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About | Alpha House operates as a recovery-based residential supportive treatment program, rooted in lived experience, peer connection, clinical care, and dignity. This approach aligns directly with national and international research showing that recovery-oriented, community-based residential services produce strong and lasting outcomes, particularly for individuals with complex needs.
Mission | At Alpha House, we are dedicated to fostering a supportive community for Self-identified men aged 18 and up who are navigating the challenges of mental health and addiction recovery. We believe that true recovery must encompass all aspects of an individual—physical, mental, spiritual, and social. Our comprehensive programs are designed to support each person's unique journey toward healing from addiction.
Vision | Alpha House offers a 4-month post-treatment residential program aimed at facilitating reintegration into society. We provide educational and vocational counselling alongside 24-hour addiction and mental health support, equipping our clients with essential relapse prevention tools for sustainable recovery.
Values
Meeting Clients Where They Are - We recognize that willingness is our currency. We are committed to meeting individuals at any stage of their journey toward change.
Lived Experience - We value the power of lived experience in recovery. We believe that one addict helping another creates an unparalleled therapeutic alliance that fosters trust and understanding.
Diversity - Alpha House is proud to serve a diverse clientele from all races, genders, beliefs, sexual identities, and creeds. Our inclusive environment enriches the treatment experience for all.
Recovery Community - Our program thrives on community involvement. The contributions of our clients are as vital to the treatment experience as the expertise of our clinical team.
About | The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), founded in 1918, is a nationwide, charitable organization that promotes mental health for all. Established in 1953, CMHA Toronto has grown to operate 30+ sites across the city, employing over 450 staff and serving over 22,000 individuals each year. Our vision is for mentally healthy people in a healthy society. We are on a mission to improve the mental health of all with services, advocacy and leadership that create belonging and hope.
Vision | Mentally healthy people in a healthy society.
Mission | We improve the mental health of all with services, advocacy, and leadership that create belonging and hope.
About | We are a community health care agency that provides a full range of community health care and support services, making us a distinctive agency in Toronto offering a blend of community support services, community mental health and addictions services, supportive housing, interprofessional primary care and home care services.
Everyone needs healthcare or support services at some point in their lives—and everyone deserves equal access to personalized, integrated care they can trust. CommunitiCare Health offers a wide range of local coordinated services to treat people at every stage of life to enhance their health and well-being.
Vision | Healthy people; Healthy communities; Healthy futures
Mission | To provide access to a full range of community health care and support services to keep our clients mentally and physically well, living at home, regardless of where they call home.
About | COTA Health (Cota) is an accredited, not-for-profit, community-based organization that has been supporting adults with mental health and cognitive challenges to live well within their communities for over 50 years. We provide person-centred supports that assist individuals to find inspiration and hope in their inherent strengths and support them to pursue meaningful change in their lives, as they define it.
Cota works collaboratively with our funders, partners and other stakeholders, across the provincial health and social service systems, to inspire positive change in the way that services are delivered to individuals living with mental health and cognitive challenges.
We offer a wide range of services to adults living with serious mental illness, geriatric mental health conditions, acquired brain injuries, developmental disabilities and dual diagnoses. Our services include case management, supportive housing, a day program, court and justice related services, an Assertive Housing First Team (AHFT) and services for individuals who are experiencing homelessness.
Mission | To support individuals with mental health and cognitive challenges to live well within their communities.
Vision | A supportive and inclusive society in which all people have equal opportunity to live, thrive and enjoy the full benefits of belonging within their communities.
About | Dixon Hall began as a soup kitchen in 1929, and since then has been steadily increasing and strengthening a diverse range of integrated services for residents of Downtown East Toronto.
Dixon Hall is a multi-service charitable organization committed to empowering underserved, marginalized, and at-risk communities. Through our comprehensive programs in supportive and affordable housing, shelter, employment, settlement, youth, and seniors’ services, we help individuals overcome barriers to stability and well-being. By addressing critical social challenges and fostering connections, we create lasting community impact, building a more inclusive and resilient city for all.
Mission | We create lasting solutions to end poverty, social injustices, and isolation in Toronto by providing comprehensive, accessible, and innovative services.
