Our Holistic Approach

Our Values

Healing
Self-Empowerment
Holistic Wellness
Collaboration

Afya Soul

The mind’s connection to mental, emotional, social wellbeing.

Afya Body

The physical or external manifestation of wellbeing.

Afya Spirit

The connection to a higher power, sense of purpose & meaning underlying wellbeing.

For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

- Jeremiah 17:8

  1. City of Toronto (2017). Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism. Retrieved from  https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-109126.pdf
  1. John Stapleton, et al. (2019) The Working Poor in the Toronto Region: A closer look at the increasing numbers. Metcalfe Foundation. The working poor are defined as those between the ages of 18 and 64, outside of school, living independently, with an after-tax income below the Low-Income Measure (LIM), earning at least $3,000 a year.
  1. Nnorom O, Findlay N, Lee-Foon NK, et al. Dying to learn: A scoping review of breast and cervical cancer studies focusing on Black Canadian women. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. Johns Hopkins University Press 2019;30:1331-1359.
  1. Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Catalogue No. 98-400-X2016210.
  1. Turcotte, Martin. Results from the 2016 Census: Education and labour market integration of Black youth in Canada. Insights on Canadian Society. February 25, 2020. Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 75-006-X. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/75-006-x/2020001/article/00002-eng.htm
  2. Unit, J. C. K. N. M. C. A. R. O. T. O. C. O. A. S. I. (2020a, February 20). Black Women in Canada. Behind the Numbers. https://behindthenumbers.ca/shorthand/black-women-in-canada/ 

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We emphasize using evidence based policies, programs and strategies to advocate for Black women to engage in developing their holistic wellbeing.

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