Backgrounder

November 24, 2006

LANGUAGE INTERPRETER SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

The Ontario government is investing $2.1 million in 10 organizations to provide spoken-language interpretation services available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in over 60 languages.

Social, health and legal services and associated agencies that receive these grants deliver interpretation services at no cost. . Women use the interpreter services when dealing with police officers, Crown attorneys, the Victim/Witness Assistance Program, the Partner Assault Response Program, and probation and parole officers. 
The Language Interpreter Services Program is part of the government’s comprehensive, four-year $68 million Domestic Violence Action Plan.

Greater Toronto Area (also serving parts of Northern Ontario)

• $488,000 to the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic

Contact Information
489 College Street, Suite 503
Toronto, Ontario  M6G 1A5
Tel: (416) 323-9149 EXT 245
Fax (416) 323-9107
Website: www.schliferclinic.com

• $465,000 to Multilingual Community Interpreter Services

  Contact Information
  1185 Eglinton Ave. East, #605
  Toronto, Ontario  M3C 3C6
  Tel: (416) 426-7051 EXT 7994
  Fax: (416) 426-7118
  Website: www.mcis.on.ca

Eastern Ontario

• $280,000 to Immigrant Women Services Ottawa

  Contact Information
  219 Argyle Avenue, Suite 400
  Ottawa, Ontario  K2P 2H4
  Tel:  (613) 729-3145 EXT 227
  Fax: (613) 729-9308
  Website: www.immigrantwomenservices.com

• $60,000 to Quinte United Immigrant Services

Contact Information
41 Octavia Street, P.O. Box 22141
Belleville, Ontario   K8N 5V7
Tel: (613) 968-7723 EXT 21
Fax: (613) 968-2597
Website: www.quis-immigration.org

Southwestern Ontario

• $170,000  to Across Languages

  Contact Information
  515 Richmond Street, Unit 3
  London, Ontario  N6A 5N4
  Tel:  (519) 642-7247
  Fax : (519) 642-1831
  Website: www.acrosslanguages.org

• $132,000 to Information Niagara

  Contact Information
  301 St. Paul Street, Box 1
  St. Catharines, Ontario  L2R 3M8
  Tel:  (905) 682-4056
  Fax: (905) 682-4314
  Website: http://www.informationniagara.com

• $92,000 to the Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre:

  Contact Information
  102 King Street West
  Kitchener, Ontario  N2G 1A6
  Tel:   (519) 745-2531
  Fax:  (519) 745-5857
  Website: http://www.kwmc.on.ca

• $95,000 to the Multicultural Council of Windsor & Essex

  Contact Information
  245 Janette Street
  Windsor, Ontario  N9A 4Z2
  Tel:  (519) 255-1127
  Fax: (519) 255-1435
  Website: http://www.themcc.com

Northern Ontario

• $63,000 to the Multicultural Council of Kenora & District

  Contact Information
  216 Matheson Street South
  Kenora, Ontario  P9N 1V2
  Tel:  (807) 468-9443
  Fax: (807) 468-3895
  Website: http://www.kenoramulticultural.com

• $74,000 to the Multicultural Association of Thunder Bay

  Contact Information
  17 N. Court Street
  Thunder Bay, Ontario
  P7A 4T4
  Tel:   (807) 345-0551
  Fax:  (807) 345-0173
  Website: http://www.tbma.ca

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Contacts:
Rick Byun, Minister’s Office, (416) 325-3460
Michel Payen-Dumont, Communications Branch, (416) 314-7010

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