Provincial Resources

Disabled

• Disability Information Service Helpline (D.I.S.H.)
  In Person:
  Hamilton Public Library, Central Library,
  55 York Boulevard, 1st floor,
  Hamilton, Ontario L8R 3K7
  
  

  Mailing Address:
  D.I.S.H., P.O. Box 2700,
  Hamilton, Ontario L8N 4E4
  Telephone: (905) 546-3474 (Voice/TDD)
  E-mail: DISH@hpl.ca
  Website: http://www.hpl.ca/dish
  Hours of Operation: 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday

• Disabled Persons Community Resources
  1525 Carling Avenue, Lower Level,
  Ottawa, Ontario K1Z 8R9
  Telephone/TTY: (613) 724-5886
  Fax: (613) 724-5889
  Website: http://www.dprc.ca
• DisAbled Women's Network (DAWN) Kingston
  102-140 Elliot Avenue,
  Kingston, Ontario K7K 6P1
  Telephone: (613) 546-7387
  Fax: (613) 546-7387
  E-mail: kristen@adan.Kingston.net  
• DisAbled Women's Network (DAWN) Niagara
  45 Shotwell Street,
  Welland, Ontario L3C 6A8
  Telephone: (905) 714-0603
• DisAbled Women's Network (DAWN) Ontario
  975 McKeown Avenue, Unit 5A, Suite 162,
  North Bay, Ontario P1B 9P2
  Telephone: (705) 494-9078 (c/o B. Anello)
  Toll Free: 1-800-561-4727
  E-mail: dawn@thot.net
  Website: http://dawn.thot.net
• Ethno-Racial People with Disabilities Coalition of Ontario (ERDCO)
  2 Carlton Street, Suite 518,
  Toronto, Ontario M5B 1J3
  Telephone (Voice): (416) 657-2211
  Telephone (TTY/TDD): (416) 977-3052
  Toll Free: 1-888-988-3999
  Fax: (416) 977-9008
  Website: www.ryerson.ca/erdco
• Ethno-Racial People with Disabilities Coalition of Ontario (ERDCO)
  Galleria London,
  355 Wellington Street, Unit 161,
  London, Ontario N6A 3N7
  Telephone: (519) 432-2211
  Fax: (519) 432-1106
• Exceptional Nurse
  E-mail: exceptionalnurse@aol.com
  WebSite: www.exceptionalnurse.com

Visible Minority

• Chinese Canadian Nurses' Association
  C/O Betty-Wu Lawrence, Secretary
  City of Toronto, Public Health
  277 Victoria Street, 3rd Floor,
  Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W2
  Telephone: (416) 392-7415
  E-mail: bwula@village.ca
• Coalition of Visible Minority Women
  579 St. Clair Avenue West,
  Toronto, Ontario M6C 1A3
  Telephone/Fax: (416) 651-5071
• Congress of Black Women, Toronto Chapter
  C/O Marilyn Anden, Membership Co-ordinator
  Toronto, Ontario
  Telephone: (416) 515-1151
  or (416) 515-0452
• Somali-Canadian Cultural Association
  1719 Bank Street, Suite 303,
  Ottawa, Ontario K1V 7Z4
  Telephone: (613) 526-2075
  Fax: (613) 526-4904
• The Vellore Christian Medical College Alumni Association
  1705 Fieldstone Crescent, Convent Glen,
  Orleans, Ontario K1C 1R6
  Telephone: (613) 824-6200
  (for South-East Asian Christian RNs)

Other Resources

• Canadian Race Relations Foundation
  4756 Yonge Street, Suite 701
  Toronto, Ontario M2N 6N4
  416-952-3500
  or 1-888-240-4936
  Website: http://www.crr.ca
• Hamilton & District Labour Council (Canadian Labour Congress)
  1130 Barton Street East,
  Hamilton, Ontario L8H 7P9
  Telephone: (905) 547-2944
   
• National Anti-Racism Council of Canada
  #122-215 Spadina Avenue
  Toronto, Ontario M5T 2C7
  416-979-3909
  Website: http://www.narcc.ca
• Sudbury Sexual Assault Crisis Centre
  156 Durham Street, 3^rd Floor,
  Sudbury, Ontario P3E 3M7
  Telephone: (705) 675-1323 (24 hours)
  Fax: (705) 675-2641
  E-mail: ssacc@isys.ca
• The Alliance for Employment Equity
  500A Bloor Street West,
  Toronto, Ontario M5S 1Y8
  Telephone: (416) 203-2345
  Fax: (416) 203-2356 (urgent faxes only)
  E-mail: allforee@look.ca
• Urban Alliance on Race Relations
  302 Spadina Avenue, Suite 505,
  Toronto, Ontario M5T 2E7
  Telephone: (416) 703-6607
  Fax: (416) 703-4415
  E-mail: uarr@uarr.org
  Website: http://www.urbanalliance.ca
• Women's Health Care Centre (English and French)
  69 George Street North,
  Peterborough, Ontario K9J 3E9
  Telephone: (705) 743-4132
  E-mail: whcc@peterboro.net
  Website: http://www.prhc.on.ca/womenshealth