Links to Community and Resources
Feeling inspired and want to get involved in your community? Or want more information on a specific issue? Check out these organizations and resources below:
Transportation
Bus Riders Union www.bru.vcn.bc.ca/
Vancouver Skateboard Coalition www.vsbc.ca/
Pedal Energy Development Alternatives www.pedalpower.org
TransLink www.translink.bc.ca
Going Green
Sierra Youth Coalition www.syc-cjs.org/
Pacific Parklands Foundation www.pacificparklands.ca/
Environmental Youth Alliance www.eya.ca
Ecojustice www.ecojustice.ca
Safety
Hustle: Men on the Move www.bccec.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/hustle-men-on-the-move-bccem-project
Leave Out ViolencE www.leaveoutviolence.com
Safe Harbour www.amssa.org/safeharbour/communities/organizations.cfm
Children of the Street Society www.childrenofthestreet.com
Prostitutes Empowerment Education and Resource Society www.peers.bc.ca
Victim Services of B.C. www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/victim_services/
Arts Scene
Access to Media Education Society www.accesstomedia.org/
Purple Thistle www.purplethistle.ca
The Power of Hope www.powerofhope.org
Vancouver East Cultural Centre www.thecultch.com
Vancouver Youth Radio www.vancouveryouthradio.com/
Youth Spaces
Vancouver Community Centres www.vancouver.ca/parks/cc/
Vancouver Neighborhood Houses www.anhgv.org/
Vancouver Public Space Network www.vancouverpublicspace.ca/
Youth Voice
Reel Youth www.reelyouth.ca
Check Your Head www.checkyourhead.org
Get Your Vote On www.getyourvoteon.ca
Society for Children and Youth of B.C. www.scyofbc.org
Federation of BC Youth In Care Networks www.fbcyicn.ca
City of Vancouver Youth Outreach Team www.vancouveryouth.ca
Vancouver 25 www.vancouver25.ca
Youth Housing and Homelessness
Broadway Youth Resource Centre www.pcrs.ca/Content/Program%20Pages/Youth%20Services/BYRC/BYRC%20Home.asp
Covenant House www.covenanthousebc.org
Directions Youth Services Centre www.fsgv.ca/programpages/youthservices
Poverty
Firstcall: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition www.firstcallbc.org
Pivot Legal Society www.pivotlegal.org
Ministry of Children and Family Development www.gov.bc.ca/mcf/
Employment and Training
Youth Spot www.youthspot.ca
YWCA Career Zone www.ywcavan.org/content/Career_Zone/180
Aunt Leah’s Independent Lifeskills Society www.auntleahs.org/
Westcoast LEAF’s Youth in the Workplace & Youth Workplace Rights www.westcoastleaf.org
YMCA Youth Internship Program www.vanymca.org/cs/youthinternships.html
Gordon Neighborhood House www.gordonhouse.org/
Education and Learning
Take a Hike www.takeahikeprogram.org/
Vancouver School Board www.vsb.bc.ca
Emma's Early Learning and Care Centre and Tupper Young Parent Services www.ywcavan.org/content/Early_Learning_and_Care/256/31/113
Urban Native Youth Association’s Aries and Cedar Walk programs www.unya.bc.ca
Langara www.langara.bc.ca
UBC www.ubc.ca
SFU www.sfu.ca
Emily Carr Universitywww.ecuad.ca
Vancouver Community College www.vcc.bc.ca
Health and Well-Being
Vancouver Coastal Health Youth Clinics www.vch.ca/facilities/clinics/youth.htm
Watari www.watari.org
McCreary Centre Society www.mcs.bc.ca
Hollyburn Family Services www.hollyburn.ca
PLEA Community Services Society of B.C. www.plea.ca
Youth Co Aids Society www.youthco.org/cms/
Vancouver Park Board Community Centres vancouver.ca/parks/cc/
MoreSports www.moresports.org
Redcross Youth TAP (Training in Action Program) www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=4977&tid=078
Culture, Identity and Belonging
GAB www.lgtbcentrevancouver.com
Out On Screen www.outonscreen.com
ISS MY Circle (Multicultural Youth Circle) www.issbc.org/services/family_youth/default.htm
MOSAIC NuYu Theater Project for multicultural, immigrant and refugee youth www.mosaicbc.com/programs_nuyu_theatre.asp
Knowledgeable Aboriginal Youth Association (KAYA) www.kayaweb.net
GoGirls www.thegogirls.blogspot.com
PeerNetBC www.peernetbc.com
Peace it Together www.peaceittogether.ca
PLAN Institute www.planinstitute.ca
Urban Native Youth Association www.unya.bc.ca