The Punjabi Community Health Services (PCHS) will serve the Punjabi community through community development and outreach, culturally appropriate service delivery, partnership with other organizations, research and asset inventories, health promotion, resource development, developing volunteers from within the community, and consulting and promoting diversity.

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The first thing clients of Punjabi Community Health Services in Brampton, Ontario, are asked to sign is a consent form that allows counsellors to talk with the client’s family. Because extended families are central to Punjabi culture, it is often necessary to convince a client’s father of the need for mental health treatment, or to counsel wives or siblings who might not know how to deal with a family member’s addiction. The agency will still provide services if the client refuses to sign, but manager Amandeep Kaur says treatment in that case often isn’t as effective as when the family is involved.

by Teenaz Javat

The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) has been, and continues to be, the destination of choice for many newcomers who have decided to make Canada their new home.

They not only bring with them their monetary assets, but also their social capital and cultural traditions that enrich the Canadian mosaic. Canada, for its part, has a rich tradition of celebrating these differences.

Baldev Mutta will be presenting at the following event on March 11, 2010.

 

Building Strong Communities by Fostering Resiliency in Youth and Families

Fighting Sex discrimination in Peel.

Save the Girls and PCHS join hands to expose the preference for boys in the South Asian community. The radio interview with Andy Barry on CBC on October 21, 2009.