The John Howard Society of Durham Region is a non-profit, social service agency in Ontario Canada. We are dedicated to servicing individuals and families, youth and adults with programs and services in areas such as relationships, counselling, employment, literacy, housing, eviction prevention, crime prevention, harm reduction, parenting and more The local Oshawa-Whitby Branch was established due to the increase of services and funding in November 1974; with later expansions to Clarington, Ajax and Pickering following in later years. Most of our services are free and have evolved with needs ...