Indigenous Support Workers Project (ISWP)

Indigenous organization

The mandate of ISWP is to center and support the well-being of Indigenous people with lived experiences of homelessness through decolonial advocacy and revitalization practices. ISWP is committed to providing wrap-around care and fostering relationships of trust based in wholistic healing and skills development to support our community members’ transition to an autonomous and empowered life free from homophobia and transphobia, and other forms of structural violence. This is accomplished by providing: 

  • by-and-for peer services for community members and service users using a rights-based harm reduction approach centring Indigenous ways of being, knowing and healing 
  • resources in response to community needs 
  • training and employment opportunities for Indigenous workers with lived experience of homelessness working in the mental health, rights-based harm reduction, support work, street outreach, and/or homelessness-serving sector 
  • education and training for peer organizations and other groups that serve PTSA/ISWP community members 
Reach this organization
Others: Our hours are flexible on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. We do not have a public phone number, address or email. You will see us walking around the streets of the Plateau-Mont-Royal and hear of our approximate locations through word-of-mouth.
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Confidential address
Plateau-Mont-Royal area
Indigenous-serving programs
Indigenous Health Navigators
Indigenous Health navigators offer accompaniments to Health related services. 
Peer Street Crew
Members of the Indigenous street community in the Plateau-Mont-Royal walk around to offer their support.
Social animators
Access to low barrier Indigenous cultural and food related activities.
Street Nurse
Nursing services are provided on the street.
Reach this organization
Others: Our hours are flexible on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. We do not have a public phone number, address or email. You will see us walking around the streets of the Plateau-Mont-Royal and hear of our approximate locations through word-of-mouth.
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sites.google.com
Confidential address
Plateau-Mont-Royal area

These services are intended for Indigenous peoples

The INDex was created to support First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal in finding relevant and up-to-date information on services that were created specifically for them. Our goal is to promote cultural safety and community connectedness.

If you are an Indigenous person living, moving to or visiting Tiohtià:ke, the INDex can support you in your steps!

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