Call Auntie Clinic
Call Auntie Clinic started out as the Call Auntie COVID-19 Indigenous Pathways Hotline, in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, to address the gaps in sexual and reproductive health services for Indigenous people. Call Auntie works with community members and partners to facilitate low-barrier, wrap-around care, with a strong commitment to sexual and reproductive health justice and cultural safety.
Call Auntie grew out of decades-long work midwives and birth workers have done in the Toronto Indigenous community, including the Baby Bundle Project: a multi-year family support research effort, launched in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action that sought to improve services and service pathways for Indigenous families and help improve maternal and child outcomes.
Establishing the Call Auntie Hotline allowed isolated community members to get the support they needed during the height of the COVID pandemic. Since then, the Clinic has provided vital health and wellness services to hard-to-reach community members, connected people to primary care, and provided pregnant people with support around housing, harm reduction, food security and parenting supports, including running weekly clinics at the Toronto Birth Centre.
We help keep families together, build community and contribute to an Indigenous community that is connected through culture, wellness and kinship.
All Indigenous people who are underserved in accessing culturally safe health and wellbeing care in the Greater Toronto Area, as well as Indigenous families from other locations who are accessing care in the city.
