Become a Program Partner

Celebrating diverse perspectives in spaces of dignity, courage, and respect for all writers.

Through partners, we offer our community writing workshop program, which is proven to create deep connection, increase resilience, and strengthen self-advocacy among community members. Together, we empower and amplify the magnificent authentic voices of one and all, including those from traditionally underserved populations and underheard individuals nationwide.

We would love to speak with you about how WCC’s unique writing workshop methodology can enhance the mission of your agency, community organization, community centre, support service, place of worship, community, or endeavour.

For a sense of the breadth and depth of our community programming, peruse the list of partner organizations below.

How to Partner

WCC partnerships are undertaken only with the consent and support of WCC National Office.

To partner with WCC for the benefit of your community, members, or staff, please reach out to contact@wcc-cec.org.

Partner organizations

We wish to acknowledge these partner organizations who have put their faith in us and helped us to innovate and expand our reach:

Alexandra Park Neighbourhood Learning Centre, Toronto
Alpha House, Toronto
AMAPCEO Women’s Caucus, Toronto
Anishnawbe Health Toronto, Toronto
Art of Time Ensemble, Toronto
Bell Let’s Talk, National
Belong Ottawa at The Well
Bridges of Canada, Ottawa
Canada Mental Health Association, Ottawa
Canadian Council of Muslim Women, National
Canadian Mental Health Association – Peel West Recovery,
Mississauga/Peel
CarePoint Health, Mississauga/Peel
Centennial College (Metro East Detention Centre),
Scarborough
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) – LEARN,
Toronto
Centretown Community Health Centre, Ottawa
Climate Reality Project Canada CPRC, Toronto/Montreal/
National
Common Ground Café, Mississauga/Peel
Compass, Mississauga/Peel
Compassionate Ottawa, Ottawa
COTA Health, Toronto
Council Fire, Toronto
Courage in Action, Toronto
Deaf Spectrum, Toronto
Diaspora Dialogues, National
Dixon Hall Neighbourhood Services, Toronto
East Scarborough Storefront (Makeway), Scarborough
Elizabeth Fry, Toronto
Elizabeth Wyn Wood Secondary Alternate Program
(OCDSB), Ottawa
Emily’s House: The Philip Aziz Centre, Toronto
Family Councils Ontario, Ontario
FCJ Refugee Centre, Toronto
Fred Victor Housing, Toronto
Friends and Advocates Peel, Mississauga/Peel
Frontier College, Toronto
Healing HeARTS, CT, USA
Healing Unseen Wounds: Her Story – National Female
Veterans, National
Humber College, Mississauga/Peel
INKspire, National
Intercultural Dialogue Institute, Toronto
John Howard Society, Ottawa
Kanata Seventh Day Adventist Church, Ottawa
KGO Adult Learning Centre, Scarborough
KGO Spotlight on Literacy, Scarborough
Koffler Centre of the Arts, Toronto
L’Annexe, Montreal
Lakeshore Arts, Toronto
Lawrence Park Community Church, North York
Le Centre Greene, Montreal
Les Ateliers de l’Élan, Ottawa
LOFT – Transitional Age Youth Program, Toronto
McGill Student Wellness Hub, Montreal
Metropolitan Toronto Movement for Literacy (MTML),
Toronto
Mind Forward Brain Injury Services, Mississauga/Peel
Mississauga Central Library, Mississauga/Peel
Mood Disorders Ottawa (MDO), Ottawa
Mustard Seed, Toronto
Myseum of Toronto, Toronto
MYTORONTO, Toronto
Na-Me-Res (Native Men’s Residence – Sagatay), Toronto
Neighbourhood Arts Network, Toronto
Northern Initiative for Social Action (NISA), Sudbury
Northern Sudbury Pride, Sudbury
Odawa Native Friendship Centre, Ottawa
OISE, Toronto
One Sky Gallery, Sudbury
Ontario Association of Residents Councils, Ontario
Options Mississauga, Mississauga/Peel
Ottawa Seventh-day Adventist Church
Out of the Cold – Holy Blossom Temple, Toronto
