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CHI MIIGWETCH: COMMUNITY GIVEAWAY DAY!
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 12PM TO 3PM
While we may not be able to drum and dance together this year, we can still feast! Visit us at 30 College, SCFLC, the NYRC, or the Malvern Hub to pick up an NDN Taco Take Away kit, and awesome swag like orange masks (just in time for Orange Shirt Day), white buffalo sage, and cold & flu tea.
12pm FACEBOOK LIVE – our virtual Grand Entry! Tune in to listen to Big Train open the day with an honor song, and a Community Message from Dr. Jeffrey Schiffer
For details about what’s happening at each site (or to volunteer!) please connect with:
30 College: Kayla Vesterfelt [email protected]
NYRC: Alexandra McMinniman [email protected]
SCFLC: Andrea Hayward [email protected]
Malvern: Shannon Wooler [email protected]
Thank you to all. Please share widely with staff, community, families and friends. These events are open to everyone.
Chi Miigwetch,
The Culture Team
NCFST Mental Health Survey
NCFST has been operating as a family support agency in Toronto for over 30 years. With recent events in mind, we would like to know more about the community’s experience with the Toronto Police. This survey is only the first step in a multi-step planned community consultation process and will help us shape the rest of our strategy to obtain even more feedback from you.
First, please help us understand what is happening for you in the communities we serve. Please take our brief survey, it should take no more than 3 minutes:
MLSE Foundation Community Action Grant
Native Child and Family Services of Toronto (NCFST) is extremely grateful to be a recipient of a 2020 Community Action Grant from MLSE Foundation. Launched in December 2009, MLSE Foundation has a vision of changing lives through the spirit and power of sport. Through their generous support, NCFST will be providing Aboriginal youth aged 16-29 with barrier-free access to a culturally-safe physical literacy program that combines sports, peer engagement, mental health workshops, elder supports and cultural teachings.
To learn more about MLSE Foundation and their exceptional community impact, please visit https://www.mlsefoundation.org/.
2019-2020 Annual Report
Native Child and Family Services of Toronto is pleased to release our 2019-2020 Annual Report. We would like to express our deep gratitude to our partners, funders, and community members for supporting us through another year of transition, growth, and development. Thanks to their valuable participation, we have continued to increase our resources available for Holistic Services. This increased funding in Holistic Services has enabled us to launch Ontario’s first urban healing lodge for Aboriginal women and their children, to open a new Healing and Prevention Centre, and to complete the design and begin construction of two new multi-service Aboriginal Child and Family Centres.
In addition to our Annual Report, we have also released our Audited Financial Statements for 2019-2020.
This year’s Annual Report and Financial Statements, as well as previous Annual Reports and Financial Statements, are also available on our Policies and Publications page.
National Indigenous Peoples Day
June is National Indigenous History Month. This is a time to reflect upon and learn the history, sacrifices, cultures, contributions, and strength of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people. In addition, June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day, which is a time for gatherings and celebration. As we all know, this year things will be different across Canada which will involve celebrating in our own unique way. Large gatherings may not be possible, but celebration of our culture can and must continue in ways that are close to our heart and loved ones. It is important that we celebrate this day because Canadian history has not always celebrated and respected Indigenous peoples, our culture and our ceremonial practices, as well as who we are as Indigenous people. The efforts of reconciliation look promising, but we are still in the early days.
Reconciliation was top of mind when Dr. Jeffrey Schiffer, our Executive Director, had the privilege of interviewing Mayor John Tory via Zoom, where they discussed reconciliation and Indigenous innovation in the context of COVID-19 response and recovery in the City of Toronto. We were privileged to learn more about Mayor Tory’s personal journey of reconciliation, commitment to Indigenous self-determination and sustainability of Indigenous innovation. Native Child and Family Services of Toronto is deeply grateful to Mayor Tory for taking the time to speak with us.
Watch the full interview below:
City of Toronto COVID-19 Mental Health Support Strategy
Native Child and Family Services of Toronto has partnered with the City of Toronto and other community organizations to develop a Mental Health Support Strategy (MHSS) that responds to the needs of diverse Toronto residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
You can learn more about the MHSS in the City’s full statement.
For more information on partner organizations and City of Toronto initiatives, visit the social media links listed below:
Social Media Links
Partners Facebooks
https://www.facebook.com/211Central/
https://www.facebook.com/progressplaceclubhouse/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009165484071
https://www.facebook.com/KidsHelpPhone/
https://www.facebook.com/acrossboundariesmentalhealth/
https://www.facebook.com/nativechildandfamily/
https://www.facebook.com/CAFCAN-1945845209056475
https://www.facebook.com/WoodGreenDotOrg
https://www.facebook.com/ONPsych/
https://www.facebook.com/HongFookMentalHealthAssociation/
https://www.facebook.com/FamilyServiceToronto/
City Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/torontopublichealth/
https://www.facebook.com/cityofto/
https://www.facebook.com/TorontoTYES/
Partners Twitter
@211Central
@Progress_Place
@gersteincrisis
@KidsHelpPhone
@AB_MentalHealth
@NCFST
@CanadianAfrican
@WoodGreenDotOrg
@ONPsych
@HFMentalHealth
@FamilyServiceTO
City Twitter
https://twitter.com/toyouthcabinet?lang=en
https://twitter.com/TOPublicHealth
https://twitter.com/torontotyes?lang=en
https://twitter.com/CABR_Toronto
https://twitter.com/SafeCity_TO
https://twitter.com/cityoftoronto
Partners Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/kidshelpphone/?hl=en
https://www.instagram.com/abmentalhealth/?hl=en
https://www.instagram.com/progressplaceclubhouse/?hl=en
https://www.instagram.com/nativechildoftoronto/?hl=en
https://www.instagram.com/hongfookmha/
https://www.instagram.com/familyservicetoronto/?hl=en
City Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/youth.toronto/?hl=en
https://www.instagram.com/torontotyes/?hl=en