshops

• Offers apprenticeship training programs that are 3-7 years in duration with three in-school sessions
• Individuals begin with a 52-week pre-apprenticeship program where they will be registered as a 1st year journeyman and placed with a licensed trades person/company

Provides the following training programs:

• Electrician
• General Carpenter
• Heavy Equipment Operator
• Native Residential Construction Worker
• Plumber
• Water and Waste Water Technician

All Apprenticeship programs are delivered in partnership with the Ontario College of Trades

Operates as a program under the Healing and Wellness Branch

• Promotes healthy lifestyles through culturally based programs and healing
• Aims to reduce family violence

Provides assistance for individuals to identify areas of concern and to develop action plans to address concerns through the following:

• Sharing of appropriate information with related health and social agencies and providing referrals
• Crisis intervention education and workshops
• Illness prevention and wellness planning, information and education
• Traditional sharing circles
• Community outreach education to promote cultural awareness

Also provides:

• Assistance with completing forms of any kind
• Accessing existing programs and services
• Peer counselling for any identified concerns

Operates as a program under the Healing and Wellness Branch

Delivers a parenting support program and promotes child development

• Offers individual prenatal classes on an as needed basis
• Provides information on the stages of pregnancy
• Offers parents handbook of pregnancy and baby care (Baby's Best Chance)

Program participants are provided with:

• Advocacy and support
• Emergency supplies for child's basic needs (diapers, formula, baby food and milk)
• Follow up via telephone within 48 hours of discharge from hospital
• Home visits pre-birth to prepare family for new arrival
• Home visits post birth to offer support to new mothers
• Home visits during child's early years to offer development guidance
• Referrals to other programs and services

Also offers:

• Educational and promotional workshops and presentations to schools, community groups and parents
• Hosts cultural events

Operates as a program under the Healing and Wellness Branch

• Provides information, advocacy and support to assist individuals to remain in their homes as long as possible
• Acts as respite for informal caregivers such as extended family

Community Support Services offered include:

• Caregiver support
• Case management
• Friendly visiting
• Service arrangement and coordination
• Transportation for medical appointments within Sault Ste Marie and/or assistance with medical appointment arrangements
• Visiting for social and safety reasons, either in person or on the phone

Operates as a program under the Education and Training Branch

Provides a range of culturally appropriate programs and services for Métis people to enhance employability and related skills including:

• Apprenticeship support (financial and training assistance)
• Career counselling
• Employment readiness support and training
• Financial support/wage subsidies and opportunity through a number of programs which may vary by office locations; programs are listed on website
• Mobility assistance
• Self-employment coaching assistance such as business plan and accounting information and access to computers, photocopiers and other equipment
• Services for clients with disabilities

Operates as a program under the Education and Training Branch

• Provides additional educational and training opportunities in specific areas and sectors that offer current or future employment
• Delivers Labour Market Projects in areas as needed including apprenticeships, tourism and hospitality, energy, housing and mining
• Conducts ongoing research for future employment and training opportunities

• Provides training to Indigenous individuals to increase employability skills
• Provides 10 weeks of classroom training including but not limited to time management, goal setting, communication skills, employment skills and expectations, conflict resolution, customer service, telephone skills, computer skills, worker's rights and responsibilities, work ethics, resumé and cover letter writing
• Training is followed by an eight-week optional paid work placement

Also offers certification in:

• Service Excellence
• Smart Serve
• WHMIS

Operates as a program under the Education and Training Branch

• Advocates for Métis people in the development of education policies and programs in Ontario
• Participates in community school boards, colleges and universities and other educational agencies/stakeholders
• Encourages academic skills development
• Provides training programs that enable individuals to attain their educational aspirations
• Administers the Métis Student Bursary Program and provides assistance in applying for the Métis post secondary education bursary (list of participating colleges/universities on website)

Operates as a program under the Healing and Wellness Branch

• Developed as a new program aimed at supporting healthy and whole Métis families
• Works to reduce family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care
• Focus is on providing direct one-on-one client services and educational resources and family wellness planning

Services provided can include but are not limited to the following:

• After school safe places and homework clubs
• Assistance in navigating the community support system
• Assisting children and youth to foster self-identity and to develop life skills
• Court-related supports
• Empowering parents to be their children's best advocates
• Ensuring families have their basic needs met
• Guidance for building healthy relationships and raising awareness of personal safety issues
• Peer support for youth involved in justice and correction issues
• Referrals for employment and training programs
• Supports for children and youth who have experienced or witnessed violence
• Supports for Métis youth to stay in school
• Support in case meetings and conferencing

• Provides urban Indigenous at-risk youth with the tools, support, and healthy activities needed to make healthy choices
• Works with youth to build upon and foster their ability to make healthy choices

Components of the program include:

• Education support
• Promoting healthy eating and physical development
• Justice intervention
• Social support
• Outreach to youth in care
• Support anti-violence techniques

Provides Aboriginal youth the opportunity to learn about and participate in Aboriginal culture

Program highlights include:

• Hand drum making
• Medicine wheel and seven grandfathers teaching
• Sweat lodge
• Traditional ceremonies
• Wilderness outings

This organization is a Registered Charity

• Offers a comprehensive and holistic service to at-risk children and families living off-reserve
• Promotes healthier child development through early childhood interventions
• Provides information on children's nutrition, areas of injury prevention, and the mental health of the child

Offers the following services:

• Child development
• Children's pow wow
• Cooking/nutrition classes
• Parenting programs
• Traditional and cultural teachings

• Delivers a parenting support program and promotes child development
• Provides access to culturally appropriate early intervention and prevention services

Program participants are provided with:

• Pre-and post-natal screenings and assessments
• Newborn and Infant screenings and assessments
• Home visiting
• Service co-ordination
• Support for service integration

This organization is a Registered Charity

Provides the following pre and post natal support to expectant mothers, their families and partners:

• Access to midwives or western medical professionals
• Birth control
• Community kitchens
• Health information
• Home visits
• Outings
• Prenatal nutrition
• Pre and post natal exercise classes
• Support services
• Teaching and advocacy

This organization is a Registered Charity

• Provides education, programs and workshops to promote healthy lifestyles and prevent illness
• Endeavors to improve working relationships between health care systems and Aboriginal communities
• Ensures that Aboriginal individuals understand the present health care system
• Provides education in an effort to reduce violence within Aboriginal communities

Services include:

• Access to cultural healing resources
• Completion of forms
• Help with housing
• Social assistance
• Status card applications

This organization is a Registered Charity

• Provides culturally appropriate programs and services to address needs of elderly Aboriginal people with chronic illness and/or any form of disability
• Offers advocacy support between individual and other agencies and organizations
• Organizes outings, activities, education, programming and socialization for clients

Offers the following services:

• Aboriginal supports
• Advocacy
• Congregate dining
• Friendly visiting
• Long term care
• Medical transportation
• Referrals
• Security checks

This organization is a Registered Charity

Offers a culturally appropriate treatment program to address drug and alcohol issues and to prevent or minimize the negative effects of addictive substances

• Provides individual and group addictions counselling sessions
• Provides drug and alcohol assessments
• Offers individual information, education and needed support
• Provides referrals to treatment centres and programs
• Promotes healthy lifestyles and alternatives to alcohol, drugs and solvents
• Offers public education seminars and workshops

This organization is a Registered Charity

• Promotes growth and healing for Aboriginal Peoples through Aboriginal specific services
• Reduces family violence and promotes healthy lifestyles

Provides the following services:

• Access to cultural healers, elders and ceremonies
• Family violence workshops (upon request)
• Referrals to crisis or emergency services
• Crisis intervention, reduction of family violence, advocacy and referrals

This organization is a Registered Charity

• Provides education and support for Aboriginal males to address issues of violence against women
• Promotes positive change in values, attitudes and behaviours
• Fosters healing and enables individuals, families and communities to achieve and enjoy a healthy and balanced life

Services offered include:

• Education
• Group activities
• One-on-one peer counselling
• Workshops

This organization is a Registered Charity

Assists Aboriginal individuals to prepare for, obtain and keep jobs by offering a variety of employment services such as:

• Employment counselling
• Resume/cover letter assistance
• Job search information
• Training/Action Plans
• Labour Market Information and Training Assistance

Provides financial assistance for the following:

• Apprenticeship skills
• Employment and training supports
• On-the-job training
• Pre-employment training
• Self-employment training
• Stay-in-school program
• Training courses
• Youth internship