Vision | A city where everyone has the opportunity to thrive and reach their full potential, free from barriers, and inequities.
Values
Respect - We believe that everyone has qualities and value worthy of admiration
Diversity - We believe in an inclusive culture of diverse thought, experience, and background
Integrity - Commitments we make will be commitments kept
Care and Compassion - We live out our commitment for social justice through thoughtful action
Accountability - We are responsible for our actions, and inaction
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About | Since 1984, Ecuhome has provided housing and support to people who have been chronically homeless and are considered hard to house. Ecuhome owns, operates, and provides support to 57 shared houses, 6 apartment buildings, and a 59 unit rooming house in central Toronto, provides support to 91 tenants in a building operated by another housing provider, and manages and provides tenant support to a 24 unit family building developed under the Affordable Housing Program.
Mission | Ecuhome provides quality and affordable housing and support for people who have experienced homelessness, increasing health and well-being and empowering tenants to regain their place in the community.
Vision | For people who have experienced housing insecurity to live a dignified, respected life in a stable, quality environment in Toronto.
Values
Foster independence and confidence
Recognize and respect the value of all people
Instill a sense of purpose and belonging
Foster resilience to weather the challenges that face us all, but especially those living in poverty
About | Eden Community Homes is a supportive housing agency that offers permanent housing to adults with challenging mental health issues. We are funded by Ontario Health and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
We are operated by a non-profit volunteer Board of Directors, consisting of people who have had experience with the mental health field – either by being a service user, a provider, or a family member.
Mission | Eden Community Homes is committed to providing a safe environment of acceptance, hope and encouragement to adults experiencing mental health difficulties and addictions.
Our aim is to promote wellness and meet the evolving needs of those who use our quality services.We embrace each person as a unique contributor to society, capable of making her or his own choices.
About | EHM is a community service agency that has supported individuals experiencing poverty, homelessness, and social isolation in Toronto for over a century. We aim to encourage and equip each person we serve to face the challenges of today while striving towards better tomorrows.
Vision | Bringing hope and leadership to address housing and financial instability in Toronto.
Mission | Provide and create opportunities for individuals and families to forge meaningful connections and to live in dignity, through collaborative efforts and innovative programs.
Values
Housing is a human right – every person has the right to safe and dignified housing
Spirituality – inclusive and trauma-informed spiritual care can be a helpful path to healing
Non-judgmental acceptance– respecting the person, their identity, their beliefs, and their values
Honouring commitments – made for and to participants, staff, donors and volunteers
Transparency– in applying policies, practices and processes
Continuous Learning– being open to learning through opportunities, feedback and self-reflection
Collaboration– commitment to problem solving by working together
Accountability- understanding the benefits and consequences of your action
About | Founded in 1988, Fife House is an innovative, client-focused provider of secure and supportive affordable housing and support services to people and families living with HIV/AIDS in the Greater Toronto Area. It is recognized as a North American leader in its delivery of services, which are focused on enhancing quality of life, building on individual strengths and promoting independence – recognizing that access to secure and affordable housing is a key determinant for the health and well-being of people living with HIV.
Each year, on average, Fife House serves more than 300 residents/clients through our supportive and transitional housing programs, and an additional 600+ clients through our various initiatives.
In 2020, Fife House was awarded the Toronto Star Readers’ Choice Award Diamond Winner for Best Non Profit/Foundation.
Vision | Everyone living with HIV/AIDS has the right to quality, stable homes in a society free of stigma.
Mission | Fife House provides secure affordable housing and support services to anyone living with HIV/AIDS and works to achieve social change through research and advocacy that addresses systemic oppression.
Philosophy of Care | We provide our services in order to enhance quality of life, build on individual strengths and promote independence. Fife House is committed to the principles of GIPA/MEPA, the objectives outlined in the Ontario Accord, and strives to embody these directives with care and compassion throughout all of our work.
Values
At Fife House, we believe in the following values:
Access to secure and affordable housing is a key determinant for the health and well-being of people living with HIV/AIDS.
Our services must be provided in a flexible manner in order to meet the diverse needs of residents, clients and those who support them.
Co-operation, collaboration and partnership with other service agencies is essential to the delivery of focused, cost-effective services.
