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• Promotes the healthy development and well-being of children who have been exposed to abuse
• Provides early intervention programming that focuses on prevention, children's nutrition, and mental health

Offers the following group programs:

• ABC's for Living Program (Life Skills for Children)
• Community Kitchen
• Drop In Parenting Group
• Drop In Family Fitness Group
• Family Circle (Education and resource information)​
• Kash-Kwa-son (Traditional Circles)
• Parental Relief Group
• Parent and Child Interaction Time
• Walking Club and Nutritional Sharing Group
• You Make the Difference Program

Health centre focused on family and community health

• Operates monthly programs where participants cook healthy meals together
• Teaches basic cooking skills
• Offers the Eat Smart kitchen program

• Focuses on 3 main themes: children, family and community
• A Kitchen for Our Community offers opportunities for older adults, men, women, teens and children to come together to cook and learn about food and nutrition
• Works with parents, future parents and caregivers of children to respond to the needs and concerns they have in raising their children
• Participants are actively involved in program development and implementation as peer leaders
• Provides free child care while parent participates in programs
• Provides nutritional snacks at all programs at no cost
• Offers evening and weekend programming for young teen parents
• Offers prenatal and postnatal support to teens, women and their families
• Provides bus transportation for participants to attend programs
• Participates as a member of the Food Action Network

Offers various programs including the following:

• Community Kitchens
• Drop-Ins
• Planning Team
• Parenting Programs
• Pre and Post Natal Support
• Home Visiting Program
• Roots of Empathy

• Offers the Community Action Program for Children (CAPC) that provides supportive programs and services for families with children 6 years of age and younger
• Provides support programs and services Offers support services on-site and throughout the city at partnering agencies

Focuses on the following programs:

• Child development
• Community development and outreach
• Cultural development and retention
• Family healing
• Family nutrition
• Parenting skills

• Provides a diabetes prevention and management program
• Educates individuals on healthy eating, nutrition, traditional foods, and traditional ways of knowing

Services include:

• Life skills programs such as cooking classes, meal planning, label reading, and food journaling
• Land based activities such as berry picking and harvesting
• Diabetes education
• Access to food hampers and grocery supports

• Promotes the healthy development and well-being of vulnerable children
• Addresses the conditions of risk for children including prevention, promotion, protection and partnerships
• Provides early intervention programming that focuses on prevention, children's nutrition, and mental health

Delivers programs with a focus on:

• Family healing
• Parenting skills
• Child development including mental health
• Family nutrition
• Cultural development and retention
• Community development
• Outreach

Provides a culturally-based program to support and address concerns of Indigenous youth

Education

• Provides educational advocacy at Atikokan High School and St Pat's Separate School; in cases of school suspension, can offer student a place to spend time
• Offers homework time at the Centre with access to computers and Internet
• Assists with developing resumes, cover letters and completing job applications
• Participates in professional training courses including autism workshops, canoeing courses, food handling courses and smoking cessation workshops

Healthy Eating and Physical Development

• Holds individual and group discussions on healthy lifestyle choices including concerns and prevention of diabetes and high blood pressure and benefits of exercise
• Teaches a cooking class with a focus on healthy choices and the use of traditional foods
• Supervises and plans regular wilderness outings

Justice Intervention

• Provides support to incarcerated individuals including accompaniment to court hearings
• Accompanies any youth registered in agency programs to court proceedings if requested

Social Supports

• Provides individual support for areas youth may be struggling with such as socialization and peer pressure
• Supervises trips to cultural, educational or recreational activities

Violence Prevention

• Teaches about effects of problematic alcohol and substance use
• Provides support for individuals undergoing drug and alcohol treatment

Youth in Care

• Provides cultural education and support for youth living in foster homes within community

Provides culturally appropriate education, programs and support to improve the health of Indigenous women and their babies

• Gives presentations on prenatal and postnatal health and healthy life choices
• Arranges home and hospital visits from prenatal worker
• Plans and supervises exercise groups for pre/postnatal women
• Provides aquafit vouchers

Baby and Me

• Provides group support through weekly talking and sharing circles
• Encourages relating personal experiences
• Offers guest speakers occasionally to talk on related topics

Breastfeeding Program

• Provides information and instruction concerning appropriate techniques for nursing an infant for expectant parents or new mothers
• Loans out breastfeeding pumps and other related equipment

Cooking Together

• Provides a weekly lunch program; families plan, prepare and eat a healthy meal together
• Provides grocery budgeting and shopping advice

Fruit Basket

• Provides fruit/vegetable vouchers and vitamin supplements to enhance healthy pregnancy
• Provides child care for one hour per week for any reason
• Provides an informal afternoon of socialization, information sharing and to pick up fruit baskets and vegetable vouchers

Educational, health, healing and counselling centre

• transformation, lifestyle, and relationship counseling
• systems thinker consultant
• some services available via telephone or Internet
• complete online products catalogue

COVID-19 (9 Jun 2020) Tungasuvvingat Inuit Food Bank is open for Inuk in need of food support. * Contact TI worker for details or call Paulina at 613-857-1709. * All TI non-essential services programming are suspended until further notice. Mamisarvik Healing Centre is an essential service for the participants. * This information is regularly updated on their Facebook page.

Community centre that provides services adapted to the needs of Inuit clients

The Family Well-Being Program (1071 Richmond Rd): Prevention-focused, culturally-responsive supports to promote healthy communities * supports families to heal from the effects of intergenerational trauma, reduce violence * addresses the over-representation of Indigenous children and youth in child welfare and youth justice systems Child development and nutrition * cultural development and retention * parenting and care-taking skills * community development * pre and postnatal program

Youth Program (1071 Richmond Rd, 297 Savard): Various programs that promote Inuit culture and language * life skills education * promotes exercise * provides alternatives to negative environments

Counselling Services: assists clients with day to day personal and emotion struggles * Inuit Residential School Program provides support to former IRS students and their families.

Community Support Program, Drop In (297 Savard Ave): supportive environment attempting to duplicate the community spirit and cultural surrounding of the Inuit homelands * socialization opportunities * settlement services, housing assistance and information and referral to legal, medical and social services * Interpretation services and assistance in obtaining non-insured health benefits * weekly Inuit women's healing circle * men's group and Community Kitchen, Weekly Food Bank

Housing Support Services (297 Savard Ave): housing-based case management program for clients who are chronically or episodically homeless * general Housing assistance * crisis intervention services

Inuit Court and Justice Programs (604 Laurier West): offers supports to Inuit involved with the legal system. Restorative Justice model and Gladue Services

Exiting Sex Trade/Anti Human Trafficking Program (604 Laurier West): offers support to Inuit involved in the sex trade being trafficked or at risk in a harm reduction model

Employment Services (1071 Richmond Rd): assistance with writing resumes, cover letters, finding employment or training assists in the removal of barriers in the road to long-term employment

Cultural Programming : Cultural events and activities throughout the year * Inuit craft workshops * Elders Tea