Services offerts
Community involvement and participation
Our business hours are 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday inclusive.
In keeping with its mission, the organization offers services and carries out activities and projects that reflect its involvement in the community (involvement and participation in various tables and consultative bodies).
Its actions can be grouped into four categories:
Help and mutual aid for families
Children and families
The center contributes to the creation of favorable environments through the "Milieux de vies favorables - petite enfance" program, formerly known as the Système intégré en périnatalité et pour la petite enfance (SIPPE). It provides a home-based support service for families with at least one child aged 0-5. This service provides mothers with respite and tools to better manage their daily lives. Parenting skills training and psychosocial support are also at the heart of this service.
Summer Day Camp
The day camp is dedicated to adolescents and young people (aged 8-12) from various communities, to encourage their cognitive and social development, as well as their blossoming within the neighborhood. The program includes physical and artistic activities, workshops on staying in school, museum visits, discussion workshops and more. Facilitators are paid by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC). This kind of job gives them their first experience of the job market. Since employment is one of the first steps towards integration, we can say that it is also an activity that supports cultural communities.
Lunch talk
The Lunch & Learn is a discussion workshop on a chosen topic designed to break isolation, foster social relationships and encourage empowerment among women. The CFHI's role is to encourage women to reflect on certain societal issues affecting them, with a view to working together to find solutions for their personal development. Déjeuner-causerie offers another opportunity for women from cultural communities to integrate into their host society.
Brisolement (activities for seniors)
Seniors are also part of our service offering. Café-rencontres - exchange workshops, writing workshops, painting workshops - physical activities: dance, gardening, board games, collective kitchens, as well as intergenerational activities to break seniors' isolation and enhance their experience and contribution to the host society.
Integration and cultural communities
- Welcome, listening and information
- Potluck interculturel
- End-of-year family party
- Help filling out immigration forms
- End-of-year family party
- Job search assistance: CVs and cover letters, mock interviews, online applications
- Community life: Christmas party, Mother's Day, Easter, participation and involvement in other neighborhood events with partners.
Troubleshooting and food safety
- Bread and other bakery products are distributed every Thursday;
- Snacks (juice, compotes, cookies, etc.) are distributed several times a year. Other food distributions may take place on an irregular basis;
- End-of-year family party
- Help filling out immigration forms
Referencing service
- Information and referral to existing resources, including food aid, clothing assistance, employment and francization.