Principles of equity, access and respect of diverse communities are the cornerstone to helping people living with HIV/AIDS thrive.
The meaningful involvement of diverse communities of people living with HIV/AIDS is essential to building and leading our agency to bring about positive and lasting change.
Our research informs our direction through knowledge creation, transfer and exchange that lead to improved services that enhance the quality of health outcomes and lives for people living with HIV/AIDS.
All people have the right to live and work in an environment of mutual respect, compassion and dignity.
Hope is essential.
Mission | Inspired by the legacy of the Sisters of St. Joseph, we foster community and wellbeing through welcoming and inclusive programs for the most socially isolated among us.
Vision | Nurturing Community, Dignity and Spirit.
Values
Respect: We value each person as a distinct expression of God’s love and invite each other to discover and to celebrate our unique gifts.
Advocacy: We respond to society’s evolving needs and mobilize positive change through transformational leadership.
Community: We work together with neighbours and partners to build strong relationships that are mutually supportive and collaborative.
Compassion: We give our full attention to each person and show understanding, empathy and sensitivity to their needs.
Accountability: We use the resources entrusted to us with care, and make sustainable choices that will benefit future generations.
About | Fred Victor is a social service charitable organization that fosters long-lasting and positive change in the lives of homeless and low-income people living across Toronto.
Our many programs and services, located at 25+ different sites across Toronto, help people rebuild their lives by offering:
Affordable housing
Transitional housing
Housing with health care
Shelters and Respites
Food
Job training and counselling
Health care & mental health support
Housing loss prevention
Mission | Our mission is to improve the health, income and housing stability of people experiencing poverty and homelessness.
Vision | Our vision is for healthy and thriving communities where every person has a home and access to opportunity
Values
Respect - Fred Victor advocates for human rights and recognizes the dignity of all people who use, provide, or support our services. We value diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds, life experiences, perspectives, orientations and abilities.
Equity - Fred Victor creates opportunity for individuals and communities. We work from an anti-oppression perspective to reduce systemic discrimination and inequities for people experiencing poverty and homelessness. We further promote equity through harm reduction, recovery, and community development approaches to service.
Self-Determination - Fred Victor values and supports people’s right to self-determination by fostering individual capacity and recognizing individuals’ abilities to make their own choices.
Service Excellence - Fred Victor is committed to providing excellent programs and services by being accountable to the people who use our services, meeting or exceeding our program goals, and monitoring our progress against stakeholders’ requirements. We seek to collaborate, integrate and develop new partnerships to enhance services to our clients
About | Inspired by the Hospitality of St. John of God and rooted in Catholic teachings, Good Shepherd provides person-centred health, housing and human services in the Greater Hamilton and Toronto (ON) areas to all people in need. Good Shepherd aspires to provide programs and services and an employment environment that promotes equity, inclusion and social justice.
Mission | We are called to Never Stop Loving. Inspired by the Hospitality of St. John of God and rooted in Catholic teachings, Good Shepherd provides person-centred health, housing and human services.
Vision | Guided by our Faith in People, we are committed to working together to build healthy and resilient communities founded on the principle of social justice for all.
About | Habitat Services funds and monitors 45 boarding homes and 31 apartment units at sites across the City of Toronto. Our current capacity is 1001 tenants.
Mission | Habitat Services strives to improve, preserve, and increase deeply affordable housing for tenants marginalized by poverty and their mental health status by contracting with landlords and providing recovery based support
Values
Housing is a Human Right
Quality Improvement
Recovery
Partnerships & Collaboration
Advocacy
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
About | Homes First has been providing supportive housing programs to the city’s most vulnerable people for 42 years. Homes First has maintained a Housing First ethos focused on providing comprehensive wrap-around services to our clients once their immediate need for housing is addressed.
We currently support over 3,800 individuals, including seniors, adults and families in 2025. Our agency operates 27 properties in Toronto, ranging from emergency shelters and apartment buildings offering long-term supportive housing.
Mission | Homes First develops and provides affordable, stable housing and support services to break the cycle of homelessness for people with the fewest housing options.
Vision | Everyone has a home.
The vast majority of people experiencing homelessness – even those with severe mental health and/or substance use challenges – can successfully stay housed and off the street with appropriate housing and supports.
