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Caregiver Counselling

• Community Services Social Workers
• (306) 655-3400
• Idylwyld Heath Centre
• 103 – 310 Idylwyld Drive North S7L 0Z2

Provides Individual counselling, caregiver support group and bereavement support group.

Camp Circle O’ Friends

• (306) 374-2802
• Canadian Cancer Society Saskatchewan Division
• campcircleoffriends.com

Support group offering a 4 day camp for children with cancer and their siblings. Bereaved siblings may also attend. Ages 6-18

Compassionate Friends- Saskatoon Chapter

• (306) 374-8862
• W A Edwards Centre
• 333 4th Avenue North S7K 2L8
• www.tcfsaskatoon.wordpress.com

A self-help bereavement group meets on the last Tuesday of every month throughout the year. This group is for parents who have experienced the loss of a child at any age.

Edwards Family Centre/ Saskatoon Funeral Home

• Ph: (306) 244-5577
• 333 4th Avenue North, Saskatoon, SK S7K 2L7
• www.saskatoonfuneralhome.com
  The Centre is a community support service of Saskatoon Funeral Home offering a continuing care program, grief and resources lending library, grief groups, programs and events, and the Saskatoon bereavement support resource director.

خدمة الأسرة ساسكاتون

• (306) 244-0127 Fax (306) 244-1201
• www.familyservice.sk.ca
• 102-506 25th Street East S7K 4A7

Offers individual, couple, child, and family counselling to the community. Special programming: Teen and young parents, youth exposed to violence, abuse and beyond for women, volunteer programs for youth at risk. Also provides educational and therapy groups addressing perceived community needs. Variable fee for services.

MADD Canada (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)-Saskatoon

• maddsaskatoon@gmail.com
• 1-800-665-6233
• https://maddchapters.ca/saskatoon/

For information on drinking- and driving-related matters. The national number can put you in touch with a local chapter. MADD Canada’s mission: to stop impaired driving and to support victims of this violent crime.

Mental Health and Addictions Services- Saskatoon: Adult, Child, Youth

• Centralized Intake (306) 655-7777
• Suite 156, 122 3rd Avenue North S7K 2H6

Provides individual, family and group counselling and therapy with psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, and psychologists. Individuals may self-refer for counselling services. A doctor’s referral to psychiatry is requested. Coverage for the service is provided through Saskatchewan Health and there is no direct charge to clients.

Navera Community Connections Inc. (Formerly Catholic Family Services / CFS) Ph: (306) 244-7773

• https://navera.org/
• 200-506 25th Street East, Saskatoon, SK S7K 4A7

Navera is open to everyone in the community, offering a wide range of services, including individual, couple, and family counselling, family education and wellness programs, a Building Healthy Families series, community programs, workshops, seminars, professional training, marriage preparation, teen parent program and early childhood centers. Employee and Family Assistance Programming is also available. No-fee counselling is also available at the Saskatoon Food Bank.

Palliative Care Saskatoon Health Region – Saskatchewan Health Authority

• https://www.saskatoonhealthregion.ca/locations_services/Services/PalliativeCare/Pages/Home.aspx
• a 12-bed Palliative Care Unit at St. Paul’s Hospital
• consultation teams at Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon City Hospital and St. Paul’s Hospital
• palliative consultation for long-term care facilities in the Region
• Palliative care beds in Humboldt, Lanigan, Nokomis, Rosthern, Wadena, Wakaw, Watrous, and Wynyard
• a palliative care volunteer program and bereavement support services
• grief counselling for individuals and families whose loved one was previously referred for Palliative Care
• follow-up in hospital.

Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan (PLEA)

• (306) 653-1868 Fax (306) 653-1869
• www.plea.org
• 500-333 25th Street East S7K 0L4

PLEA is a non-profit, non- government organization which exists to educate, inform and empower through law related education.

Saskatoon Cancer Centre

• (306) 665-2662 Fax (306) 655-2910
• www.saskcancer.ca
• 20 Campus Drive S7N 4H4

Offers both individual and family counselling services for children with cancer. They hold social gatherings for peer support and provide a school re-entry program. As well, they promote community education.

Saskatoon Community Contacts for the Widowed

• Phone 306-242-3905
• St. Martin’s Church
• 2617 – Clarence Avenue South

A peer-led support group for widowed persons. This self-help organization provides guidance, encouragement, support and social activity in a friendly and non-denominational environment.

Saskatoon Tribal Council – Urban Services – Creative Healing for Urban Members (CHUMS)

• (306) 659-2500 Fax (306) 659-2155
• www.sktc.sk.ca
• #200-335 Packham Avenue, Saskatoon, SK S7N 4S1, Asimakaniseekan Askiy Reserve #102A

The Creative Healing for Urban Members (CHUMS) programs work to increase opportunities to strengthen individuals, and families, to empower them to improve the quality of their personal and family life. Our principles incorporate values that are common across many Aboriginal cultures as core concepts in its programming.

Saskatoon Tribal Council – Urban Services – Providers of Aboriginal Life Supports (PALS)

• (306) 659-2500 Fax (306) 659-2155
• www.sktc.sk.ca
• #200-335 Packham Avenue, Saskatoon, SK S7N 4S1, Asimakaniseekan Askiy Reserve #102A

Providers of Aboriginal Life Supports (PALS), includes a range of family-centered strategies, including in home visitation, advocating for improved conditions for families, stabilizing those in crisis, reunifying those who are separated, building new families, and connecting families to the resources that will sustain them in the future. Our goal is to support at risk families avoid apprehension of their children.

St. Paul’s Hospital Bereavement

• St. Paul’s 306- 655-5000; ask operator to page Spiritual Care
• Royal University 306-655-1249
• Saskatoon City 306-655-8250
• Rural – Call your local hospital or health-centre

Inter-denominational memorial services for relatives and friends of those who have passed away. Memorial gatherings are followed by coffee and conversation.

Suicide Grief Support Saskatoon

• Suicide Grief Support Saskatoon
• (306) 249-5666
• W.A Edwards Family Centre
• 333 4th Avenue North S7K 2L7
• https://m.facebook.com/suicidegriefsaskatoon/

Provides support to those who have lost a loved one to suicide. One is a monthly group (drop-in), the other is a closed group that meets on a weekly basis.

Grief Support:

Community Services Social Workers

• Idylwyld Health Centre
• 103 – 310 Idylwyld Drive North
• Telephone: 306-655-3400

Royal University Hospital

• Main Social Work Office
• Room 1619 Main Floor, A Wing
• Telephone: 306-655-2579

St. Paul’s Hospital

• Main Social Work Office
• Main Floor, B Wing
• Telephone: 306-655-5877

Saskatoon City Hospital

• Main Social Work Office
• Level One
• Telephone: 306-655-8294 or 306-655-8785