Sage House and Mount Carmel Clinic

Friday saw the official opening of Sage House - at 422 Dufferin Ave - an outreach home run by Mount Carmel Clinic. This is a new location - and from what I heard at the opening - a better location.

Executive Director Brenda Slobozian (top left) spoke about the need for the house and the health care and other services to be provided. Mae Louise Campbell (middle photo), a Metis elder, spoke of the importance of providing services for women, particularly aboriginal women. Harry Lazarenko (bottom photo) spoke passionately of the need and the importance of Sage house to provide a refuge for women as well as to provide access to health care and social services.