Canadian Resources - Ressources canadiennes
Canadian Resources - Ressources
canadiennes
ATD QUART MONDE
6747, rue Drolet Tél. : (514) 279-0468
Montréal (Québec) Télécopieur : (514) 279-7759
H2S 2T1
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY CANADA
40 Albert Street Tel. : (519) 885-4565
Waterloo, Ontario Fax : (519) 885-5225
N2L 3S2
Habitat for humanity/life is a grassroots community-based
movement. Habitat is a people-helping-people, Christian
organization with the goal of providing simple, adequate and
affordable shelter for low-income people. Habitat attempts to do
this by asking the future home owners to contribute time, and
also by soliciting resources from other people, such as their
time, funds, or in-kind gifts. With needy and affluent people
working together in equal partnership, they build new housing,
new relationships and a new sense of community.
Through volunteer labour, Habitat builds and rehabilitates homes
with the help of home owners. Houses are sold at no profit to
partner families, and no-interest mortgages are issued. Small
monthly mortgage payments, including taxes and insurance, are
repaid over an average of 20 years and deposited into a revolving
Fund for Humanity, which supports the construction of more
houses.
Habitat is a joint venture in which those benefiting from it
participate directly in the work. Each home owner family must
invest 500 hours of unpaid labour ("sweat equity") as a down
payment. They help build their own house and those of other
prospective Habitat home owners. This reduces cost, increases
pride of ownership and fosters positive relationships.
Habitat for Humanity is a remarkable program for a variety of
reasons. By bringing people of different backgrounds together
and by organizing time and resources, they are able to build more
homes and help more needy families restore their dignity and
self-respect.
Habitat for Humanity is administered by local affiliates across
the country. It is these groups that actually build the houses.
Affiliates are started by people interested in helping others in
their community.
FRIENDSHIP CENTRES
A Friendship Centre is a non-profit, non-partisan, non-sectarian,
autonomous, community-based organization. It exists to
administer and implement programs to meet the needs of Native
people. The Friendship Centres promote a wider understanding of
the culture and heritage of Native people. It also strives to
promote and develop local community leadership. The Friendship
Centres endeavour to enhance social, economic, and cultural
development by providing advocacy, counselling and educational
services. Most Friendship Centres offer resources for low-income
Native families and are engaged in economic activities designed
to sustain services in low-income areas.
Provincial addresses:
Skookum Jim Friendship Centre Tel.: (403) 633-7680
3159 - 3rd Avenue Fax: (403) 668-4460
Whitehorse, Yukon
Y1A 1G1
Northwest Territories Council of Friendship Centres Tel.: (403) 979-2166
c/o Ingamo Hall Friendship Centre Fax: (403) 979-2837
Box 1293
Inuvik, NWT
X0E 0T0
B.C. Association of Indian Tel.: (604) 652-0210
Friendship Centres Fax: (604) 652-3102
3-2475 Mt. Newton X Road
Saanichtono, British Columbia
V05 1M0
Alberta Native Friendship Centre Association Tel.: (403) 482-5196
104, 10534-124 St. Fax: (403) 482-2032
Edmonton, Alberta
T5N 1R8
Aboriginal Friendship Centres of Saskatchewan
Tel.: (306) 833-2313
c/o Ile à la Crosse Friendship Centre Fax: (306) 833-2216
P.O. Box 160
Ile à la Crosse, Saskatchewan
S0M 1C0
Manitoba Association of Friendship Centres Tel.: (204) 942-6299
P.O. Box 716 Fax: (204) 942-6308
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3C 2K3
Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres Tel.: (416) 956-7575
290 Shuter St. Fax: (416) 956-7577
Toronto, Ontario
M5A 1W7
Regroupement des centres d'amitié autochtone du Québec Inc. Tel.: (418) 842-6354
30, rue de l'Ours Fax: (418) 842-9795
Village-des-Huron, Québec
G0A 1L4
Fredericton Native Friendship Centre Tel.: (506) 459-5283
361 Queen Street Fax: (506) 459-1756
Fredericton, New Brunswick
E3B 1B2
Micmac Native Friendship Centre Tel.: (902) 420-1576
2158 Gottingen Street Fax: (902) 423-6130
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3K 3B4
St. John's Native Friendship Centre Tel.: (709) 726-5902
61 Cashin Avenue Fax: (709) 726-3557
St. John's, Newfoundland
A1E 3B4
Labrador Friendship Centre Tel.: (709) 896-8302
P.O. Box 767, Station B Fax: (709) 896-8731
Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador
A0P 1E0
NATIONAL AND PROVINCIAL ANTI-POVERTY GROUPS AND COALITIONS
ORGANISATIONS ANTI-PAUVRETÉ, NIVEAU PROVINCIAL ET NATIONAL
Canada
National Anti-Poverty Organization - Organisation nationale anti-pauvreté
256, King Edward Ave Tel.: (613) 789-0096
Ottawa, Ontario Fax: (613) 789-0141
K1N 7M1
The National Anti-Poverty Organization ( NAPO) is a non-profit,
non-partisan advocacy organization that represents the interests
of low-income Canadians. NAPO's objective is to ensure that the
views of poor people are considered during debates about national
issues of importance to them. NAPO works with grass roots
organizations on poverty issues, initiate action-oriented
research and submits briefs to federal committees, task forces
and commissions. Listed below are some regional contacts amongst
the 700 groups working with NAPO.
L'Organisation nationale anti-pauvreté ( ONAP) est un organisme à
but non lucratif qui représente les intérêts des canadiennes et
canadiens à faible revenu. L' ONAP vise à s'assurer que le point
de vue des personnes pauvres est pris en considération dans les
débats sur les questions qui les concernent. Cet organisme
travaille avec quelques 700 groupes communautaires au Canada.
