Community resources


For urgent matters, please consult the section "Important Numbers" at right.


Other resources in Montreal

Legal Aid: Centre communautaire juridique de Montréal 
(514) 849-9488 

Suicide-Action - 24-hour service: (514) 723-4000 



Youth protection (English) 
Tel.: (514) 935-6196

Violence against women

 
FREDA Centre for Research on Violence against Women and Children – Research that focuses specifically on violence against women and children, and encourages collaborative partnerships between communities and academics who are working to end this violence.
www.harbour.sfu.ca/freda/index.htm
See specifically "Intersecting Inequalities: Immigrant Women of Colour, Violence & Health Care" - Yasim Jiwani, 2001
 

Family violence

 
Project Bluesky – A website on domestic violence with information available in four languages: Japanese, Korean, Chinese and English.
http://www.jss.ca/bluesky/english/index.html
 
Hot Peach Pages: World Wide Listing of Agencies against Domestic Violence and information on abuse in over 80 languages
http://www.hotpeachpages.net


 

Violence and immigrant women

RoseNet – Information on Canadian laws and abused immigrant women. Information available in English, Arabic, Chinese, Polish, Spanish, Punjabi and Vietnamese.
http://www.rosenet-ca.org/
 
Settlement.org offers two sections of their website specifically devoted to the issue of immigrant women and domestic violence including legal definitions and information on community services:

2. Information about domestic abuse and immigrants www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?k=FAM_ABUSE&faq_id=4001341


Domestic workers

Intercede for the Rights of Domestic Workers, Caregivers, and Newcomers – A non-profit community-based organization whose mandate is to support the integration, promote the rights and provide service needs of domestic workers, caregivers, temporary or migrant workers, their families and other newcomers.
www.intercedetoronto.org/
Toll Free: 1-800-483-4554
Greater Toronto Area: 416-483-4554
 

No One Is Illegal Toronto – A group of immigrants, refugees and allies who fight for the rights of all migrants to live with dignity and respect.
http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/