
Empowering Indigenous Women in Ontario
LEARN WHAT WE ARE DOING AT YOUR LOCATION:
Hamilton | Greenstone | Kenora | Napanee | Ottawa | Sioux Lookout | Thunder Bay | Timmins


ONWA Year In Review 2021-22
Programs and Services
LISTING OF ALL ONWA PROGRAMS & SERVICES
Breaking Free from Family Violence
Delivers services to families at risk of or involved with child welfare and/or family violence sectors, and supports women to navigate through the complex systems encountered when experiencing violence and involvement in child welfare matters.
Delivery Sites: Kenora, Ottawa, Thunder Bay, Timmins
Chapter Sites: Fort Erie (Niagara Chapter of Native Women), Hamilton (Hamilton-Wentworth Chapter of Native Women), Midland (Georgian Bay Native Women's Association), Orillia (Orillia Native Women's Group), Sioux Lookout (Sunset Women's Aboriginal Circle), Thunder Bay (Beendigen, Inc), Toronto (Native Women's Resource Centre of Toronto)
Community Health Outreach
Builds community capacity in community health and wellness, with the knowledge that if Indigenous women are well, the community is well.
Provincially available
Delivery Sites: Greenstone
Chapter Sites: Sioux Lookout (Sunset Women's Aboriginal Circle), Thunder Bay (Beendigen, Inc)
Indigenous Anti-Human Trafficking
Supports Indigenous communities in providing survivor-focused and localized responses to end Human Trafficking.
Provincially available
Delivery Sites: Thunder Bay
Chapter Sites: Akwesasne (Aboriginal Shelters of Ontario), Fort Erie (Niagara Chapter of Native Women), Fort Frances (Fort Frances Tribal Area Health Services), Ottawa (Métis Nation of Ontario, Minwaashin Lodge), Toronto (Native Women's Resource Centre of Toronto)
Indigenous Healthy Babies Healthy Children
Assists Indigenous families in providing the best possible opportunities for healthy development of children through family home visiting, service coordination, and referrals.
Delivery Sites: Greenstone, Hamilton, Kenora, Napanee, Ottawa, Sioux Lookout, Thunder Bay
Ska-Be (Helper)
Provides support services to improve the health and wellbeing of urban Indigenous elderly women and/or those with chronic illness or disabilities.
Delivery Sites: Thunder Bay
Chapter Sites: Fort Erie (Niagara Chapter of Native Women), Midland (Georgian Bay Native Women's Association)

ONWA Operating Model
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
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At ONWA, we do not see one person as more important than the other, but rather, we focus on each of our responsibilities as part of the whole. We come together in unity and work towards one vision. ONWA’s Operating Model (below) places Indigenous women at the centre surrounded by our vision, principles, and mandate. Our operating model is reflective not only of our organizational structure but also reflective of the intersectionality of our work as an agency and focuses on everyone’s responsibilities as leaders within the agency.
ONWA Portfolios:
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Community Development
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Community Services
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Corporate Services
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Policy
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Research and Evaluation
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Strategic Planning and Communications