Resources
Reports and Other Tools
Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters
- 1-866-331-3933
- Alberta Shelters Lookup Website: www.acws.ca/shelters
Edmonton John Howard Society Family Violence Prevention Centre (FVPC)
- 780-423-1635
- Website: www.johnhoward.org/programs-services/family-violence-prevention-centre
Catholic Social Services Mercy Counselling
- 780-391-3233
- Website: www.cssalberta.ca/Our-Services/Mercy-Counselling
Edmonton Violence Prevention Centre Changing PathWays (men’s group)
- 780-439-4635 (group for men who are/have been abusive to their partners)
- Website: www.edmontonvpc.ca/our-programs/changing-ways
Changing Together - A Centre for Immigrant Women Family Violence Prevention Workshops
- 780-421-0175
- Website: www.changingtogether.com
Ruth's House is a collage of many agencies, government, community leaders, and groups working together to protect the African community.
- Office Tel: 587-352-9422
- Call / Text / Whatsapp: 403.671.0453
- Website: https://www.ruthshouse.ca/
Hands Lifting Hearts Initiatives is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide support and hope to African immigrants pregnant women and families coping with pregnancy, anxiety, mood swings, and postpartum depression through counseling, medical intervention, mental health, and community support. Also developing an avenue for protection against sexual abuse in the black community.
- Phone Number: 1-403-988-3941
- Email: info@handsliftinghearts.ca
- Website: https://handsliftinghearts.ca/about/
Somali Canadian Society of Calgary
Somali Canadian Society is a charitable organization that works with vulnerable populations including newcomers, women, and at-risk youth in providing community-based services through its integrated community hub.
- Phone Number: (403) 265-7304
- Email: info@scscalgary.ca
- Website: https://scscalgary.ca/
The Family Advocacy Support Centre (FASC) is a grassroots, Black-led, woman-led, organization that works with parents and community organizations to ensure families in crisis get the resources they need to stay together. FASC provides support, education, and advocacy to parents and community organizations with the goal of minimizing traumatic intervention and family separation due to child welfare involvement.
- Phone Number: (403) 809-7185
- Email: hello@familyadvocacysupportcentre.ca
- Website: https://www.familyadvocacysupportcentre.ca/
Umoja Community Mosaic
Founded in 2010 as Soccer Without Boundaries, Umoja Community Mosaic began as a drop-in soccer program with a focus on social inclusion. Our commitment extends to after-school programming, tutoring, and the upcoming launch of a girls' soccer program. Anti-racism is integral to our work, and we've incorporated a focus on mental health into our soccer programming.
- Phone Number: 403-764-5234
- Email: office@umojamosaic.org
- Website: https://umojamosaic.org/
TheMarriageAdvocates Canada's mandate is to serve the immigrant community by providing skills training, mentorship, coaching, and engagement with the community which will enable individual families to foster healthy relationships that will flow naturally into the health of our community.
Our programs serve as preventive strategies for family disruption and domestic violence, with the inevitable benefits of improved mental health.
- Phone number: 403-354-2817
- Email: themarriageadvocates@gmail.com
- Website:
- https://www.themarriageadvocates.ca
Supports in Red Deer
Ubuntu Mobilizing Central Alberta - Mobilizing Central Alberta, our mission is to act as a bridge in connecting and mobilizing Central Albertan communities in racial and social justice through engagement, advocacy, and community building, both individually and systemically.
- Phone: (403) 986-2006
- Email: ubuntucentralalberta@gmail.com
- Website: https://ubuntualberta.org/
Red Deer Outreach Centre: an agency devoted to supporting women affected by family violence by providing the tools to create a safer, healthier, and more secure life for themselves and their families.
- Website: https://theoutreachcentre.org/
- Phone: 403.347.2480
Africa Centre Mental Health Clinic
Central Alberta Women's Emergency Shelter
- 24/7 Toll-Free Helpline: 1-888-346-5643
Black Youth Helpline
- Toll-Free 1833-294-8650
- info@blackyouth.ca
Central Alberta Sexual Assault Support Center - Crisis Information
- 24-hour line - 1-866-956-1099
Outreach Center
- (403) 347-2480
211 Alberta - helpline and online database of Alberta's community and social services
Health Link 811 - 24/7 nurse advice and general health information
Our Collaborators and Partners
Projects within the scope of this program have so far been made possible by Africa Centre, Partnership with Research for African Newcomers (PRAN), the University of Alberta, and Women and Gender Equality Canada.