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Site Locations (2023/2024)

Program Delivery Partners

We work with partners across Canada who are dedicated to supporting low-income women to improve their lives and, in doing so, the lives of their families and communities. We invite you to learn more about the extraordinary work our program delivery partners undertake every day in their communities.

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Learn more about each site below:
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Multicultural HIPPY Site Locations

British Columbia

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Sponsoring Organization:

DIVERSEcity
13455 76th Avenue
Surrey, BC V3W 2W3

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Site Lead Coordinator:

Doua Amoura
damoura@dcrs.ca

Tel: 604-597-0205

 

Year Site Started:

2022

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Sponsoring Organization:

Portail De L'Immigrant

Association (PIA)
830-840 7th Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 3G2

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Site Lead Coordinator:

Elena Popova
coordinatrice.hippy@pia-calgary.ca
Tel: 403-668-0299 ext. 107

 

Year Site Started:

2021

Alberta

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Sponsoring Organization:

Service d’accueil et d’inclusion

francophone – SK (SAIF-SK)
1440, 9e Avenue Nord 
(bureau 215)
Regina, SK S4R 8B1

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Site Lead Coordinator:

Marie Grace Nirere
g.nirere@saif-sk.ca
Tel: 306-819-9235

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Year Site Started:

2021

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Alberta

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Sponsoring Organization:

Lethbridge Family Services
1107-2Ave A North
Lethbridge AB, T1H0E6

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Site Lead Coordinator:

Dinorah González Terán  

dgteran@lfsfamily.ca

 

Year Site Started:

2022

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Sponsoring Organization:

Fédération des parents de

francophonie manitobaine

(FPFM)
2-622 B, avenue Taché
Winnipeg, MB R2H 2B4

 

Site Lead Coordinator:

Fatimata Thiam
hippy@lafpfm.ca
Tel: 204-237-9666

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Year Site Started:

2021

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Sponsoring Organization:

Regional Connections

Immigrant Services
2 - 295 Perry Street
Winkler, MB R6W 0K9 

 

Site Lead Coordinator:

Iris Tsui  

iris@regionalconnections.ca
Tel: 204-325-4059

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Year Site Started:

2020

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Sponsoring Organization:

Eastman Immigration Services
2 D4 - 84 Reimer Avenue
Steinbach, MB R5G 0R5

 

Site Lead Coordinator:

Joelle Klassen
joelle@eastmanis.com
Tel: 204-346-6609

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Year Site Started:

2022

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Ontario

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Sponsoring Organization:

Working Women Community

Centre (downtown community)
1081 Bloor Street W
Toronto, ON, M6H 3J1

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Site Lead Coordinator:

Stefania Ntonas-Kostova 
sntonas@workingwomencc.org
Tel: 416-532-2824 Ext. 33

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Year Site Started:

2005

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Sponsoring Organization:

Neepawa Settlement Services
342 Mountain Ave, 2nd floor
Neepawa, MB R0J1H0

 

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Site Lead Coordinator:

Raydah Jo Cadion
hippycoord@neepawasettlement.com

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Year Site Started:

2022

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Sponsoring Organization:

Working Women Community

Centre (Jane/Finch community)
2065 Finch Avenue West
Suite 106
Toronto, ON, M3N 2V7

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Site Lead Coordinator:

Dorothy Tabe
dtabe@workingwomencc.org
Tel: 647-346-3700 Ext. 322

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Year Site Started:

2005

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Ontario

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Sponsoring Organization:

2200 Sawgrass Drive
Oakville L6H 6M8

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Site Lead Coordinator:

Daniela Palau
hippy.danielapalau@gmail.com
Tel : 905-582-7860
Cell: 647-831-4354

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Year Site Started:

2008

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Ontario

Prince Edward Island

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Sponsoring Organization:

Immigrant and Refugee Services

Association PEI
49 Water Street
Charlottetown, PE C1A 1A3

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Site Lead Coordinator:

Sara Peters
sara@sara@irsapei.ca
Tel: 902-628-6009

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Year Site Started:

2021

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Nova Scotia

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Sponsoring Organization:

Immigrant Services Association

Nova Scotia (ISANS)

6960 Mumford Road

Halifax, NS, B3L 4P1

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Site Lead Coordinator:

Leandri Keeve

lkeeve@isans.ca

Tel: 902-456-3566

Rocksana Pouladi

rpouladi@isans.ca

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Year Site Started:

2021

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Nova Scotia

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Sponsoring Organization:

