Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal people in spirit, mind, emotion and body by providing Traditional Healing within an intra-disciplinary health care model that includes Western and Traditional health care practitioners. Ancient ceremonies and traditions, intrinsic to our unique health care model are available to support people toward living a good life. When we refer to living a good life, we are talking about our way of life. The Aboriginal way of life promotes good health throughout life’s journey.

Anishnawbe Health Toronto will achieve its’ mission by implementing action plans in the following four strategic areas:

• Holistic Health Care
• Generations and Growth
• Community Outreach
• Infrastructure

Community consultation is at the root of all program, service and resource development. We strive toward a community that is not marginalized, where power emanates from individuals, families, communities and nations. We seek a community with children who are knowledgeable of their ways and values and proud of who they are – children with a strong sense of identity and the confidence to participate as equals in Native and non-Native environments.

Our health care delivery model involves staff working in collaboration with clients and the community to address the constellation of social and economic disadvantages encountered by Aboriginal people due to colonialism, assimilation and the residual impacts of Residential Schooling. Freedom of health care choice is paramount for our clients as they define their healing path.

Our work with the homeless and most vulnerable has evolved from early directions of crisis intervention to an innovative, progressive and multidisciplinary mobile case management model. We are working with people to mobilize their capacity to escape homelessness.

Our current service profile includes:

• Nmakaandjiiwin (Finding My Way)
• Community Health Worker Training Program
• Enaadamged Kwe (Women’s Helper)
• Traditional Counselors
• Traditional Healers, Elders and Medicine People
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Services
• Mental Health Services
• Physicians, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Psychiatrist
• Chiropractors, Chiropodist, Massage Therapists, Naturopaths
• Dentistry Services
• The Lee Awards and the Dr. Tomer Levy Memorial Bursary

We are currently developing the following strategic initiatives:

• Integrated Practice Diabetes Initiative
• Long Term Health Care Initiative
• Centre of Excellence Initiative
• Facilities Renewal Initiative

Our community partners include:

• Aboriginal Midwives of Toronto
• Canadian College of Naturopathy
• Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College
• City of Toronto
• Council Fire Native Cultural Centre of Toronto
• Gerstein Crisis Centre
• Ministry of Children and Youth Services
• Ministry of Health and Long Term Care
• Native Canadian Centre of Toronto
• Native Child & Family Services of Toronto
• Sutherland Chan School of Massage Therapy
• Tumivut Youth Shelter
• Toronto Urban Aboriginal Strategy
• Two-Spirited People of the First Nations
• United Way of Greater Toronto