Rexdale Women's Centre

Support for Families and the Community - Parenting Support

Record #: CWL0308
Last Modified: 07 Feb 2024
Last Full Update: 26 Jun 2023

Record Details

Description & Services

Description Parenting and Family Supportive Counselling: for newcomers, immigrant and refugee parents and grandparents who need support to raise healthy children in a new country with different culture, values and language 
 
Nobody's Perfect Parenting Groups: participants learn about child development, effective discipline methods and receive information on Canadian institutions and services that can provide them with further assistance * sharing of learned expertise, views and ideas * develop social support networks while attending the group, which continue providing encouragement and help when the groups are finished 
 
Family Drop-In: for children 2 to 12 years of age and their parents. provides children with the opportunity to develop skills in language, cognitive development, sensory development, creativity and gross motor skills development. While children are busy learning and creating, parents are involved in workshops and seminars that develop better parenting skills
Hours Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Areas Served Greater Toronto Area
Eligibility Services available to: newcomer, immigrant, refugee, Canadian women and their family/ dependants
Fees None
Languages English ; Arabic ; Bengali ; Bosnian ; Chinese (Mandarin) ; Croatian ; Dari ; Farsi (Persian) ; Gujurati ; Hindi ; Punjabi ; Serbian ; Somali ; Spanish ; Tamil ; Twi ; Urdu ; West Indian dialect ; Assyrian

Contact Information

Address & Map
925 Albion Road, Suite 309
Etobicoke, ON M9V 1A6
 
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Site Location Located in Thistletown Community Centre
Intersection Islington Ave and Albion Rd
Accessibility Fully Accessible
Office Phone 416-745-0062
Fax 416-745-3995
E-Mail info@rexdalewomen.org
Website www.rexdalewomen.org
Primary Contact Chirstabell Selvalingham, Counsellor; Phone: 416-745-0062 ext 285; Email: cselvalingham@rexdalewomen.org
Alternate Contact Lucrecia Lewis, Tahira Dar and Hana El-Fike/ Sara Aqil, Counsellors; Phone: 416-745-0062 ext 260; 298; Email: llewis@rexdalewomen.org, tdar@rexdalewomen.org
Primary Executive Fatima Filippi, Executive Director; Phone: 416-745-0062 ext 265
Alternate Executive Guadalupe Herrera, Director of Resources, Finances, and Operations; Phone: 416-745-0062 ext 261; Email: gherrera@rexdalewomen.org

Other Details

Established 1978
Funding City / Town - City of Toronto ; Provincial - Province of Ontario ; Federal - Citizenship and Immigration Canada ; Donations ; United Way ; Brighter Futures
Service Level (50) Non Profit

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