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Confidential Support Services for Women
1-877-336-2433 Office: 705-253-0049
Crisis: 1-877-336-2433
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- A non-profit and charitable organization serving French-speaking women who fight against all forms of violence
- Supports, accompanies and advocates for the autonomy of all Francophone women who have experienced, are experiencing or are at risk of experiencing gender-based violence
- Offers a range of services, including:
- Fem'aide, 24-hour crisis line
- Individual counseling
- Support groups
- Referral to community agencies and services
- Accompaniment to appointments and various meetings
- Public education and awareness campaigns
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- Provides literacy and basic skills training, including numeracy, digital, communication and interpersonal skills
- Helps learners prepare for employment, apprenticeship, secondary-school credit, post-secondary education and greater independence
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- Promotes and enriches French/Francophone culture by offering social and cultural activities
- Ensures the survival of French culture by inviting students and young adults to participate in the activities and competitions organized by the Centre
- Supports groups and other Francophone organizations working within the community
- Hosts and orients new francophone residents
- Provides individuals with public access to the Internet and the skills they need to use it effectively
- Encourages online learning and literacy
- Fosters the development of community based infrastructure
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- Offers literacy and basic skills training, including numeracy, digital, communication and interpersonal skills
- Helps learners prepare for employment, apprenticeship, secondary-school credit, post-secondary education and greater independence, in French
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Confidential Support Services for Women
1-877-336-2433 Office: 705-461-6120
Crisis: 1-877-336-2433
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- A non-profit and charitable organization serving French-speaking women who fight against all forms of violence
- Supports, accompanies and advocates for the autonomy of all Francophone women who have experienced, are experiencing or are at risk of experiencing gender-based violence
- Offers a range of services, including:
- Fem'aide, 24-hour crisis line
- Individual counseling
- Support groups
- Referral to community agencies and services
- Accompaniment to appointments and various meetings
- Public education and awareness campaigns
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Offers the following child care programs:
Infant Programs
Infant Programs
- Works with parents to provide an environment that is similar to the infant's home environment
- Ensures consistency with daily routines such as nap times, play times, and feeding times
- Provides structured indoor and outdoor play times and developmentally appropriate activities
- Helps prepare children for entry into school
- Engages children in various activities that include dramatic play, arts and crafts, sensory exploration, and gross motor play
- Provides child care before and/or after school, during PD days, March and Christmas breaks, and during the summer
- Provides an inclusive setting to help children develop a healthy attitude towards learning
- Allows children to play with others and express themselves through the arts, drama, and imaginative play
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- Provides literacy and basic skills training, including numeracy, digital, communication and interpersonal skills
- Helps learners prepare for employment, apprenticeship, secondary-school credit, post-secondary education and greater independence
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Confidential Support Services for Women
1-877-336-2433 Office: 705-856-0065
Crisis: 1-877-336-2433
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- A non-profit and charitable organization serving French-speaking women who fight against all forms of violence
- Supports, accompanies and advocates for the autonomy of all Francophone women who have experienced, are experiencing or are at risk of experiencing gender-based violence
- Offers a range of services, including:
- Fem'aide, 24-hour crisis line
- Individual counseling
- Support groups
- Referral to community agencies and services
- Accompaniment to appointments and various meetings
- Public education and awareness campaigns
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- Operates a residential treatment facility for male youth who are stuggling with substance abuse, addiction, and mental health issues
- Utilizes traditional aboriginal healing practices along with western treatment methods to guide individuals towards autonomy
- Offers a recovery program that is centred around farm life, equine therapy, and outdoor therapy
- Enables the recipient to reintegrate into society, school, and work
- Equine therapy
- Family participation in therapy
- Individual and group counselling
- Life skills development
- School program
- Therapy outdoors or in nature
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Training, consultation and resources on assault prevention, equity and inclusion for children and youth in school and minority French-speaking communities
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Carrefour des Immigrants FrancoQueer (CIF)
- settlement and integration services
- information, orientation and reference
- information and orientation workshops
- help with refugee application process and follow up
- discussion groups and peer support, including matching with someone already settled
- social integration activities to adapt to Canadian life
- psychosocial support and crisis counselling
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Employment preparation
- assessment of skills, interests and experience
- labour market information
- training and work placement opportunities
- workshops on job search techniques
- resume writing support
- interview skills
- mentorship
- support during the process of developing and launching a business
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Works with ministries to ensure that the French Language Services Act is applied
- Ensures that the public has access to services in French in the 25 designated areas
- Provides information on the province's Francophone population
