- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- North:Labrador-Inuit
- North:Northern Quebec-Inuit
- North:Northwest Territories
- North:Nunavut
- North:Yukon Territory
- Ontario
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
- Atlantic:New Brunswick
- Atlantic:Nova Scotia
- Atlantic:Prince Edward Island
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- 2011 2012
Minwaashin Lodge: Aboriginal Women's Support Centre
Grant ID:
4190.02
Project Title: Strengthening Our Circle
Project Description: The project provides a full range of prevention/intervention programs and services in the context of restoring health, cultural identity and pride.
The goals of the projects are:
1.
Provide individual and group programming that stops the cycle of
violence and neglect and restores the quality of Aboriginal family life.
2.
Provide individual and group programs and services that promote
recovery from psychological and social problems, addictions and other
forms of self harm that are rooted in the trauma of sexual, physical
and emotional abuse suffered by direct and intergenerational Survivors
of Residential schools.
3.
Enhance Aboriginal capacity to meet Aboriginal needs by bridging
clients to traditional Inuit, Metis and First Nations Elders and
Traditional Healers.
4.
Restore and strengthen the pivotal healing and leadership role of
Aboriginal women in the context of restoring cultural identity and
pride.
5.
Strengthen the capacity of the service system in the region to support
Aboriginal people, especially youth, by sustaining and building on
formal inter agency linkages.
End Date: March 31, 2010
AHF Contribution: $1,002,390.00
Primary Contact:
Ms. Castille Troy
Executive Director
Tel: 613-741-5590 ext. 222
Organization Address:
424 Catherine Street
Ottawa, ON
K1R 5T8