Welcome to the GOOD TROUBLE landing page!
These are a few resources on how to affect positive change in your communities, find the support you need, and organizations that fight injustice that we have found or been referred to.
If you are in need of immediate assistance or are in any danger please call 9-1-1.
This is by no means a complete list. If you know of an organization that is doing good work in your community and would like it added to this page please contact us at sam.martin.booking@gmail.com.
INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS
Native Women’s Resource Centre: http://nwrct.ca/
The NWRCT Philosophy In all that we do, we are guided by the Seven Sacred teachings: Wisdom, Love, Respect, Bravery, Honesty, Humility, and Truth. We bring these teachings, our traditions, and our cultures into our programming, events, and ways of being. We welcome all self-identifying Aboriginal women (cisgender, transgender, and two-spirited people) and their children.
Native Men’s Residence: https://www.nameres.org/
Na-Me-Res Housing initiatives include: ● A 69-bed emergency shelter at Bathurst St. and St. Clair Ave. West ● Sagatay, a nationally-recognized transitional housing program ● O’Gitchidaa Mushkiki Wigwam, a long-term independent housing initiative
Anduyhan Inc.: http://anduhyaun.org/
Anduhyaun Shelter is a Violence against Women (VAW) Emergency Shelter servicing Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal women with or without children fleeing violence.
Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre: www.councilfire.ca
Aboriginal Legal Services: https://www.aboriginallegal.ca/
Anishinawbe Health Toronto: www.aht.ca/
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society: https://fncaringsociety.com/
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: http://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/
Wellington Water Watchers: http://wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/
Aboriginal Women, Water and Health – onwa.ca: http://www.onwa.ca/upload/documents/womenandwater.pdf
MENTAL HEALTH & ADDICTION
If you are in need of immediate assistance or are in any danger please call 9-1-1.
CANADA – http://www.camh.ca/
Toronto Distress Centres: 416 408-4357 or 408-HELP
US – https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/substance-use-and-mental-health/index.shtml
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Call 1-800-273-TALK (8255); En Español 1-888-628-9454
Text “HELLO” to 741741
Call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) and press 1 or text to 838255
SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC ABUSE, GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
If you are in need of immediate assistance or are in any danger please call 9-1-1.
You can access a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) at the Women’s College Hospital Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Care Centre or at any of their mobile locations in local Emergency Rooms. You can have a Forensic Medical Exam done whether you plan to report the assault or not. Your case will remain on file and confidential until you make that decision. Prior to the exam, you should do your best to refrain from changing your clothing, using the toilet, showering, eating, or brushing your teeth. It’s ideal to access this service within 72 hours of the assault, but some evidence collection is still possible past this point.
Dandylion Initiative – this organization has compiled an incredibly comprehensive list of support that is available to surviors of sexual assault please visit: https://www.dandelioninitiative.ca/supports
Dandylion Initiative – Safer Bars & Spaces Training https://www.dandelioninitiative.ca/saferspaces
Assaulted Women’s Helpline: 416 863-0511; Toll-free: 1 866 863-0511
Kids Help Phone: 1 800 668-6868; Languages: English and French
Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/Multicultural Women Against Rape Open 24 hours.
Phone: 416-597-8808
Good2Talk 24/7 hour line for post-secondary students (phone: 1–866–925–5454)
LGBTQ Youth Line 4:00–9:30 PM Sunday-Friday (Toll-Free: 1–800–268–9688 Text: 647–694–4275)
Trans Lifeline Hotline staffed by transgender people for transgender people 24/7 ( Toll free : 1–877–330–6366)
Support Service for Male Survivors of Sexual Assault: 24/7 (Phone: 1–888–887–0015)
Francophone support – for French-language sexual assault centres in Ontario visit Action ontarienne contre la violence faite aux femmes
ANTI- RACISM RESOURCES
BLM-TO: https://blacklivesmatter.ca/about/
Ontario Human Rights Commission: http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/racial-discrimination-brochure
Racial Harassment: Know Your Rights
http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/racial-harassment-know-your-rights-brochure
Canadian Anti-racism Education and Research Society: https://stopracism.ca/
Anti-Racism Resources: https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/anti-racism-engagement/resources.html
IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE RESOURCES
Government of Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship.html
Refugee & Asylum Resources: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/refugees.html
Caring for Kids New to Canada: https://www.kidsnewtocanada.ca/beyond/resources
Canadian Newcomer Services: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomers/services/index.asp
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS
Good Work: https://www.goodwork.ca/environmental-groups
Canada: Canadian Environmental Network (RCEN) – RCEN.ca
USA & Global: http://idealist.org/