- Supports the Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs
- Information on how an agency or a region can receive a designation under the FLSA
- Provides advice relating to Francophones and the delivery of French-language services
- Gathers and provides information on Ontario's Francophone community
- Acts as a link between the Francophone community and government ministries and their agencies
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Association des conseils scolaires des écoles publiques de l'Ontario
Office: 647-499-4261Visit Website
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Represents the Ontario French-language public school boards
- supports its members who serve Francophone communities
- provides support, training, advocacy and information to its members
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Web-based, distance learning option for Ministry-funded Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) program * students may wish to take the web-based course in addition to an on-site course
Designated LBS service providers deliver e-Channel distance learning programs, including specialized services available to Aboriginal, Francophone and deaf, deaf-blind and hard of hearing adults:
Anglophone (English speakers)
Indigenous -- Sioux-Hudson Literacy Council, Good Learning Anywhere (GLA),
Francophone (French speakers)
Designated LBS service providers deliver e-Channel distance learning programs, including specialized services available to Aboriginal, Francophone and deaf, deaf-blind and hard of hearing adults:
Anglophone (English speakers)
Indigenous -- Sioux-Hudson Literacy Council, Good Learning Anywhere (GLA),
Francophone (French speakers)
- Coalition ontarienne de formation des adultes
- Deaf Learn Now -- online instruction in American Sign Language
- Students needing to meet admission requirements for specific apprenticeship and postsecondary programs may wish to complete the Academic & Career Entrance (ACE) Program, available at many colleges and also available online
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Fem'aide : Francophone helpline for women affected by violence
Office: 1-877-336-2433 Crisis: 1-877-336-2433
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Francophone helpline for women
- crisis intervention
- support and referral to community agencies
- confidential calls
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COVID-19 -- office currently closed to in-person service; toll free and local phone lines are OPEN; complaints may be made using online complaint form on website, or via email to sf-fls@ombudsman.on.ca
- reviews and investigates complaints, including systemic issues
- makes recommendations regarding provision of French language services by the provincial government
- promotes compliance with French Language Services Act (FLSA)
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Professional organization that offers visual language interpretation in French and Langue des signes québécoise (LSQ) and computerized note-taking
- offers an initial assessment of needs, selects a team of interpreters, and manages preparation materials
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Develops the full potential of francophone deaf or hard of hearing, deafblind, blind or low vision students in Ontario
- education services and resources
- learning full and abbreviated Braille as well as specialized programming for students with blindness or low vision
- help ensure the overall development of the child and his inclusion in the society
- advisory services for school-aged children
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Provincial organization that serves its membership
- contributes to the development of the Franco-Ontarian artistic and cultural community
- regroups seven sectors of activity and acts as a forum for dialogue between the the cultural and artistic contributors of the province for the collective development of Franco-Ontarian culture
- ensures action of financing the arts and Franco-Ontarian culture, of the status of artists and of the language-culture-education link
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Fem'aide - Ligne de soutien pour les femmes touchées par la violence
1-877-336-2433 Office: 1-877-336-2433
Crisis: 1-877-336-2433
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Free, confidential 24-hour support and crisis line for French-speaking women in Ontario
- supports and connects survivors of violence to community services
- victims and survivors of violence of any form
- security plan
- information and referral support to local, regional and provincial service providers
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Legal services
- supports actions aimed at equal access to justice in French through close collaboration with other government, community and legal organizations
- provides tools to justice professionals so that they can offer their services in French
- informs and equips the general public to develop an understanding of, and capacity to participate in, the legal system in French
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Action ontarienne contre la violence faite aux femmes
1-833-632-0838 Office: 613-241-8433
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Organization that works towards the elimination of oppression experienced by women
- advocates action through cooperation between networks
- adopts action based on a feminist analysis of the social and community situation
- promotes the development of resources for French-speaking women in Ontario
- develops cooperation and communication between the various networks
- offers legal services for Francophone women dealing with violence
- offers online and in-person training for the general public and interveners
- runs awareness campaigns on violence against women
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- advocates to further bilingualism by promoting and creating opportunities for students to learn and use French in Canada
- promotes French as a second language and culture in the community
- gives classes for French as a second language and other french related programs
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National organization providing services in the arts
- regroups 17 theatre companies established in Francophone communities in New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British-Columbia
- promotes the development of a franco-canadian theatrical scene by organizing and supporting various promotional activities
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