Middle Years Education in Manitoba: Improving Student Engagement

Resources for Parents

Community Supports

  • Police 911
  • Paramedic Emergency Medical Services Unit 911
  • Addictions Foundation of Manitoba (AFM) (alcohol, drugs, gambling) 204-944-6200
    • Problem Gambling Helpline (24 hour) 204-944-6382 / 1-800-463-1554
  • Alcoholics Anonymous 204-942-0126 / 1-877-942-0126
  • Centre for Aboriginal Human Resource Development Inc. 204-989-7110
  • Family Community Centre (parent training) 204-775-9934
  • Health Links 204-788-8200 / 1-800-315-9257
  • Health Sciences Centre—Emergency
    • Adult 204-787-3167
    • Children’s Hospital 204-787-2306
  • Ikwe-Widdjiitiwin (emergency women’s shelter) 204-987-2780
    • Crisis Line (24 hour) 1-800-362-3344
  • Immigrant Women’s Counselling Services 204-940-2172
  • Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc. (Aboriginal community-based programs) 204-953-5820
  • Kids Help Phone (24-hour distress line) 1-800-668-6868
  • Klinic Community Health Centre
    • Suicide Crisis Line (24 hour) 204-786-8686 / 1-888-322-3019
    • Sexual Assault Crisis Line (24 hour) 204-786-8631 / 1-888-292-7565
  • Little Warriors (Canada Child Abuse Hotline) 1-800-422-4453
  • Macdonald Youth Services
    • Youth Crisis Stabilization Service (24 hour) 204-949-4777 / 1-888-383-2776
    • Youth Resource Centre/Shelter Program 204-477-1804 / 1-888-477-1804
  • Ma Mawi Chi Itata Centre (family support service) 204-925-0300 / 1-888-962-6294
  • Manitoba Family Services and Labour
    • Child Protection—Crisis Line (24 hour) 204-944-4050
    • Winnipeg Child and Family Services 204-944-4200
  • Manitoba Suicide Prevention Line 1-877-435-7170
  • Mood Disorders Association of Manitoba 204-786-0987 / 1-800-263-1460
  • Native Addictions Council of Manitoba—Prichard House 204-586-8395
  • Onashowewin Inc.—Winnipeg’s Aboriginal Restorative Justice Program 204-336-3600
  • Osborne House (domestic violence, emergency shelter) (24 hour) 204-942-3052
  • Sara Riel (community mental health support) 204-237-9263
  • Seneca House Help Line (non-crisis support) 204-942-9276
  • St. Boniface General Hospital—Child and Adolescent Mental Health Program 204-237-2690
  • Teen Talk 204-784-4010
  • Winnipeg Harvest 204-982-3663
  • Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Community Mental Health Program
    • Crisis Stabilization Unit 204-940-3633

For information about a network of agencies and organizations serving immigrant and refugee communities, refer to the following resource:

Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning. Life after War: Professional Learning, Agencies, and Community Supports. (Adobe PDF Document 517 KB)

Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning, 2012.