METRAC has developed this section to give you information about other libraries and resource centres that have holdings on violence against women, children, and youth. It is our hope that by providing this information we will help researchers, community-based organizations and women in need of specialized information become aware of these valuable resources. However, the libraries, resource centres, and collections listed here are for the purposes of referral only. METRAC accepts no responsibility for the quality of information provided by these collections and sites. Review our Assessing Websites page for tips on how to evaluate a website's quality.
Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO)
119 Spadina Avenue, Suite 600
Toronto, ON
M5V 2L1
Phone: 416-408-4420
Fax: 416-408-4424
Email: mosses@olop.org
Website: www.cleo.on.ca
Hours of Operation: Monday-Thursday 9am-2pm. The library is not open to the public but service providers and other professionals may make an appointment. It also maintains a searchable database of publications from government, other community legal clinics and community organizations and welcomes requests from anyone for a bibliography or referral to other sources of information.
CLEO is a community legal clinic that publishes and distributes clear language (some multilingual) public legal education materials in the areas listed above for persons with low incomes and other marginalized groups. Most of CLEO's publications are available are free. They may be ordered from their website or by phone or fax.
Elizabeth Fry Society of Toronto
215 Wellesley Street East
Toronto, ON
M4X 1G1
Phone: 416-924-3708
Email for main office: info@efrytoronto.org
Email for library information: fundraising@efrytoronto.org
Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm. Please call for an appointment
This is a non-lending library.
This building is wheelchair accessible only on the main floor. The library is in the basement.Audio cassettes and videos are available.
The Elizabeth Fry Society of Toronto provides a transitional residential program for women coming out of federal and provincial prisons. Counseling and practical assistance in a supportiveenvironment are available to its residential clients, to women currently in prison, and to women who have been in prison and are now living in the community.
Services include release planning, crisis intervention, and counseling programs for substance abuse, parenting, shoplifting/fraud, sexual abuse as well as referrals to lawyers and other resources in and around the Toronto area.
In addition, this organization has a volunteer program and hosts fundraising and community relations projects.
New Directions
542 Mt. Pleasant Road, Suite 203
Toronto, ON
M4S 2M7
Phone: 416-487-5317
www.new-directions.ca/
Email: newdirections@new-directions.ca
Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm. Hours are extended if evening workshops are being held.
Items can be borrowed for up to four weeks; a deposit equal to the value of the books is required.
This is a women-only library.
New Directions assists and befriends separated, divorced or widowed women in a gay positive environment. It provides information, referrals, peer support and a widows' drop-in service. This organization hosts evening and Saturday workshops, free weekly legal clinics and evening support groups.
Sheena's Place
87 Spadina Road
Toronto, ON
M5A 3X5
Phone: 416-927-8900
www.sheenasplace.org
Email: akerr@sheenasplace.org
Hours Of Operation: Tuesday 10-noon and daily 1/2 hour before groups. Please call for details.
Books can be borrowed for two weeks.
Sheena's Place is a community center that provides a variety of traditional and non-traditional services. It does advocacy work, educational work, support work and acts as a linkage to other services. Sheena's Place also offers services for people affected by eating disorders and related body image and food issues, including those with eating disorders, their families and friends, professionals and educators.
Women's College Hospital Health Resource Centre
790 Bay Street, 8th Floor
Toronto, ON
M5G 1N8
Phone: 416-351-3716 or 351-3717
www.sunnybrookandwomens.on.ca/
Hours Of Operation: Monday 10am-5pm
Tuesday & Wednesday 10am-6pm
Thursday 10am-7pm
Friday 10am-5pm
Saturday 9am-12pm
Resources are mostly in English with resources in French, Spanish, Persian and other languages. The centre is fully accessible.
The Women's Health Resource Centre is part of the regional Women's Centre of Women's Ambulatory Care Centres (WCACC) of Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre. A wide array of health services and programs are offered for women, like the Bay Centre for Birth Control, Specialized Client Services, Brief Psychotherapy, Family Practice, Foot Care Centre, Health Watch,Environmental Health Clinic, Diabetes-Tridec, Osteoporosis Care, Sexual Assault Care Centre and Sports Care.
Times Change Women's Employment Service
365 Bloor Street East, Suite 1704
Toronto, ON
M4W 3L4
Phone: 416-927-1900
www.timeschange.org
Email: women@timeschange.org
Hours of Operation: Monday-Thursday 9am-5pm; Friday 9am-2:30pm
The library is fully accessible. Other resources available include: photocopying (10 cents per page), fax machine, phones and Internet access.
This is a women-only library.
With career planning workshops, job search workshops and educational counseling, Times Change Women's Employment Service offers many employment related programs for women. It also maintains acurrent job board.
Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/Multicultural Women Against Rape
P.O. Box 6597 Station A
Toronto, ON
M5N 1X4
Phone: 416-597-1171
Email: trcc@web.net
Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday 9:30am-5pm. Please call for an appointment.
The Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/ Multicultural Women Against Rape offers free and fully confidential services to sexual assault/abuse survivors, their friends and their family. These include a 24 hour crisis line, face-to-face counseling, Latin American Women's Program, culturally sensitive counseling, referrals, court support and advocacy.
Women's Health In Women's Hands
2 Carlton Street, Suite 500
Toronto, ON
M5B 1J3
Phone: 416-593-7655
Email: whhpu@web.net
Hours Of Operation: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 9am-8pm; Wednesday and Friday 9am-5pm;every third Saturday 10am-4pm.
This centre is wheelchair accessible, and access needs can be provided as requested.
This is a women-only library and is available by special arrangement only.
Women's Health In Women's Hands is a pro-choice, multi-lingual, participatory community health centre for immigrant and/or refugee women, women with disabilities, young women and older women in Toronto. Within these groups, the Centre prioritizes low-income black women and women of colour in particular women from Caribbean, African, Latin American and South Asian communities. Services include well woman care, individual counselling and advocacy support, healthy living programs, nutritional health promotion and health education workshops and presentations.
