Health and Social Services

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
(http://www.camh.net/index.html)

CAMH is Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital. CAMH combines clinical care, research, education, policy development and health promotion to help transform the lives of people affected by mental health and addiction issues.

DVD The Legacy of Quebec Indian Residential Schools
(http://www.cssspnql.com/eng/nouvelles/2009/video-residential.htm )

First Nations and Inuit Health (FNIH)
(http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/pubs/_reg/qc-fnih-spni/index-eng.php)

First Nations and Inuit Health (FNIH) supports the efforts of First Nations and Inuit populations to attain a level of health comparable to that of other Canadians by providing them with an appropriate access to health care while promoting their autonomy and control over health services.

First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission
(http://www.cssspnql.com/)

The Commission has the vision and mission to safeguard and promote the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being of First Nations and Inuit persons, families and communities, by encouraging access to global health and social services programs adapted to the respective cultures and devised by recognized First Nations organizations and sanctioned by the local authorities, with due respect to the said cultures and the local autonomy. The Commission also helps voluntary communities, to set up, develop and promote global programs and services with regard health and social services adapted and devised by First Nations organizations.

I become a doctor
(http://www.ibecomeadoctor.com/)

The First Nations and Inuit Faculties of Medicine Program of Quebec aims at supporting the First Nations or Inuit applicants dealing with the Quebec’s faculties of medicine through a support structure to facilitate their admission and their integration during all their studies.

Kids Help
(http://org.jeunessejecoute.ca/en/)

Since our phone lines went live in May 1989, Kids Help Phone’s professional counsellors have been providing help and hope to young people in your community. No matter what the problem, Kids Help Phone is there 24 hours a day, 365 days a year with caring, professional support for young people from five to 20 who reach out for help.

La revue Développement social
(http://www.revueds.ca)

In French only - SORRY

Tirée à 14 000 exemplaires, la revue vise à être un lieu d’échange entre les différents acteurs du développement social.

L’Association québécoise de prévention du suicide (AQPS)
(http://www.aqps.info)

In French only - Sorry

L’Association québécoise de prévention du suicide (AQPS) a pour objectif de diminuer significativement le nombre de décès par suicide. Pour y arriver, l’éducation, la sensibilisation et la mobilisation sont des éléments essentiels. Ensemble, nous avons le pouvoir de changer les choses. Merci de nous aider à prévenir le suicide.

Ministère de la Santé et Services sociaux du Québec
(http://www.msss.gouv.qc.ca/en/)

The Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS), formerly the Ministère des Affaires sociales, was created on June 20, 1985, with the adoption of the Act respecting the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux. The main law governing the health and social services network is the Act respecting health services and social services; this law was significantly modified in 2005-2006, especially the parts dealing with the network’s governance.

The First Nations and Inuit Suicide Prevention Association of Quebec (FNISPAQ)

Its mission is to participate in the group efforts aimed at contributing to the well being and balance of the lives of Aboriginal people of Quebec. It aims at attaining its mission through activities of community awareness, prevention, and education, as well as actively supporting the development of psychosocial interventions made accessible in the language and the cultural context respective of each nation and community.

The First Nations Information Governance Centre
(http://www.fnigc.ca/home)

The First Nations Information Governance Centre, under the guidance of its member organizations; will build capacity and provide credible and relevant information on First Nations using the highest standards of data research practices, while respecting the rights of First Nations self determination for research and information management and in true compliance with the First Nations principles of Ownership, Control, Access and Possession (OCAP).

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
(http://www.trc-cvr.ca)

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada has a mandate to learn the truth about what happened in the residential schools and to inform all Canadians about what happened in the schools. The Commission will document the truth of what happened by relying on records held by those who operated and funded the schools, testimony from officials of the institutions that operated the schools, and experiences reported by survivors, their families, communities and anyone personally affected by the residential school experience and its subsequent impacts.

The Waseskun Healing Center
(http://www.waseskun.net/)

Waseskun is a healing center dedicated to assisting Aboriginal men on their healing journeys.