The following information is intended to assist survivors in seeking the support they need. These programs are independent of the CCIJ and we cannot vouch for the services. If you have information about additional programs that could be included here, please .
(CCVT) is a torture treatment agency in Toronto, Ontario. Services include mental health counseling, youth programs, public training, settlement services, and educational training in computer and language learning. The CCVT maintains a comprehensive website with access to readings and resources about the effects of torture and working with torture survivors.
The Edmonton Centre for Survivors of Torture and Trauma is a program offered from the Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers in Edmonton, Alberta. The organization addresses the needs of immigrants and refugees in Canada and offers psychological services for torture survivors.
Centre Reseau d'information aupres des personnes ayant la violence organisee or RIVO (Intervention Network for Persons Having Been Subjected to Organized Violence) is a torture treatment centre in Montreal, Quebec. It offers psychosocial and psychotherapeutic interventions, medical care and other therapeutic interventions to survivors of organized violence living in the Quebec area
and across Canada. Torture treatment services were established in 1990.
The Vancouver Association for Survivors of Torture is a Torture treatment agency in Vancouver, British Columbia. Its multidisciplinary staff other mental heath, legal, and social services, along with body works and access to the Vancouver Hospital Health Sciences Center Cross Cultural Psychiatry program.
The Victoria Coalition for Survivors of Torture is a coalition of agencies and individuals in Victoria, British Columbia, that seeks to assist those who have been affected by torture. Through a network of providers, the Coalition offers counseling and educational and health services to torture survivors. It also coordinates annual training events for professionals working with torture and war traumatized individuals and families.
The primary purpose of the Consortium is to foster the development, in quality as well as quantity, of specialized programs devoted to caring for survivors of torture. The website has a directory with descriptions and contact information of treatment programs in the U.S.
The Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) offers a comprehensive assessment and care program to survivors of torture in the US. In recent years, CVT has expanded its services to include research, training and public policy initiatives in order to develop strategies for abolishing torture worldwide.
The Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International (TASSC) was founded by and for torture survivors and seeks to end the practice of torture wherever it occurs. It also works to empower survivors, their families and communities.
Founded in 1985, Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture provides care and rehabilitation to International survivors of torture and other forms of organized violence.
