Community resources
In case of urgent matters such as any danger to yourself or your family members, please call the police.
Consult the section "Important Numbers" at right.
- Other resources in Montreal
- Violence against women
- Family violence
- Violence and immigrant women
- Domestic workers
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
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
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
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/
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:
1. Fact sheet on.
www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000620
www.settlement.org/sys/faqs_detail.asp?faq_id=4000620
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/
www.intercedetoronto.org/
Toll Free: 1-800-483-4554
Greater Toronto Area: 416-483-4554
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/