SERVICES: membership organization, advocacy, conference, housing strategy, policy

ABOUT: The Ontario Association of Hostels (OAH) acts as a provincial coordinating body for emergency hostels located throughout Ontario, providing support and resources to member hostels and acting as an advocate on behalf of clients, service providers and member agencies…

Bruneau J, Daniel M, Abrahamowicz M, Zang G, Lamothe F, Vincelette J. (2011). Trends in human immunodeficiency virus incidence and risk behavior among injection drug users in Montreal, Canada: a 16-year longitudinal study. Am J Epidemiol, 173(9):1049-58.
ABSTRACT: The authors sought to investigate trends in the incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, evaluate changes in risk behavior, and assess associations between syringe access programs and HIV seroconversion among injection drug users (IDUs) in Montreal, Canada, who were recruited and followed for a prospective cohort study between 1992 and 2008. Methods …

SERVICES: Coffee Time, Community Soups, Door Knocking, One to One Peer Counselling, Volunteer Training, Information, Referrals, Women’s Chat, Flu Clinics, Appointments Assistance, Chore Assistance, Special Events, Community Kitchen Partnership, Peer Training Sessions

ABOUT: Assists seniors who are most in need, through the creation of a volunteer network that allows seniors to help themselves. Our senior volunteers are integral to the program because they understand first-hand the problems and daily lived…

SERVICES: umbrella group, leadership, advocacy, coordination, policy

ABOUT: The Newfoundland and Labrador Housing and Homelessness Network (NLHHN) is a group of community-based service providers, municipal, provincial and federal departments and agencies, and representatives of persons at risk of homelessness, who are committed to working collaboratively on issues related to homelessness and housing…

SERVICES: information, outreach, supportive housing, emergency housing

ABOUT: Home Base Housing is a not-for-profit organization that has been providing a range of supportive housing in Kingston since 1987. The programs of Home Base Housing are open to single adults with a range of life experiences and challenges. These may include homelessness, financial issues, substance abuse, mental health issues, developmental disabilities, head injuries, or physical disabilities…

SERVICES: organizational grants, awareness, leadership

ABOUT: Raising the Roof was created as a result of a national consultation on homelessness conducted in 1996. Experts from across the country expressed a need for an organization that would play a key role in facilitating shared strategies to end homelessness – strategies that would show people in …

SERVICES: rent geared to income, application, property management, housing provider, dispute resolution, waitlist, rent supplement

ABOUT: Sudbury Housing is the not-for-profit corporation responsible for the management of public housing for the City of Greater Sudbury…

SERVICES: nutritional program, emergency assistance, rehabilitation, shelter, hostel

ABOUT: Salvation Army Centre Sudbury offers a variety of services including Community Feeding Program; Emergency Intervention; Rehabilitation Services; Sheltering/Hostel Services; and Women and …

SERVICES: food box, transportation to AIDS-related appointments, referrals, education, prevention, financial aid, emergency fund, support group, buddy program

ABOUT: Since 1993, we have been working to improve the quality of life in York Region by raising awareness through community education, and by …

SERVICES: counseling, financial aid, emergency fund, complementary therapy, legal services, food bank, advocacy, needle exchange, methadone, outreach (street-involved, African-Caribbean, youth), library, condom distribution, online counselling

ABOUT: The AIDS Committee of Windsor provides support and education …