- Child / Youth Programs and Activities
- Counselling
- Crisis and Abuse Lines and Shelters
- Education
- Employment Services
- Family Support
- French Language Services
- Government Services
- Health
- Housing / Financial / Legal Supports
- Indigenous Services
- Mental Health
- Newcomer Services
- Parent / Caregiver Skill Building
- Parenting Infants and Toddlers (0–2.5)
- Parenting Preschoolers (2.5–4)
- Parenting School-Aged Children (4–13)
- Parenting Teens (13+)
- Pre and Post Natal Care
- Seniors Services
- Special and Complex Needs
- Teen / Youth Services
- Transportation
- Urgent Needs Supports
Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre (SOAHAC)
The Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre's (SOAHAC) purpose is to improve access to, and the quality of, health services for First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in the spirit of partnership, mutual respect and sharing.
As an Aboriginal Health Access Centres (AHAC), we provide innovative, Indigenous-informed health care to First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities in southwestern Ontario from Windsor to Waterloo Wellington and north to Owen Sound.
We do this through a combination of health and social services, including:
- Traditional healing;
- Primary health care;
- Health promotion services;
- Cultural programs;
- Community development initiatives; and,
- Social support services.
SOAHAC is part of a group of AHACs that were first announced in Ontario in 1995 in response to epidemic, systemic health disparities and inequities within the Aboriginal (now Indigenous) population across Ontario. AHACs operate from a wholistic Indigenous health framework which is often referred to by Indigenous people as “the good life” or as restoring the “good mind.” The framework focuses on the restoration and rebalancing of the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing of Indigenous people, families, communities and Nations, and understands “culture as treatment.”
The model of care recognizes Indigenous rights to determination in health, and Indigenous traditional healers and healing approaches, and blends them with culturally competent, western clinical practices in a comprehensive continuum of care from health promotion and prevention to treatment and rehabilitation. The model also recognizes the importance of the interconnectedness of individuals, families, Nations, environment and spirit world within our life support system.
Our Waterloo Wellington location offers outreach services to the surrounding communities of Six Nations of the Grand River and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.
Street Address | 745 Coronation Blvd, Unit #102 |
City | Cambridge |
Postal Code | N1R 7R1 |
Phone | 1-877-454-0753 |
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info@soahac.on.ca | |
Website | https://www.soahac.on.ca/ |
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