Progress Place, Toronto
Rainbow Coffee Club (The Good Companions & Ottawa
Senior Pride Network), Ottawa
Ralph Thornton Community Centre, Toronto
Reena Developmental Services, Vaughan
Renascent – Graham Munro Centre, Toronto
Renascent – Madison Avenue Centre, Toronto
Renascent – Paul J. Sullivan House, Toronto
Retraite en Action, Ottawa
Ronald McDonald House, Saskatchewan
Rosedale United Church, Toronto
SALUS Ottawa, Ottawa
Sandy Hill Community Health Centre, Ottawa
Scarborough Association for Volunteer Administrators,
Scarborough
Seneca College, Toronto
Sistering, Toronto
Somerset West Community Health Centre, Ottawa
Sound Care Wellness, Ottawa
St. Joe’s, Ottawa
St. Stephen’s Community House, Toronto
Street Haven at the Crossroads, Toronto
Support House, Mississauga/Peel
The 519, Toronto
The Creative Hub 1352, Mississauga/Peel
The Haven Mental Health Treatment Centre, Toronto
The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto
The Study Academy, Toronto
Theater of War Productions, New York
Théâtre Ouest End, Montreal
Toronto District Catholic School Board, Toronto
Toronto District School Board, Toronto
Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA), Toronto
Toronto Public Library – Main Street, Toronto
Toronto Public Library – Parliament Street, Toronto
Toronto Public Library – Evelyn Gregory, Toronto
Toronto Public Library – St. Jamestown, Toronto
Toronto Public Library – Queen & Saulter, Toronto
Toronto Public Library – Parkdale, Toronto
Toronto Public Library – Morningside, Toronto
Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga/Peel
Unison Health & Community Services, Toronto
University of Ottawa Art & Play Grad Student Group,
Ottawa
University of Toronto Trinity College, Toronto
Up With Women, National
Ve’ahavta, Toronto
Veteran’s House: The Andy Carswell Building, Ottawa
Visual Arts Mississauga (VAM), Mississauga/Peel
Voices for Women – Sudbury Sexual Assault Centre,
Sudbury
Wattpad, National
WCC’s Write On! Program, National
Wellesley Place Employment and Social Services – HOPE,
Toronto
West Neighbourhood House, Toronto
West Neighbourhood House – The Meeting Place, Toronto
WoodGreen Community Services, SALC, Toronto
Working for Change, Toronto
Workman Arts, Toronto
Write Around Mississauga WAM, Mississauga/Peel
Yonge Street Mission, Toronto
YouthLink Youth Services, Scarborough
YWCA, Toronto

Several of our staff have been told what a great addition this is to our program by a number of clients and one of my clients put it clearly and succinctly when he said, ‘I used to think I was just and addict, now I see that I am more than that. In creative writing today, I saw that I am creative, that I am a writer, and that I just might have something to give back after all.’ With respect/Meegwetch

Chris Pike Chayuuweytim

Team Lead, Concurrent Disorders Counsellor Aboriginal Mental Health & Addictions Program, Anishnawbe Health Toronto

The WCC has been a tremendous aid supporting our members find their voice. Members who struggle with isolation have been able to use their artistic expression and social skills learned from the groups and incorporate these in their recovery.

Friends & Advocates Peel

By focusing intensively on the fundamental act of dialogue, by warmly supporting self-expression and listening, the group serves as a healing and growing space where participants can re-encounter, sometimes painfully and, it seems, always with varying degrees of struggle, the powerful and definitively human act, of telling their story and connecting with others. The writing group demonstrates what is possible when we cross social borders to collaborate with and listen to groups who are usually ignored.

Andrew Mindszenthy

Community Development Housing Worker, Fred Victor