About | HF Care brings together the legacy of Hong Fook Mental Health Association and Hong Fook Mental Health Foundation. For more than 40 years, we’ve walked alongside Asian and diverse communities in the Greater Toronto Area, creating spaces, delivering culturally rooted mental health care.
Mission | To champion culturally rooted mental healthcare for people from East and Southeast Asian communities in the Greater Toronto Area.
Vision | Connected communities where every person can live their fullest, most meaningful life.
Values
Belonging - everyone is welcome and accepted as part of our community
Dignity - everyone has inherent worth and agency
Courage - we nurture the strength to move forward despite challenges
Hope - we believe in the capacity of people and communities to heal
Relations - our approach is rooted in the power of relationships
About | House of Compassion provides permanent supportive housing and compassionate care to adults living with severe and persistent mental illness.
Mission | Our mission is to create a stable, nurturing home where residents can rebuild their lives, maintain their independence, and experience dignity, belonging, and hope.
Vision | A community where people living with serious mental illness are supported, respected, and able to live full and meaningful lives.
Values
Dignity – Every person deserves respect and compassion.
Stability – A permanent home is the foundation for recovery and wellbeing.
Community – Healing happens in connection with others.
Hope – With the right support, lives can change
About | The Jean Tweed Centre is a leading not-for-profit community-based organization that provides treatment, support and a safe place for women looking to overcome challenges with substance use, gambling and mental health. By building life skills and healthy habits, we help our clients build a new start for a better future.
Vision | Women and their families are able to live healthy lives
Mission | In collaboration, we provide innovative, accessible, and effective services to women and their families who experience substance use, mental health, and/or gambling concerns.
Values
Women-centred
Strength-based
Trustworthy
Inclusive and equitable
Trauma-informed
About | LOFT provides mental health services, addictions support, and supportive housing for youth, adults, and seniors in Ontario. We proudly welcome and serve people of all gender identities, races, religions, cultures, abilities, and sexual orientations. If you’re a caregiver, or an individual in need, we encourage you to learn more about how we can help.
Mission | LOFT does everything it takes to help people facing complex mental health, physical, addiction, and behavioural challenges achieve health, hope, and dignity — rooted in the strength and connection of community.
Vision | Together, we can all live successfully in our community.
Values | We value compassion, determination, community, and dignity.
About | Since 1981 Madison began its Supportive Housing Program with one house, Madison Community Services has continued to build on the vision and commitment of its founders. We have grown to be a multi-service mental health agency which maintains a ‘family-like’ environment for our clients.
Mission | At Madison, our mission is to empower individuals facing mental health challenges by promoting their independence, health, and recovery. We strive to support community integration through mental health case management, supportive housing, and an array of comprehensive programs and services. Our goal is to enhance the well-being and quality of life for those we serve, guiding them toward a brighter and more fulfilling future.
Values | Hope, respect, commitment to recovery, accountability & transparency, cooperation & collaboration
About | Margaret’s Housing and Community Support Services (“Margaret’s”) is a multi-service agency that provides a continuum of housing options to women living with mental illness and substance use, and innovative community-based support services for individuals experiencing intersectional issues tied to mental health challenges and homelessness.
Vision | The most marginalized in our communities are sheltered and supported through their mental health journey.
Mission | In keeping with Margaret’s legacy, we provide inclusive supportive housing to the most vulnerable women and men in our communities.
Values | At Margaret’s, we believe that housing is a fundamental social determinant of health. As such, we provide holistic services intended to address the complex nature of the challenges that our clients face.
Our values inform how we operate. We foster dignity, respect, anti-racism, anti-oppression, and demonstrate compassion to achieve our mission of empowering clients.
About | For nearly 50 years, we have been offering more than just housing. We have been creating communities with care and social purpose, where everyone feels at home. We provide housing to a diverse community and offer supports to residents that need them to maintain stable housing and improve their wellbeing.
Vision | Everyone has a home in a welcoming and supportive community.
Mission | Furthermore, we advance equity, inclusion and the wellbeing of people who have mental health challenges through affordable and secure housing, services, and leadership in the sector.
