Sistering
From EndCanadianPoverty.ca
"Sistering has been supporting homeless, underhoused and low-income women in the Toronto community since 1981.
Twenty years ago, a group of community workers, women living in hostels, students and local residents came together to talk about the needs of homeless and transient women living in downtown Toronto.
“[In 1980, most of the women living in hostels] had been hospitalized in a psychiatric ward for periods of time ranging from one week to a number of years; most were chronically unemployed and experienced feelings of depression, worthlessness, boredom and alienation; many had no family support of any kind; and all had suffered some form of violence – child abuse, incest, rape and assault.”
Sistering spent its first year in an emergency shelter on Bathurst and Dundas. By January of 1982, the program needed to expand to meet the growing needs of the women coming in, and Sistering moved to Scadding Court Community Centre, opening a drop-in that operated 5 days per week. In October 1987 Sistering remained open during weekends, and in that same year the Outreach Program in Parkdale opened its doors in the Masaryk-Cowan Community Centre. In September of 1983 the space at Scadding Court could no longer safely support the numbers of women coming to the program and Sistering’s drop-in moved once again, to it's College Street location. In 2004 Sistering's drop in moved temporarily to Heydon Park School and has found a permanent home for early 2006 at Bloor and Dovercourt."
[edit] Website Address & E-mail
[edit] Address & Phone Number
- Digits: 416.926.9762
- 962 Bloor Street West
- Toronto, ON, M6H 1L6
- See Map
[edit] Charity Status
- Sistering is a registered charity.
- Charity Registration Number: 107983009 RR0001
Categories: Toronto | Ontario | Charity
