Contact us
Where to find us
1035 Rachel St East, 3rd Floor
Montreal, QC H2J 2J5
+1 514-528-8812
sawcc@sawcc-ccfsa.ca
Operating Hours
Monday – Friday
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST
Please contact us to make an appointment. This ensures a specific time slot for you and greatly simplifies the work of our team.
The Centre is wheelchair accessible.
Staff Directory
The team at the center consists of community workers who work either full-time or part-time. Together, we speak all South Asian languages. We are proud to have a dedicated community of workers who tirelessly serve our communities. Many of our community workers can be found at our centre on Rachel Street, providing essential services and support to our community members. We also offer services in Parc-Extension and Côte-des-Neiges through the South Asian Women Autonomous and Independence Project (SAWAI), which means that all our community workers dedicated to this project are primarily focused on serving these neighbourhoods.
We are also fortunate to work with many active volunteers who are not listed on our site, but who participate in the proper functioning of our center. We are grateful to them and thank them.
If you have a question, contact us and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
Anipriya Gopinathan (she/her)
Community Worker
Languages: Tamil, English, and French
Anipriya is a Community Worker at SAWCC who strongly believes in women’s empowerment.
+1 514-528-8812 ext. 101
anipriya.g@sawcc-ccfsa.ca
Parisa Karimi Molan (she/her)
Community Worker
Languages: Persian, Turkish, French, and English
Parisa is a community worker with SAWCC. She believes in humanity, and in women’s empowerment and independence. Her childhood desire was to be useful to society and to others. She is inspired by art and music.
+1 514-528-8812 ext. 102
parisa.m@sawcc-ccfsa.ca
Shipra Barua (she/her)
Community Worker
Languages: Bangla, English, and French
Shipra is a community worker with SAWCC. In addition to her responsibilities, she oversees the volunteer program and coordinates language classes.
+1 514-528-8812 ext. 106
shipra.b@sawcc-ccfsa.ca
Juvaria Yasser (she/her)
Community worker and Centre Manager
Languages: Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, English, and French
Juvaria is a Community worker and the Centre Manager. She has been working at SAWCC since 2006 and has discovered and developed her passion for community love, sisterhood and feminism here.
+1 514-528-8812 ext. 104
juvaria.y@sawcc-ccfsa.ca
Ghazala Munawar (she/her)
Community worker and Centre Coordinator
Languages: Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, English, and French
Ghazala is a feminist and strongly believes in the equality and humanity of women and men. She loves to encourage and support women to become strong , educated and independent so that they can get what they want in life without depending on others.
+1 514-528-8812 ext. 103
ghazala.m@sawcc-ccfsa.ca
Ambika Sivamoorthy (she/her)
Community Worker
Languages: Tamil, Sinhala, English, and French
Ambika has the ability to guide, provide emotional and practical support, and encourage people to work through difficult situations. She also believe in enabling the people she is working with to acquire new capabilities and to enhance their existing skills, knowledge and understanding.
+1 514-528-8812 ext. 107
ambikai.s@sawcc-ccfsa.ca
South Asian Women Autonomous and Independence Project (SAWAI)
Iram Qadeer (she/her)
Community Worker and Bookkeeper
Languages: Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, English and French
Iram wears many hats at the centre, being a community worker for the SAWAI Project and the bookkeeper.
+1 514-528-8812 ext. 108 iram.accounts@sawcc-ccfsa.ca
Panchi Chakma (she/her)
Community Worker
Languages: Bengali, Chakma, English and French
Panchi is a community worker for the SAWAI Project, and wants to make a difference in the lives of women in her community.
+1 514-528-8812 ext. 105
panchi.c@sawcc-ccfsa.ca
Mangaie Saravanabavan (she/her)
Community Worker
Languages: Tamil, English, and French
Mangaie is a community worker for the SAWAI Project and loves to give moral and physical support to her participants.
+1 514-528-8812 ext. 105
mangaie.s@sawcc-ccfsa.ca