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Searching for Traditional Indigenous Healing And Wellness
Located near Timmins
Timmins
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705-268-6262
179 Kirby Ave
Timmins, ON, P4N 1K1
Timmins, ON, P4N 1K1
Short Description
- Promotes growth and healthy living for Aboriginal people through Aboriginal specific services
- Reduces family violence and promotes healthy lifestyles
- Advocacy
- Family violence workshops
- Grief counselling
- Peer counselling
- Referrals
- Substance abuse counselling
- Referrals
- Ceremonies
- Feasts
- Language
- Talking circles
- Teachings
- Support groups
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Cochrane (69km)
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705-272-4497 Ext 236
190 Third Ave
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Short Description
- Provides a holistic approach in meeting the needs of Aboriginal children with mental health issues
- Identifies and assesses children in need of healing and wellness services
- Intervenes in crisis situation and provides follow-up and support
- Promotes addictions-free lifestyles and positive mental health through individual counselling, self-help programs, alternative activities programming and aftercare
- Offers traditional ceremonies and healing
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Pic Mobert First Nation (79km)
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101 11th St
Pic Mobert First Nation, ON, P0M 2J0
Pic Mobert First Nation, ON, P0M 2J0
Short Description
Offers a methadone maintenance program for opiate addicts based on an intensive outpatient model, over a 12-24 month period
Includes:
Includes:
- Initial intake screening procedure
- A signed treatment contract
- Focused medical examination
- Appropriate lab tests
- Initial as well as ongoing supervised urinalysis
- Weekly group and individual therapy
- Regular medical follow-ups and supervision
- Regular daily Methadone dosing
- Treatment of addiction related illness and/or diseases (such as Hepatitis C and HIV infection)
- After care program
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Matachewan (78km)
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705-565-2230
1 Moyneur Ave
Matachewan, ON, P0K 1M0
Matachewan, ON, P0K 1M0
Short Description
Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) initiative to assist each Indigenous community to design and deliver their own holistic, prevention-focused services/programs and cultural supports to promote a healthy community and support families as needed in the community
- Focus is on improving the overall health and well-being of communities and to empower families to build healthy relationships
- Works to eliminate family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care
- Activities that revitalize Native language
- Alcohol and drug abuse prevention and intervention
- Community events such as feasts
- Family circles, counselling and child/youth support groups
- Referrals to other programs and services
- School programs
- Traditional land-based healing events
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Matachewan (78km)
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705-565-2230
1 Moyneur Ave
Matachewan, ON, P0K 1M0
Matachewan, ON, P0K 1M0
Short Description
- Responsible for developing programs for community youth to encourage positive cultural identity
- Works with health care staff to provide educational workshops and seminars
- Liaises with community Elders to provide traditional programs
- Physical activities and sporting events
- Youth leadership workshops
- Teachings about traditional fishing, trapping and cultural gatherings
- Substance and alcohol abuse workshops
- Seminars on a variety of issues of particular interest to youth
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Matachewan (78km)
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705-565-2230
1 Moyneur Ave
Matachewan, ON, P0K 1M0
Matachewan, ON, P0K 1M0
Short Description
Provides services and support for individuals and families struggling with addiction issues
- Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
- Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request
- Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of alcohol, drug abuse and gambling addictions
- Coordinates cultural and spiritual events
- Facilitates recreational activities and social events
- Provides individual and group discussions
- Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings
- Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
- Regular phone calls and home visits
- Referrals to band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance
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Cochrane (69km)
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Primary 705-272-3923705-272-3933
Lot 3, Concession 3, Brower Township
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Short Description
Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) initiative to assist each Indigenous community to design and deliver their own holistic, prevention-focused services/programs and cultural supports to promote a healthy community and support families as needed in the community
- Focus is on improving the overall health and well-being of communities and to empower families to build healthy relationships
- Works to eliminate family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care
- Activities that revitalize Native language
- Alcohol and drug abuse prevention and intervention
- Community events such as feasts
- Family circles, counselling and child/youth support groups
- Referrals to other programs and services
- School programs
- Traditional land-based healing events
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Cochrane (69km)
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Health Centre 705-272-3923705-272-3933
Lot 3, Concession 3, Brower Township
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Short Description
Provides services and support for individuals and families struggling with addiction issues
- Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
- Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request
- Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of alcohol, drug abuse and gambling addictions
- Holds educational sessions in schools
- Coordinates cultural and spiritual events
- Facilitates recreational activities and social events
- Provides individual and group discussions
- Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings
- Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
- Regular phone calls and home visits
- Referrals to band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance
