Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
- Margaret Mead
He who has health has hope; He who has hope has everything.
- Arab proverb
One of the more amusing links to get passed around this week came courtesy of the Middlesex-London Health Unit (link), a public education body out in Ontario. It’s called Adventures in Sex City, and it’s a web-based sex ed trivia game that [...]
Posted: February 20th, 2010 under Blog, General Health Issues.
I was there when you
…shone as bright as Bethlehem from afar
I was there when you were
…young and strong and perverted
and everything that makes
…a young man a star, oh you were a star
- Chantal Kreviazuk, “Surrounded“
It’s been less than a month and already we find ourselves lighting yet another candle, this time for 21-year old Georgian [...]
Posted: February 14th, 2010 under Blog, Grief & Loss.
Shelter in Victoria for youth, 13-18. 10 beds, 24-hour intake, voluntary. Consent of legal guardian is needed to stay.
Posted: January 23rd, 2010 under Resources, Safe Houses & Shelters.
Safehouse in North Vancouver for youth, 13-18. Drug/alcohol free, 14-day stay. Self-referral okay.
Posted: January 23rd, 2010 under Resources, Safe Houses & Shelters.
Shelter for youth, 13-15. Referral via social worker or MCFD After-Hours, with parent/guardian consent. For youth from Vancouver, Richmond or North Shore.
Posted: January 23rd, 2010 under Resources, Safe Houses & Shelters.
VAFCS is a community centre that provides social, cultural, recreational, and other life-enhancing programs and services to aboriginal people making the transition to urban society.
Posted: January 23rd, 2010 under First Nations Services, Resources.
The Town Plaza Medical Clinic in Whistler provides health care services to residents and visitors seven days a week. In addition to general practice and family medicine, the clinic also provides urgent care, minor emergency services, counselling, travel medicine (including immunizations), prenatal & baby care, and occupational health care.
Posted: January 22nd, 2010 under Counseling & Supports, General Health Issues, Youth Clinics.
Surrey Community Services’ team of professional counsellors offers free counselling with specialization in family counselling, suicide prevention and counselling, and sexual abuse.
Posted: December 12th, 2009 under Abuse & Assault, Counseling & Supports, Resources, Suicide Prevention & Information.
West Coast Wellness Group is a small group of counsellors working in a private practice model. They are committed to having a generous sliding scale and to keeping some slots free to take clients on the low end of that scale.
Posted: December 3rd, 2009 under Counseling & Supports, Resources.
The Kalayaan Centre is a Filipino community centre that houses a variety of activist and supportive programs for Filipinos in Canada.
Posted: September 8th, 2009 under Activism, Awareness & Action, Immigrant & Multicultural Services, Neighbourhood Houses, Resources.