Values
Self Determination: Everyone we serve can make choices and direct their lives. Consequently, we promote autonomy and are compassionate.
Equity: We seek to benefit the lives of all people who have mental health challenges. As a result, we use our position to break down barriers and challenge discrimination in all its forms.
Stewardship: We preserve, improve, and grow our housing communities. In addition, we are responsible, innovative, and collaborative.
Accountability: We do our best, learn and grow, and use our resources wisely. Moreover, we are professional, reliable, and honest.
About | As a trusted leader in supporting vulnerable youth and adults, Springboard has evolved into a recognized multi-service organization committed to leadership and innovation. Today, we offer a wide range of services, including support for people with developmental disabilities to live independently, employment training and support for those facing barriers, justice services for youth and adults in conflict with the law, and our digital learning platform – the Community Learning HUB – which provides accessible training for youth and adults across Canada.
Mission | Springboard provides quality services that support individuals facing barriers to lead meaningful and fulfilling lives.
Vision | A future where every person is valued and achieves their full potential.
Values
Care | We are passionate about our work and its impact on the people we support.
Inclusivity | We value and respect diverse cultures, ethnicities, gender and sexual identities, circumstances, perspectives and abilities in our relationships with all individuals.
Integrity | We hold ourselves accountable to all our stakeholders, delivering meaningful results with rigour, honesty, ethical integrity and transparency.
Collaboration | We believe working collaboratively with staff, the people we support, and our communities is vital to advancing our mission.
Innovation | We are highly responsive to the individual needs of the people we support. We embrace change, ideas and approaches that will enable success.
About | PARC supports people facing mental health and substance use challenges, homelessness, poverty, and food insecurity. Our drop-in centre is open 365 days a year, with two daily meals and offers social and recreational programs, supportive housing, employment supports, and voluntary financial trusteeship (Money Matters).
Mission | We are building a supportive community where people can rebuild their lives with dignity and purpose. We work alongside individuals facing mental health and substance use challenges, as well as those impacted by poverty, homelessness, and food insecurity. Through our drop-in centre, we offer social, creative, and recreational activities alongside essential services such as housing, financial guidance, employment support, and outreach programs. By walking through our doors, individuals become part of a community where they can grow, contribute, and create meaningful change together.
Vision | We envision a community where everyone lives with dignity, safety, and a true sense of belonging. We strive to create an environment where individuals have access to the resources, opportunities, and support they need to overcome challenges and reach their full potential. Our vision is rooted in empowerment, inclusion, and the belief that every person deserves the chance to lead a fulfilling and independent life within a caring and connected community.
Values
Belonging | PARC is a community with open doors that welcomes people.
Health and Health | PARC is a place where people rebuild their lives with opportunities to share and learn.
End Poverty | PARC focuses on the individuals affected and the systemic practices that produce poverty
Human Rights | PARC works to challenge oppression that renders people vulnerable.
About | Pilot Place Society is a high-support residential program that provides individualized care for adults with serious mental illness.The program offers long-term housing with 24-hour support staff in a clean, safe, and home-like environment.
About | For more than 40 years, Progress Place has provided community-based, wrap-around services designed to support the recovery of people living with mental illness, with no waitlists.
Mission | Progress Place is dedicated to improving the lives of people living with mental illness. We offer programs and services, which provide opportunities for recovery through friendship, employment, education, housing and recreation in a welcoming and accessible environment of support, respect and dignity.
Vision | Progress Place’s vision is that all people living with mental illness have the opportunity for full recovery.
About | At Chai-Tikvah, we help individuals and families through support services, serve communities through programs and partnerships, and change policies or practices through advocacy and research. What we do is driven by the voices of our clients who, despite their mental health illnesses, are thriving and surviving in their communities.
About | Restorative Justice Housing Ontario (RJHO) provides safe, secure housing to individuals in transition after their recent release from prison. Our plan is to break the cycle of homelessness and incarceration, one person at a time.
Mission | The cycle of homelessness and incarceration must be broken. By working to create safe, supportive home environments for people leaving prison, RJHO works to reduce the number of people who return to prison. To do this, we're working hard to find more houses and increase the support we provide to our residents.