Voici les coordonnées de quelques-uns de ces groupes.
End Legislated Poverty
211 - 456 West Broadway Tel.: (604) 879-1209
Vancouver, British Columbia Fax: (604) 875-9227
V5Y 1R3
Calgary Poverty Focus Group
c/o Calgary John Howard Society Tel.: (403) 233-2882
1010, 1st Street SW - Suite 200 Fax: (403) 265-2458
Calgary, Alberta
T2R 1K4
Albertans for Social Justice
c/o Edmonton Food Bank Tel.: (403) 233-2882
10218, 118 Street Fax: (403) 426-1590
Edmonton, Alberta
T5K 1K9
Saskatchewan Coalition for Social Justice
330 - 2445, 13th Avenue Tel.: (306) 565-8575
Regina, Saskatchewan Fax: (306) 757-4188
S4P 0W1
Manitoba Anti-Poverty Organization
365 McGee Street Tel.: (204) 786-3323
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3G 3M5
Choices
275 Broadway, Suite 503 Tel.: (204) 944-9408
Winnipeg, Manitoba Fax: (204) 942-7396
R3C 4M6
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
249 Sherbourne Tel.: (416) 925-6939
Toronto, Ontario Fax: (416) 966-8759
M5A 2R9
Ontario Social Safety NetWork
c/o Clinic Resource Office Tel.: (416) 516-1355
100 - 173 Dufferin Street Fax: (416) 516-1359
Toronto, Ontario
M6K 1Y9
Le Front commun des personnes assistées sociales
1222, rue St-Hubert Tel.: (514) 987-1989
Montréal, Québec Fax: (514) 987-1918
H2L 3Y7
Fredericton Anti-Poverty Association
242 Gibson Street Tel.: (506) 458-9102
Fredericton, N.B. Fax: (506) 458-2891
E3A 4E3
N.B. Anti-Poverty Association
P.O. Box 6446, Station A Tel.: (506) 634-7320
Saint John, N.B. Fax: (506) 634-7423
E2L 4R8
Group Against Poverty
P.O. Box 1574, Station "C" Tel.: (709) 753-2202
St-John's, NFLD Fax: (709) 753-4110
A1C 5P3
Yellowknife Women's Centre
P.O. Box 2645 Station Main Tel.: (403) 873-9131
Yellowknife, NWT
X1A 2P9
PLURA
c/o First United Church
320 E. Hastings St.
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6A 1P4
135-222 Furby St. Tel. : (204) 774-7206
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3C 2A7
PLURA provides funding for low-income groups, or persons
interested in forming a self-help activity. PLURA is sponsored
by the Presbyterian, Lutheran, United, Roman Catholic and
Anglican churches.
The purpose of the association is to provide a national body
through which the churches may be able, acting jointly, to
promote social justice in Canada and specifically to:
a) make financial and other resources available for action
programs carried out by groups of low-income
individuals in Canada, which promote change in the
social, economic and political realities, and attack
the root causes of poverty in Canada.
b) promote and encourage participation, on a local and
regional level, of churches, church groups and church
members, with low-income, self-help groups and
programs.
Although PLURA is a national organization, most of the work is
done at a local level. There are four regions, Western, Ontario,
Quebec and Atlantic, which meet from time to time to share ideas
and experiences. Direct work with low-income, self-help groups
is accomplished through provincial committees, made up of members
from the sponsoring churches and representatives from active low-income groups. The national executive is elected and also has
the same balance of representation.
VANIER INSTITUTE OF THE FAMILY (VIF)
120, Holland Ave, Suite 300 Tel.: (613) 722-4007
Ottawa, Ontario Fax: (613) 729-5249
K1Y 0X6
Founded in 1965 by Governor-General George Vanier and Madame
Pauline Vanier, The Vanier Institute of the Family (VIF) is a
national charitable organization that researches the demographic,
economic, social and health influences on contemporary family
life. Its membership is broadly based, and includes
representatives from several sectors, including education,
health, community services and industry.
VIF's research activities are wide-ranging. The principal
program themes include:
workers with family responsibilities;
today's families, their diversity and policy implications;
childhood poverty;
demographic changes and societal aging;
family and the economy;
the reproductive technologies;
family violence.
Among the Institute's publications are a quarterly newsletter,
Transition, which provides current information on Canadian family
life.
INSTITUT VANIER DE LA FAMILLE (IVF)
120, avenue Holland, bureau 300 Tél: (613) 722-4007
Ottawa (Ontario) Télécopieur: (613) 729-5249
K1Y 0X6
Fondé en 1965 par le Gouverneur général Georges Vanier et Mme
Pauline Vanier, l'Institut Vanier de la famille (IVF) est un
organisme national effectuant des recherches sur les facteurs
démographiques, économiques, sociaux et de santé qui influent sur
la vie familiale. Les membres de l'IVF représentent un large
éventail de secteurs, notamment l'éducation, les services de
santé, les services communautaires et l'industrie.
Les activités de recherche et de publications de l'IVF sont très
variés. Voici les plus importants:
les besoins des travailleurs et des travailleuses ayant des
responsabilités familiales;
les familles d'aujourd'hui, leur diversité et les
répercussions politiques;
la pauvreté chez les enfants;
les changements démographiques et le vieillissement de la
population;
la famille et l'économie;
les nouvelles techniques de reproduction;
la famille et la violence familiale.
L'institut publie un bulletin trimestriel, Transition, qui
fournit de l'information courante sur la vie familiale au Canada.
