Resources
Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society
Phone: 604-251-4844
Address: 1607 E. Hastings St., Vancouver, BC V5L 1S7
Web: vafcs.org Email: info@vafcs.org
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.
Programs include:
- A recreational program for youth with drop-in sessions, sports, arts & crafts.
- Our Elders Speak Wisdom has two weekly luncheons, drop-in, food banks and activities for elders of aboriginal descent from all different tribes across Canada.
- Sundance Daycare for kids ages 3 to 6
- … and a host of other community events. See web site for more details.
Town Plaza Medical Clinic (Whistler)
Phone: 604-905-7089
Address: #40 – 4314 Main St., Whistler BC
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.
No appointment necessary; Mon to Sat 9a-5:30p, Sun 10a-4p.
Surrey Community Services – Counselling Services
Phone: 604-584-5811
Web: http://scss.ca/counselling.htm
Surrey Community Services’ team of professional counsellors offers free counselling with specialization in:
- Family Counselling (by MCFD or Youth Mental Health referral only)
- Suicide Prevention, Education and Counselling (19-and-under, self-referral okay)
- Sexual Abuse Counselling (children/youth plus non-offending family, abuse must have been reported with no current contact with offender, self-referral okay)
This service is for residents of Surrey, White Rock and Langley.
West Coast Wellness Group
Phone: 604-637-3309
Address: 340 – 1985 West Broadway (Part of Jewish Family Services Agency)
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. They are experienced counsellors with areas of specialty in counselling individuals, couples, families, groups and youth. Appointment times are flexible, with the possibility of evenings. It is a division of Jewish Family Services Agency.
The Kalayaan Centre
Phone: 604-215-1103
Address: 451 Powell Street, Vancouver BC
Web: kalayaancentre.net
The Kalayaan Centre is a Filipino community centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The various organizations in the Kalayaan Centre struggle for the rights and welfare of and social justice for Filipinos in Canada, while supporting the struggle for human rights, national freedom and democracy of the Filipino people.
Located in the Downtown Eastside area of Vancouver, the Centre houses a number of organizations doing specific work in various sectors of the Filipino community:
- B.C. Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (604-215-1905)
- Filipino-Canadians Against Racism
- Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance (Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada)
- Filipino Nurses Support Group
- Kalayaan Resource and Training Centre
- Philippine Women Centre of B.C.
- SIKLAB (Overseas Filipino workers’ organization)
Three Bridges Community Health Centre
Phone: 604-736-9844
Address: 1292 Hornby Street, Vancouver BC
Provides free primary care health services by an interdisciplinary team to marginalized populations residing in the West End, Yaletown, Fairview Slopes, downtown Vancouver business district, and downtown South
The clinic operates by appointment Monday to Saturday, and on a drop-in basis 8:30 am to 9:30 am Monday to Friday.
- Pride Health Services offers counselling and confidential health services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered individuals, including confidential HIV/AIDS health care services.
- Infant, Child and Youth (ICY) Program provides services including newborn home visits, child health clinics, parent-infant/toddler groups, speech/language services for children up to age five, child and adult immunizations, and health programs in schools.
- The Adult and Older Adult Program provides services for seniors and people with disabilities, including home nursing, home support, occupational therapy, and physiotherapy; and referrals to meal programs, adult day centres, and assisted living and residential care facilities. Also initiates home-based palliative care and referrals to hospices. This is also a designated agency responsible for looking into reports of suspected abuse and neglect of adults who cannot seek help for themselves.
- The centre also houses the Boys R Us drop-in centre for male and transgendered sex trade workers in Vancouver, particularly the downtown south area. Open 7 pm to 9 pm Tuesday to Thursday, offers a safe and confidential place for connecting with others, including social activities such as dinner and movies. Helps individuals access resources such as health care, housing, and other community services.
Holistic Wellness – Aboriginal Child & Youth Mental Health Portal
Web: acymh.ca
This portal is a community driven web directory designed to increase knowledge of the services available in connection to Holistic Wellness Aboriginal Child Youth Mental Health in the Vancouver Coastal Region.
Administered by the Vancouver Native Health Society.
Surrey Youth Alliance Society of BC
Web: http://www.syabc.ca
SYA is a drop-in and support group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, transexual, two-spirited, queer, questioning, and straight youth between the ages of 14 and 22 in the Fraser Valley and surrounding area.
Meets every Wednesday 6pm to 9pm, Newton Youth Resource Centre, 13479 76th Ave, Surrey
YWCA
Phone: 604-895-5800
Address: 535 Hornby Street, Vancouver BC
Provides free individual counselling and referrals for young women. Also offers various group programming on assertiveness, parenting and employment assistance.
Their programs specifically for youth include:
- Aboriginal Mentorship program for aboriginal girls (12 to 17)
- Boys 4 Real /Welcome to My Life - Seven week after-school programs for Grade 7 boys and girls, respectively
- Camp Fun Girl One-week day summer camps for girls (9 to 13)
- High School one-to-one Mentorship for girls in Grades 11and 12
- Youth Jobseekers - Job postings, career advice, resources and employment centre info for young women 15 to 30!