About | The Salvation Army Homestead – Alice M Walter House provides an atmosphere of acceptance, warmth and safety. We are a longer term treatment option that gives structure and flexibility, a wide variety of learning opportunities and time to practice new skills. We offer a holistic approach that takes into account your physical, spiritual and emotional needs and your personal goals.
About | At St. Jude Community Homes we believe that recovery from mental illness is a unique and personal journey that’s enhanced by the support of others. Recovery means the ability to have a home, a friend and meaningful activity in one’s life within a community that offers hope, dignity, respect and the opportunity for personal growth.
Mental illness need not be an obstacle to fulfilling one’s dreams. We are committed to helping people stay out of the hospital, achieve their personal goals and enjoy an improved quality of life within the limitations caused by chronic illness.
St Jude Community Homes is a private non-profit organization. We have three residential apartment buildings with self-contained units and medium-low support services for single adults. We provide permanent, safe, affordable housing – but more importantly, we provide a place to call home.
As a non-profit mental health agency our services would not be possible without funding and assistance from the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, the Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network and the partnership of community agencies.
About | St. Michael’s Homes delivers community-based care for people navigating mental health and substance use challenges. Through bed-based programs, outpatient services, and community drop-ins, we walk alongside our clients as they build healthier, more connected lives.
Mission | To provide quality care to individuals living with mental health and substance use challenges so that they can build their most meaningful lives.
Vision | Individuals with mental health and substance use challenges living healthy, meaningful, and connected lives.
Values
Client Focused
Responsive: Our programs are flexible and adaptive, empowering clients to make meaningful change.
Compassionate: We treat every person with respect, listen without judgment, and embrace difference.
Inclusive: We believe that all individuals deserve equitable access to supportive care.
Organization Focused
Evidence-Based: We use proven and innovative approaches to support recovery.
Recovery-Oriented: We believe every person can lead a life of dignity and hope.
Collaborative: We grow together—through teamwork, partnership, and shared learning.
About | Street Haven at the Crossroads is a multidisciplinary agency dedicated to supporting women on their journey toward safety, stability, and personal empowerment. The organization provides a continuum of care that includes emergency shelter services, supportive housing, addiction recovery programs, mental health supports, and skills training. Since 1965, Street Haven has served women across the Greater Toronto Area through both onsite and outreach community-based programs, meeting women where they are. Through an integrated and compassionate approach to service delivery, Street Haven helps women rebuild their lives with dignity, resilience, and hope.
Mission | We meet women where they are and offer integrated services to help them lead empowered lives.
Vision | A future where every woman lives in safety, dignity and hope.
Values
We respect and value every voice.
We lead with empathy & compassion.
We champion inclusion.
We’re always adapting.
We advocate for all women.
About | The Neighbourhood Group Community Services is a social agency serving more than 47,000 low-income people and families in 30+ locations across Toronto.
With more than 1,000 staff and the support of over 900 volunteers, our free programs and services address the most pressing issues in our community: poverty, homelessness, mental health, unemployment, social isolation, substance abuse, conflict resolution, violence, youth alienation, and the settlement of newcomers.
Mission | The Neighbourhood Group Community Services works with people at every stage of their lives, providing access to innovative and effective programs, and collaboratively building and advocating for an equitable, just, and vibrant community.
Vision | A resilient, inclusive society in which opportunity, empowerment, and social and economic justice create a better quality of life for all.
About | Every year, WoodGreen provides more than 40,000 Toronto residents with the tools and support they need to thrive. As one of the largest social service agencies in Toronto, we remove barriers and empower the clients we serve. We also work closely with our clients and community and thought leaders to reshape social service delivery to better serve our community.
Mission | WoodGreen Community Services enhances self-sufficiency, promotes well-being and reduces poverty through innovative solutions to critical needs.
Vision | A Toronto where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.
Values
We Are Client-Centric: Our clients are at the core of everything we do.
We Are Collaborative: We work in partnership with our community to build a better Toronto.
We Are Inclusive: We value equity and diverse perspectives and work to create safe spaces for everyone.
We Are Impactful: Our work has value, meaning, and impact for our clients and Toronto.
We Are Compassionate: The well-being of our staff, clients, and volunteers is essential in our organization.