YMCA of Greater Halifax/

Darthmouth
306-5670 Spring Garden Rd
Halifax, NS B3J 1H6

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Site Lead Coordinator:

Heeyeon Son
heeyeon.son@halifax.ymca.ca
Tel: 902-456-3566

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Year Site Started:

2021

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Newfoundland and Labrador

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Sponsoring Organization:

Association for New Canadians
144 Military Road
St. John’s, NL A1C 2E6

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Site Lead Coordinator:

Reem Hendi 
rhendi@ancnl.ca
Tel: 709-725-9854

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Year Site Started:

2021

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Nova Scotia

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Site Location:

HIPPY IFNE

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Sponsoring Organization:

Immigration Francophone Nouvelle-Écosse

6960 Mumford Rd Suite 2085

Halifax, NS B3L 4P1

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Site Lead Coordinator:

Desiree Juzdan Ghos
coordination.hippy@ifne.ca

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Year Site Started:

2022

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New Brunswick

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Site Location:

HIPPY Moncton

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Sponsoring Organization:

Le CAFi

140 Champlain St Dieppe,

NB E1A 1N8

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Site Lead Coordinator:

Joannie Levesque
joannie.levesque@cafi-nb.org

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Year Site Started:

2022

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Indigenous HIPPY Site Locations

British Columbia

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Site Location:

Urban Aboriginal HIPPY 

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Sponsoring Organization:

Vancouver Aboriginal

Friendship Centre
1607 East Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V5L 1S7

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Site Lead Coordinator:

Osiris Lopez 
osiris.hippy@vafcs.org
Tel: 604-880-5451

 

Year Site Started:

2006

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Site Location:

Saanichton 

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Sponsoring Organization:

NIL TU,O Child and

Family Services
1–2475 Mt Newton Cross

Road Saanichton, BC V8M 2B8

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Site Lead Coordinator:

Vanessa Boylan
vboylan@niltuo.ca
Tel: 250-634-3014

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Year Site Started:

2018
 

British Columbia

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Other Programs Locations

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SMART Program

British Columbia

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Site Location:

Urban Aboriginal HIPPY 

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Sponsoring Organization:

Vancouver Aboriginal

Friendship Centre
1607 East Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V5L 1S7

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Site Lead Coordinator:

Osiris Lopez 
osiris.hippy@vafcs.org
Tel: 604-880-5451

 

Year Site Started:

2006

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British Columbia

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Sponsoring Organization:

DIVERSEcity
13455 76th Avenue
Surrey, BC V3W 2W3

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Site Lead Coordinator:

Doua Amoura
damoura@dcrs.ca

Tel: 604-597-0205

 

Year Site Started:

2022

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Site Location:

Saanichton 

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Sponsoring Organization:

NIL TU,O Child and

Family Services
1–2475 Mt Newton Cross

Road Saanichton, BC V8M 2B8

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Site Lead Coordinator:

Vanessa Boylan
vboylan@niltuo.ca
Tel: 250-634-3014

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Year Site Started:

2018
 

British Columbia

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Ontario

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Site Location:

YWCA Hamilton, ON

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Year Site Started:

2022

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Newfoundland and Labrador

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Site Location:

Iris Kirby House St John's, NL

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Year Site Started:

2022

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SELF Program Partners

British Columbia

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Site Location:

YWCA Metro Vancouver, BC

 

Year Site Started:

2022

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Ontario

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Site Location:

YWCA Hamilton, ON

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Year Site Started:

2022

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Saskatchewan

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Site Location:

SOFIA House Regina, SK

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Year Site Started:

2022

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Newfoundland and Labrador

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Site Location:

Iris Kirby House St John's, NL

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Year Site Started:

2022

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FLIP Program Partners

Saskatchewan

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Site Location:

Saskatoon Open Door Society, SK

 

Year Site Started:

2022

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Saskatchewan

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Site Location:

Regina Open Door Society, SK

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Year Site Started:

2022

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Interested in starting a HIPPY site?

On average, it takes about 4 months to initiate a HIPPY site if funding is available, and about 1 year if it is not.
HIPPY programs run concurrently with the school year. They start in September and finish in May/June.

512-1190 Melville Street
Vancouver, BC Canada V6E 3W1

info@mothersmatter.ca
(604) 676-8250

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The Mothers Matter Centre's central offices are located on the ancestral and unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples, including the sÉ™lÌ“ilwÌ“É™taʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), kÊ·ikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) and xÊ·mÉ™θkÊ·É™yÌ“É™m (Musqueam) Nations. The MMC also recognizes that through our valued program delivery partners, its programs reach communities across Turtle Island.

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