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Project Manager Nora Meas-Bun Project Assistant Community Reintegration Operations Correctional Programs and Operations I REFERENCE FC 105 .M8 Ottawa - 1999 K3 1998 v.3 the Crown. does not belong to of this document the author for must be obtained from PrOper authorizen intended use. n'appartiennent ésent dccument Les droits d'auteur du du contenu du présent pas à l'État. Toute utIelon PaCautee document e Mpr°eée NOTA BENE If the information on your organization is moneous and you want to make some corrections or updates, please feel free to contact us by telephone at (613) 943-3176 or 996-9744, or by fax at (613) 995-8964. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Si des renseignements au sujet de votre organisation sont erronés et vous désirez faire des corrections ou mise à joui . , veuillez communiquer avec nous soit par téléphone aux (613) 943-3176 ou 996-9744, soit par télécopieur au (613) 995-8964. L68Veet stucrfon ee41_ QUM Jun. 15 1999 SOt QTEU3 P4J z11-15e Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) - Ontario Region Table of contents Presentation 5 Excerpts from legislation and regulations 7 Parti 15 Institutions and Parole Offices 15 Part ll 24 Ethnocultural communities 24 Chapter 1 25 SOUTHEAST REGION 25 African community 26 Canadian - African Solidarity 26 Armenian community 27 Armenian Cultural Association of Ottawa 27 French community 28 French Canadian Association of Ontario (A.C.F.0.) 28 Indian community 29 National Association of Canadians of Origin in India (N.A.C.O.I.) 29 Jamaican community 30 National Council of Jamaicans and Supportive Organizations in 30 Canada Inc 30 Japanese community 31 Japanese Canadian Association of Kingston 31 Jewish community 32 Jewish Family Services of Ottawa-Carleton 32 Somalia community 33 Somali Centre for Youth, Women & Community Development 33 Pakistani community 34 The National Federation of Pakistani Canadians (N.F.P.C.) 34 Vietnamese community 35 Vietnamese Canadian Federation (V.C.F.) 35 Vietnamese Canadian Centre 37 Multicultural conununities 37 Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa 37 House of Hope 38 John Howard Society of Ottawa-Carleton 39 Kingston and District Immigrant Services (K.D.I.S ) 41 Lanark County Food Bank 41 Ottawa-Carleton Immigrant Services Orga.nization 42 Pinecrest-Queensway Health and Community Services 43 St. Leonard's Society of Canada 44 Vice-Consulate of the Netherlands 45 CSC-SCC 1 Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) - Ontario Region Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa-Carleton 45 1 Chapter 2 • 48 CENTRAL REGION 48 Afghan community 49 Afghan Association of Ontario (A.A O.) 49 Afghan Women's Counselling and Integration Community 50 Support Organization 50 African community 51 African Training and Employment Centre 51 1 Canadian - African Newcomers Aid Centre of Toronto 52 (C.A.N.A.C.T.) 52 Albanian community 54 Albanian Canadian Community Association of Toronto 54 Arab community 54 Arab Community Centre of Toronto 54 1 Canadian Arab Federation (C.A.F.) 55 Arab Palestine Association 56 Asian Community 57 South Asian Women's Centre 57 South East Asian Services (S.E.A.S.) Centre 58 Bangladesh community • 59 Canadians of Bangladesh Origin 59 Belarusian community 60 Belarusian Canadian Alliance 60 Black community 61 Black Inmates & Friends Assembly (B.I.F.A.) 61 Tropicana Community Services Organization 62 Cambodian community 63 Canadian Cambodian Association of Ontario Inc. 63 Hong Fook Mental Health Association 64 Khmer Buddhist Temple of Ontario 65 Chinese community 66 Chinese family Life Services of Metro Toronto 66 Centre for Information of Corrununity Services of Ontario 67 Czech & Slovak community •69 Czechoslovak Association of Canada 69 Ethiopian community 71 Ethiopian Association in Toronto Inc. 71 French community 72 The Network of Francophone Women in southern (Ontario) 72 Centre Francophone du Toronto métropolitain 73 German community 74 Goethe-Institute Toronto 74 Greek Community 75 Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto Inc. 75 Greek Orthodox Church 76 CSC-SCC 2 Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) - Ontario Region Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto 76 Greek Orthodox Church of Saints Constantine & Helen 76 Indian community 77 India Rainbow Community Services of Peel (I.R.C.S.) 77 Italian community 79 Centro Organizzativo Scuole Techniche Italiane (C.O.S.T.I.) 79 Jamaican community 79 Jamaican Canadian Association (J.C.A.) 80 Jewish community 80 Association of Jewish Chaplains of Toronto 80 Korean community 81 Rainbow Information and Social Services Inc. (R.I.S.S.) 81 Latin American community 82 New Experiences for Latin American Refugees Women (N.E.W.) 82 Muslim community 83 Muslim World League Canadian office 83 Islamic Chaplaincy Services - Canada 84 Palestinian community 84 Palestine House 84 Polish community 85 Polish Immigrant & Community Services (P.I.C.S.) 86 Sikh community 87 Sikh Youth & Family Resource Centre 87 Ukrainian community 88 Ukrainian Canadian Social Services (Toronto) 88 Vietnamese community • 89 Vietnamese Cambodia Laos Chinese 89 Multicultural communities 89 Community Folk Art Council of Toronto 89 Counterpoint's Services for Men & Educational Co-operative Inc. • 90 CultureLink 91 Elizabeth Fry Society of Toronto 92 Grant House 93 John Howard Society of Metropolitan Toronto 94 Metro Toronto Movement for Literacy (M.T.M.L.) 95 My Brothers' Place 96 Northwood Neighbourhood Services 97 Preparatory Training Prograrn-Eglinton East Training Centre 98 St. Leonard's Society of Peel 99 The Connecting Link 100 Chapter 3 101 SOUTHWEST REGION 101 Asian community 102 South Asian Centre of Windsor 102 Black community 103 The Windsor Black Coalition (W.B.C.) 103 CSC-SCC 3 Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) - Ontario Region Muslim community 104 Brantford Muslim Association 104 Multicultural communities 105 Elizabeth Fry Society of Hamilton 105 Guelph and District Multicultural Centre Inc. (G.D.M.C.) 106 John Howard Society of London and District 107 New Beginnings of Windsor 108 Settlement & Integration Services Organization (S.I.S.0.) 109 St. Leonard's Society of Hamilton • 111 Wesley Urban Ministries 112 A United Church Outreach Ministry 112 Chapter 4 114 NORTHERN REGION 114 Pakistani community • 115 Pakistan Cultural Society of Sudbury 115 Multicultural communities 115 Crisis Centre North Bay 115 Elizabeth Fry Society of Sudbury 116 Halfway House North Bay 117 John Howard Society of Thunder Bay 118 New Directions and Community Health Representative 119 North Bay Food Bank 120 Sudbury Community Service Centre 121 St. Leonard's Society Sudbury and District 122 Part Ill 123 Consular Representatives 123 Part IV 142 Correctional Service of Canada employees who speak or write several languages 142 National Headquarters, Ottawa 143 Montréal Region 143 Montréal-Métropolitain District 143 Drummond Institution 144 Leclerc Institution 144 Ste-Anne-des-Plaines Institution 145 Lafontaine Area Parole Office 145 Ville-Marie Area Parole Office 146 Prairies Region 147 Drumheller Institution 147 Winnipeg Area Parole Office 148 Pacific Region 148 New Westminster Area Parole Office 148 Annexe 149 CSC-SCC 4 Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) - Ontario Region Presentation © CSC-SCC 5 Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) - Ontario Region Presentation The increase in the number of offenders of L'accroissement du nombre de délinquants ethnocultural origin naturally results in an d'origine ethnoculturelle entraîne, par le fait widening range of cultural requirements. To même, une augmentation de leurs besoins en meet the ensuing demands, and on behalf of matière culturelle. Dans l'intention de répondre parole and correctional officers, CSC's à ces besoins, la Division de la réinsertion Community Reintegration Operations Division sociale du SCC a préparé, pour le compte des has produced the attached Directory of agents de liberté conditionnelle et de Ethnocultural Communities. correction,
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