Guelph-Area Indigenous Supports
Through my work as a Guelph criminal defence lawyer, I have collected this list of culturally-sensitive and relevant Indigenous community supports in and near Guelph.
If you know of some resources that I am missing, email me to let me know and I will add it.
If you are charged with a criminal offence in Guelph, contact me for a Free Consultation.
Indigenous Healing and Wellness Centre (Hosted by the Guelph Community Health Centre)
176 Wyndham Street North,
Guelph, ON, N1H 8N9
519-821-6638, ext. 301
IHWP@GuelphCHC.ca
Started in 2017, the program seeks to provide culturally safe access to health and wellness services and provides programs and services including:
Traditional Healing & Therapies
Group sessions or 1-1 sessions. Typically held once per month. Can address issues of addictions, family counselling, trauma, harm reduction, violence.
Healthy Living & Wellbeing Programs
Youth Services & Programs
Advocacy
Elimination of Barriers to Appropriate Health Care Services
Outreach
Poverty Reduction
Family Strengthening; family support, parenting classes, advocacy
Cultural Programs (Sweat Lodges, New Moon Ceremonies).
They have an “in-reach worker” who can assist in maintaining continuity of supports.
Anishnabeg Outreach
236 Woodhaven Rd., Kitchener, Ontario
Phone: (519) 208-5333
Fax: (519) 742-0867
400 Stevenson Street N., Guelph
Phone: (519) 763-5292
Fax: (519) 763-1335
Website: http://anishnabegoutreach.org/
Employment counselling, resume and cover letter assistance, job postings, job search workshops, funding to obtain training opportunities, resource library, community information, advocacy, Native newsletters, daily newspapers, telephone, photocopier, fax, computer and internet access. Also offer the Spirit Bundle program where they provide essentials such as food and other household items to the urban indigenous community in Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, and Guelph.
Aboriginal Resource Centre, University of Guelph
Room: 102; 620 Gordon Street, Federal Building, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
Phone: (519) 824-4120 ext. 58074
Fax: (519) 827-0432
Website: http://studentlife.uoguelph.ca/oia/
Provide admissions, advising, Aboriginal community outreach and recruitment, orientation, bursary and scholarship information, cultural and traditional programming, Aboriginal student advising and support.
The Healing of the Seven Generations (KW)
300 Frederick Street,
Kitchener, ON
N2H 2N5
Offer a number of programs including weekly walk-in “Men’s and 2 Spirit” and “Women and 2 Spirit” healing circles, regular cultural community events and workshops. They also have a Court Support worker (519-570-9118) who offers advocacy in Criminal, mental health, drug, youth and family court.
White Owl Native Ancestry
65 Hanson Avenue, Kitchener, Ontario
Phone: (519) 743-8635
Fax: (519) 743-8769
Email: cmmwnrc@gmail.com
Provides mental health supports for youth
Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services
Working to provide safe and affordable housing to urban and rural First Nation, Inuit and Métis people living off-Reserve in Ontario.
https://www.ontarioaboriginalhousing.ca/
K-W Urban Native Wigwam Project
Provides housing support for Indigenous homeless or home insecure individuals
300 Frederick Street
Kitchener, Ontario, N2G 2S1
Phone: (519) 743-5868
Fax: (519) 743-6172
Email: kwunwphousing@gmail.com