The Centre was founded in order to provide community-based
treatment services to address the unique issues affecting women coping with
substance abuse and/or problem gambling in the Capital.
When the centre opened in Ottawa in 1979, it was the first addiction treatment centre of its kind in Canada.
When the centre opened in Ottawa in 1979, it was the first addiction treatment centre of its kind in Canada.
It offers alternative addiction services to women and is
committed to working with diverse and marginalized groups of women. The
centre supports women, individually and together, to take control of factors
affecting their health and well-being.
The philosophy of the centre is grounded in the feminist
belief that women's experiences with alcohol, drugs and gambling cannot be
separated from their experiences and status as women. A central task of
Amethyst is to help women take charge of their lives by ending substance use
and/or problem gambling and by making changes that enhance their strengths,
their freedom and their choices.
The centre is both a health service concerned with
prevention as well as direct service, as it works toward changing unjust social
structures that place women at risk of addiction.
http://www.amethyst-ottawa.org
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