Health and Well Being Sector
The IHWP works towards the well-being of community members focusing on cultural-based support addressing spiritual, mental, emotional and physical health.
Programs and Services
- Sharing and healing circles: small-group discussions to share feelings, experiences and insights.
- Traditional counselling: providing access and referring to individual needs and supports.
- Cultural outings: organized groups to attend local ceremonial and cultural events.
- Traditional craft circles: Step-by-step learning to create take-home crafts including beading, baby bonnets, moccasins, keychains and hair accessories.
- Wheel-Trans service: Offered to members who need physical assistance to attend programming and events.
Contact
Norman Irish
ahwp@councilfire.ca
416-360-4350 ext. 439
Funded by
OFIFC
| Ages | Clients in 2018-2019 |
|---|---|
| Adults & Seniors | 2,810 |
The Urban Aboriginal Healthy Living program educates community members on nutrition, healthy choices, injury prevention and physical activity.
Programs and Services
Moccasin Trails: Community members participate a weekly exercise group to promote a healthy lifestyle.
Tea Time: Sharing the benefits of herbal and healthy teas with community members on a weekly basis.
Healthy Steps: Leisure walking with staff and community members to promote healthy breathing and exercise.
Smoking Cessation: Helping participants to quit cigarette smoking through counselling and the dispensing of nicotine replacement replacements, in partnership Toronto Public Health Smoking Cessation Department.
Placement Students: Student nurses from the University of Toronto and Centennial College continue to have their Community Health Nursing placement experience. The student nurses participate in the delivery of a number of successful wellness workshops and community health fairs. It is a rewarding opportunity for personal and career development.
Contact
Tanya Cozry
Uahlp@councilfire.ca
416-360-4350 ext. 262
Funded by
OFIFC
| Ages | Clients in 2018-2019 |
|---|---|
| Aboriginal seniors/Elders, Persons with disabilities or special needs & Persons with chronic illnesses | 2,974 |
This Life Long Care program provides culturally appropriate support and professional services while ensuring the quality-of-life for those receiving life long care services.
Programs and Services
Community Breakfast: Providing participants with nutritious, well-balanced and appetizing breakfast meals.
Bingo: Serving individuals living in the community who wish to participate in social programming and connect with peers.
Arts & Crafts: Learning various crafts with a hot meal. Program participants have completed the following projects: drum workshop, moccasin workshop, rattle making workshop, feather cases, dream catchers and so much more.
Cooking Club: Community members come together to learn basic and more refined cooking skills, nutrition and healthy food choices, meal planning and recipe-sharing. The participants cook together, eat together, socialize and meet new people.
Food Deliveries: Weekly service for those who are unable to pick up their groceries due to disabilities. Currently providing consistent service to 20 program participants who require this service.
Dinner & Movie: Featuring new movies or a timeless classics served with a hot healthy meal.
YMCA Visits: This program is geared to improve health and wellness, removing barriers to participation in a healthy lifestyle and helping seniors get out the house, make connections.
Contact
Nicole Scarlett
llcp@councilfire.ca
416-360-4350 ext. 224
Funded by
OFIFC
Kizhaay Anishinaabe Niin is an Ojibway phrase that translates to “I Am a Kind Man”
Indigenous men and youth
With culture based programming, Kizhaay Anishinaabe Niin (KAN) helps Indigenous men and youth heal, to actively end violence, improve well-being and foster community wellness.
Programs and Services
Traditional Teachings: Participants will learn traditional ceremonies, seven grandfather teachings and cultural activities (sweats, fire keeping, songs etc.)
Men’s group circle: Culture based programming increases resilience by empowering men to acknowledge and resolve trauma, as it provides a venue for exploring historical traumas and how they are transmitted from generation-to-generation. The goal is to improve men’s well-being and foster community wellness.
One-to-one Peer Counselling: Individual counseling is helpful for a variety of reasons such as increasing an individual’s self-awareness, encouraging self-exploration, identifying boundaries, enhancing communication skills and improving the use of healthy coping skills.
Justice-Related Support: Providing a support system for individual healing journeys. Understanding trauma can be complicated for victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and trauma can stem from an isolated incident, from repeated incidents over a lifetime, or from a pattern of ongoing violence. This violence and trauma can be compounded by multi-generational and/or historical trauma.
Crisis Intervention: Sharing community resources for assistance and support.
Contact
Anthony Gladue
kancoordinator@councilfire.ca
416-360-4350 ext. 273
Funded by
OFIFC
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