We Act With Integrity: We honour and uphold the trust our community places in us.
About | We help women, girls and gender diverse people flee violence, secure housing, find jobs, establish their voices, enhance skills and develop confidence. We offer a range of housing options, employment and training programs, community support programs, girls' programs and family programs; we also engage in systemic advocacy.
As part of a national and international movement, the YWCA is a turning point in the lives of 25 million women, girls and gender diverse people world wide. We welcome women and gender diverse people of all faiths, sexual orientations, races, cultural affiliations and creeds.
Mission | YWCA Toronto is a leader and collaborator in the provision of feminist, intersectional and transformative shelter and housing, employment and training, leadership, and advocacy for women, girls and gender diverse people.
Vision | YWCA Toronto seeks a radical transformation of society where all women, girls and gender diverse people can thrive.
Values
Intersectional Feminism | We support the strength of women, girls and gender diverse people, with boldness, creativity and passion. We acknowledge the profound and differential impact of racism, oppression and colonialism across the diversity of our participant population and our staff teams. We work to promote a climate that is welcoming and responsive to all women and gender diverse people. We strive to provide participants and staff of all races, religions, classes, ages, sexual orientations, gender identities, abilities and immigration statuses with programs, services and work environments that are culturally responsive, culturally safe, equitable and accountable.
Community Voices | We centre the voices and experiences of all participants in establishing our advocacy priorities and in developing and evaluating our programs.
Social Justice | We work tenaciously to create meaningful social change and equity for women, girls and gender diverse people. We specifically call out and work towards eradicating anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism. We acknowledge the Indigenous land on which the Association works, and we are committed to meaningful acts of reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.
Collaboration & Partnership | We seek opportunities to strengthen our capacity and the capacity of allied and sister service organizations, to expand service offerings for participants and to strengthen advocacy and movement building initiatives.
Service Excellence | We hold ourselves accountable to deliver high-quality, trauma-informed services and provide programs that reflect the self-identified priorities of our communities.
Sustainability | We work to ensure that the resources and strategies of the Association will allow us to evolve and thrive.
About | Friends of Ruby is dedicated to the progressive well-being of 2SLGBQTIA+ youth (aged 16-29) through mental health services, social services, and housing. Our approach is comprehensive, involving mind, body, and community – wherever you are on your personal journey.
Mission | We are dedicated to the well-being of 2SLGBTQIA+ young people (16–29) through mental health, social, and housing services.
Vision | At Friends of Ruby, our vision is of a world where all 2SLGBTQIA+ young people feel validated, involved, and empowered to lead healthier lives.
Values
People-First | We prioritize the well-being, development and needs of people – including all participants, employees, community members, donors and everyone engaged with Friends of Ruby.
Care | Our work is founded on radical, trauma-informed care – meaning kindness, compassion, empathy, and curiosity guide every interaction. By integrating an understanding of trauma’s impact, we contribute to wellbeing, community, and systemic change.
Proud & Affirming | We are proud of our 2SLGBTQIA+ identities, communities, braveness, and resiliency. We celebrate the unique identities of every person -including gender, sexuality, race, abilities, and class – affirming each individual and prioritizing autonomy and connection.
Anti-Oppressive & Anti-Racist | We are committed to creating a welcoming and affirming space where all voices are heard and contribute. We actively challenge colonial structures, including binary gender concepts, and are accountable to the communities we represent, serve, and identify with.
Continuous Learning | We are committed to creating a welcoming and affirming space where all voices are heard and contribute. We actively challenge colonial structures, including binary gender concepts, and are accountable to the communities we represent, serve, and identify with.
Collaborative | We believe in the power of collaboration, open communication, and respecting diverse contributions. We actively work across all differences to find solutions collectively, fostering a supportive environment that harnesses diverse perspectives and skills to create a workplace and service we are proud of.
About | St. Felix Centre is a registered charity supporting people and families experiencing homelessness, poverty, food insecurity, and systemic inequities.
Mission | A compassionate, faith-inspired community for marginalized individuals in downtown Toronto where all are welcome and served with dignity in the Felician-Franciscan tradition.
Values
Compassion
Transformation
Respect for Human Dignity
Solidarity with People in Need
Justice & Peace
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