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Cochrane (69km)
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Lot 3, Concession 3, Brower Township
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Short Description
- Delivers child care and protection services and family support services to community members
- Administers services as a satellite office for Kunuwanimano Child and Family Services
- Provides one-on-one counselling in areas such as bullying
- Educates children, families and community about rights and responsibilites under the Child and Family Services Act
- Advocates on behalf of clients and their rights in regards to the legal system
- Offers a variety of parenting programs
- Teaches parenting skills and assisting children through difficult times
- Develops and administers healthy social and recreational programs for families
- Hosts community forums to address issues such as youth drug abuse, inadequate housing, schooling problems and after school activities
- Organizes traditional healing circles with elders for women and youth
- Provides information sessions about understanding substance dependency and resulting family violence, and overcoming oppression by understanding cultural realities
- Provides referral services to local and outside service providers including treatment and healing centres
- Provides assistance with voluntary/customary care placements
- Provides support and counselling services to children in care
- Provides consultation and advertising in areas relating to customary care and foster care procedures
- Provides preventative services including awareness on child welfare matters including roles and responsibilities of the customary care/foster care worker
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Cochrane (69km)
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705-272-4245
Centre de Santé Minto Health Centre; 233 8th St
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Short Description
- Offers counselling and support services for individuals with mental health issues
- Integrates contemporary intervention with a traditional cultural healing approach
- Advocacy
- Assessment and counselling
- Referrals to other community agencies
- Help in navigating the health care system
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Cochrane (69km)
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705-272-4497 Ext 262
190 Third Ave
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Short Description
- Ensures traditional cultural knowledge and support are available for Friendship Centre community members
- Promotes and coordinates traditional teachings and ceremonies
- Coordinates access to Elders and Traditional people as needed
- Traditional Native healers
- Healing circles
- Talking/sharing circles
- Sweat lodges
- Smudging ceremonies
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Cochrane (69km)
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705-272-4497 Ext 226
190 Third Ave
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Short Description
- Provides a holistic approach in meeting the needs of urban Aboriginal people with addictions and mental health issues
- Promotes addictions-free lifestyles and positive mental health through assessments, individualized counselling, planning, and evaluation of services provided to the recipient
- Provides advocacy on the client's behalf as needed
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Cochrane (69km)
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705-272-4497 Ext 259
190 Third Ave
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Short Description
- Assists Aboriginal individuals and families to access traditional healers and midwives as well as mainstream health providers
- Acts as a liaison for individuals and families requiring support
- Promotes healthy lifestyles through home visits, circles, workshops and public education
- Develops and obtains Aboriginal health promotion materials
- Promotes Aboriginal culture-based family healing
- Provides referrals to appropriate health programs and services
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Timmins
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705-268-6262
179 Kirby Ave
Timmins, ON, P4N 1K1
Timmins, ON, P4N 1K1
Short Description
Provides a culturally based program to support and address concerns of Aboriginal youth who are at risk of negative behaviors
Offers the following services:
Offers the following services:
- Advocacy
- Case conferences
- Individual/group activities
- Needs assessment
- Peer counselling
- Referrals
- Support circles
- Culturally appropriate services
- Exposure to and knowledge of traditional foods and preparation
- Traditional roles and responsibilities
- Workshops
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Cochrane (69km)
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705-272-4497 Ext 228
190 Third Ave
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Short Description
- Promotes growth and healing for Aboriginal people
- Reduces family violence and promotes healthy lifestyles
- Offers culture-based programming to address family healing and wellness
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Cochrane (69km)
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705-272-2562
173 Railway St
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Cochrane, ON, P0L 1C0
Short Description
Develops, provides, facilitates and/or coordinates a variety of community and culturally based programs geared to the prevention of individual abuse and family violence, including the following:
- Violence awareness and prevention education
- Programming for women survivors of abuse or violence
- Individual support, case management, advocacy
- Access to traditional healing practices/resources
- Coordination of a variety of workshops including but not limited to cooking, bannock making, health and nutrition, sewing, painting and self-defense techniques
- Referrals to required services such as police services, counselling, social and mental health services
- Offers opportunities to participate in community education campaigns and activities in local settings (such as schools) or at local community events such as powwows and health fairs
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Black River-Matheson (64km)
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705-273-2055 Ext 258
360 Penatuche Rd, Wahgoshig First Nation
Black River-Matheson, ON, P0K 1N0
Black River-Matheson, ON, P0K 1N0
Short Description
Provides services and support for individuals and families struggling with addiction issues
- Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
- Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request
- Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of alcohol, drug abuse and gambling addictions
- Coordinates cultural and spiritual events
- Facilitates recreational activities and social events
- Provides individual and group discussions
- Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings
- Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
- Regular phone calls and home visits
- Referrals to band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance
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Black River-Matheson (64km)
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705-273-2055
360 Penatuche Rd, Wahgoshig First Nation
Black River-Matheson, ON, P0K 1N0
Black River-Matheson, ON, P0K 1N0
Short Description
Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) initiative to assist each Indigenous community to design and deliver their own holistic, prevention-focused services/programs and cultural supports to promote a healthy community and support families as needed in the community
- Focus is on improving the overall health and well-being of communities and to empower families to build healthy relationships
- Works to eliminate family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care
- Activities that revitalize Native language
- Alcohol and drug abuse prevention and intervention
- Community events such as feasts
- Family circles, counselling and child/youth support groups
- Referrals to other programs and services
- School programs
- Traditional land-based healing events
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Black River-Matheson (64km)
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705-272-4245
507 8th Ave
Black River-Matheson, ON, P0K 1N0
Black River-Matheson, ON, P0K 1N0
Short Description
- Offers counselling and support services for individuals with mental health issues
- Integrates contemporary intervention with a traditional cultural healing approach
- Advocacy
- Assessment and counselling
- Referrals to other community agencies
- Help in navigating the health care system
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Iroquois Falls (58km)
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705-272-4245
Family Health Team building; 58A Anson Dr
Iroquois Falls, ON, P0K 1G0
Iroquois Falls, ON, P0K 1G0
Short Description
- Offers counselling and support services for individuals with mental health issues
- Integrates contemporary intervention with a traditional cultural healing approach
- Advocacy
- Assessment and counselling
- Referrals to other community agencies
- Help in navigating the health care system
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Timmins
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705-264-3939
347 Spruce St S
Timmins, ON, P4N 2N2
Timmins, ON, P4N 2N2
Short Description
Operates as a program under the Healing and Wellness Branch
- Promotes healthy lifestyles through culturally based programs and healing
- Aims to reduce family violence
- Sharing of appropriate information with related health and social agencies and providing referrals
- Crisis intervention education and workshops
- Illness prevention and wellness planning, information and education
- Traditional sharing circles
- Community outreach education to promote cultural awareness
- Assistance with completing forms of any kind
- Accessing existing programs and services
- Peer counselling for any identified concerns
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Timmins
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705-268-9066
313 Railway St
Timmins, ON, P4N 2P4
Timmins, ON, P4N 2P4
Short Description
Organizes an annual event that addresses the health and wellness of Wabun youth
- Provides programs and services for junior and senior youth over a two-week event
- Focus is assisting youth to connect/reconnect with their traditional Native culture
- Provides an opportunity for youth to become acquainted with other youth in Wabun First Nation communities
- Offers many of the programs and services with the assistance and guidance of Wabun elders
- Drumming circles
- Traditional teachings
- Sessions and workshops in areas such as drug and alcohol issues, suicide and social youth issues, and life skills
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Timmins
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145 Wilson Ave
Timmins, ON, P4N 2T2
Timmins, ON, P4N 2T2
Short Description
- Provides support services to Indigenous women and their families who are experiencing violence and are involved in the child welfare system
- Works to meet the needs of women involved with both the Child Welfare Systems (CAS) and Violence Against Women Sectors (VAW)
- Advocacy support
- Crisis management
- Cultural and traditional supports such as holistic teachings, sharing circles, ceremonies and guidance from Elders
- Information and education provision for mothers on their rights and responsibilities
- Systems navigation
- Work with families and Children's Aid Society (CAS) to resolve conflict
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Timmins
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705-264-2200
130 Wilson Ave
Timmins, ON, P4N 2S9
Timmins, ON, P4N 2S9
Short Description
Offers a traditional, holistic approach to individual, family and community health and wellness
Services offered include:
Services offered include:
- One on one, healing sessions with a traditional healer
- Connects individuals with various traditional ceremonies and workshops
- Offers knowledge of natural medicines and traditional ceremonies
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Sudbury, Unorganized, North Part (94km)
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705-894-2793
Binoogeesh Building
Sudbury, Unorganized, North Part, ON, P0M 1W0
Sudbury, Unorganized, North Part, ON, P0M 1W0
Short Description
Provides services and support for individuals and families struggling with addiction issues
- Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
- Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request
- Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of alcohol, drug abuse and gambling addictions
- Holds educational sessions in schools
- Coordinates cultural and spiritual events
- Facilitates recreational activities and social events
- Provides individual and group discussions
- Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings
- Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
- Regular phone calls and home visits
- Referrals to band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance
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