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733 Ross Avenue East, Timmins, ON, P4N 8S8
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Fax: 705-268-3585
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Toll Free: 800-575-3210
The Inspire Centre is a proudly bilingual, not-for-profit organization, funded by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services. The Inspire Centre provides services to children and youth from birth to 19 (and up to 21 if attending a Ministry of Education sanctioned program) with various physical, developmental and communication challenges who reside in the districts of Cochrane Temiskaming and communities into the James Bay coast area.
Mission Statement
Mission
To improve the lives of children and youth with special needs and their families by delivering quality, timely, and responsive rehabilitation programs and services.
Vision
All children and youth realize their abilities, meet their potential and engage in their community.
Values
- Family-centred care: we recognize that each family is unique and that they are the experts on the child's abilities and needs. Each solution implemented considers the strengths and needs of all family members.
- Knowledgeable: we support children and youth by delivering evidence-based services and implementing standards of best practice, driving the best possible outcome.
- Collaboration: we partner with families, community service providers and educators to better the lives of children with special needs.
- Respect: we understand that all circumstances are unique, and the differences exist in each community across northern Ontario. We consider all perspectives, actively listen, and proceed with decisions together.
Our Story
The Inspire Centre was established in 1979 as a non-profit organization with charitable status and has grown from three to more than 40 staff across six locations. Known as the Cochrane Temiskaming Children's Treatment Centre (CT CTC) until 2025, the organization rebranded to The Inspire Centre to reflect its renewed commitment to innovative, community-based care and an expanded vision for supporting children and families.
The Inspire Centre collaborates closely with community service providers and is determined to offer services as close to home as possible for its diverse clients. Recently, the Inspire Centre has provided office space at its main office for Timmins Pediatrics services, enhancing their vast expertise.
The centre provides such core services as speech-language pathology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, recreation therapy, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder support, social work, coordinated service planning, and Urgent Response under the Ontario Autism Program. It also maintains specialized clinics in neonatal follow-up and early childhood development in partnership with Timmins Pediatrics, while the Complex Care Clinic is run in partnership with the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (based in Ottawa) and The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, which provide advice and consultation either virtually or in person when possible. The Infant Preschool Clinic works with local experts to screen children under five.
Our People/Our Team
The management team:
Executive Director—Marie Rouleau
Director of Clinical Service—Paula Crotteau
Administrative Manager—Kim Brown
Program Manager of Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Recreational Therapy—Isabelle Besner
Program Manager for Service Coordination and Family Support—Stephanie Lemaire (Interim Liane Guenette)
All the centre’s physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech language pathologists and social worker are regulated health professionals. All members of the Therapy Assistant team are qualified to provide therapy support.
The Administrative Assistant Team members are bilingual and have diverse backgrounds and qualifications in office administration.
The Service Coordination and Family Support team members are bilingual and have backgrounds in psychology, social work, and/or social service work.
Our Partners
Family/Caregiver Centred Care is a philosophy of care that has been adopted by the Inspire Centre. It emphasizes the partnership among children and youth, families and caregivers, and Inspire Centre staff to work together in the best interest of children and youth’s overall health, quality of life, and their ability to participate in home and community life. By sharing desires and goals, children and youth, families and caregivers, and Inspire Centre staff work together to attain those goals using the unique resources each brings.