Trans Youth

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Antijen

This site has been going for over 10 years, providing young trans people with ways to connect, share stories and survival tips, and get help from peers as well as the adult who runs the site (known affectionately as “Aunt Jenny”).

GenderPeace

Site for young trans women to connect and share stories with each other. Message boards moderated by the site administrator for safety, and links to other sites for young trans women.

Amplify Your Voice

Resources for transgender, transsexual, and genderqueer youth: stories, information, books, and more…

SAFETY

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Youth In B.C. 

YIBC is first and foremost an on-line crisis chat service, where you can chat 1-on-1 with a trained volunteer from the Vancouver Crisis Centre, where our service is based.

Hustle: Men on the Move

We are an outreach and support program which effectively offers a male/youth specific component to PEERS Vancouver. HUSTLE is designed and implemented by experiential men who see a need for an increase in specific front-line programming / support services for survival male/Trans sex workers. Attention is also given to identifying and supporting street involved youth who may be at risk of exploitation in Vancouver Communities.

Leave Out ViolencE

To reduce violence in the lives of youth and in our communities by building a team of youth who communicate a message of non-violence.

Safe Harbour

Immigrants enrich our society and are vital to our shared experience. This is why AMSSA is so committed to a vision of a just and equitable society in which everyone benefits from social and economic inclusion. Our member agencies serve immigrants and build culturally inclusive communities across BC and we strengthen them with knowledge, resources and support to help them fulfill their mandates.

A province-wide association, we foster a culture of support by providing networking opportunities where our members exchange knowledge, build connections and strengthen each other. We believe in the power of collective thought and actively seek the contributions of our members. Our collective BC-wide perspective on the challenges and opportunities facing our sector allows us to play an important role in addressing emerging issues and impacting policy.

When we speak, it’s with a unified voice.

Children of the Street Society 

Children of the Street Society is a Provincial Society and Federal Charity dedicated to preventing the sexual exploitation of children and youth in British Columbia through education strategies, public awareness initiatives, and family support since 1995.

Prostitutes Empowerment Education and Resource Society

PEERS provides support, resources, and programs specifically for past and current sex workers—any gender—as well as help with housing, training and volunteering opportunities, advocacy and public education around sexual exploitation and the issues of adult sex work.

Victim Services of B.C.

Being a victim or witness to crime, violence or abuse is a role no one is prepared for and not everyone will respond the same way to the same crime. As well, immediate familymembers of crime victims can experience loss and psychological harm.

If it happens to you, it is important that you talk to someone about how the crime or violence has affected you. Help is available.

ARTS SCENE

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Access to Media Education Society 

AMES is a registered charity (est. 1996) dedicated to using the media arts to support youth-led community development, encourage peer-based expression and education and promote social change.

Purple Thistle

The Thistle is a youth-run community centre for arts and activism.

We are located in East Vancouver and have a couple of hundred regular participants.

We are a free place (both free-of-charge, and we are interested in freedom) where youth can engage with each other and their community. The Centre is a physical space to root ourselves, a place to work together, and a site to learn new ways for radical organizing for social change.

The Power of Hope

In the USA and Canada, we offer programs for youth and adults who want to take an active role in creating a positive future, develop their leadership skills, build stronger communities and have a great time in the process! We have been successfully creating and delivering summer camps and school-year programs since 1996. We are non-religious and our programs are open to all.

The cornerstone of our youth programs is our distinctive, 8-day overnight camp during the summer. At camp, we bring youth together in a 2:1 ratio with a staff of artists, naturalists, self-care specialists, community activists and other adults working for positive change in the world.

Our school-year programs offer youth ways to connect to the Power of Hope via in-school and after-school programs that offer experiential, creative and non-traditional learning opportunities.

Vancouver East Cultural Centre

The IGNITE! Mentorship Program offers a series of one-on-one mentorship opportunities in specific media to youth who want to pursue a career in the arts. This year, we are offering mentorships in Dance, Directing, Play Writing, Songwriting, and Spoken Word.

In each of these areas, promising young artists will be paired with a mentor in their chosen media. The Cultch presents some of the most accomplished artists from across Canada and around the world. The Intensive program is designed to allow emerging artists in the community to access and learn from this incredible pool of talent.

Vancouver Youth Radio

Vancouver Youth Radio (VYR) is a part of the Hastings Street Media Lab Project and is located at The RayCam Cooperative Community Centre in the inner-city of Vancouver Canada.

VYR’s mission is to provide youth with everything they need to explore digital creativity in a supportive environment.

YOUTH SPACES

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Vancouver Community Centres 

Drop by and get in on the fun at any of Vancouver’s 24 community centres!

The Vancouver Park Board operates, along with community-based Associations, 24 community centres across the city. These centrally located facilities serve all ages and offer a wide range of resources that focus on recreational, social and cultural pursuits. Programs can include fitness, arts and crafts, culture, dance, swimming, skating, child care and a multitude more. Residents use these centres of activities as meeting places to exchange ideas and meet new friends.

Vancouver Neighborhood Houses 

A welcoming place where everyone, all ages, nationalities and abilities can attend, participate, belong, lead and learn through programs, services and community building.

Vancouver Public Space Network

The VPSN is a grassroots collective that engages in advocacy, outreach and education on public space issues in and around Vancouver, British Columbia.

This includes challenging the increase of advertising ‘creep’ in public places, promoting creative, community-friendly urban design, monitoring private security activities in the downtown core, fostering public dialogue and democratic debate, and devising creative ways to re-green the neglected corners, alleys and forgotten spaces of the city.

We also like to devise ways to have fun in public space.

YOUTH VOICE

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Reel Youth

Reel Youth is a not-for-profit, media empowerment program supporting youth, adults, organizations and businesses to create and distribute engaging films about the issues they care about most.

Reel Youth works with organizations to provide mobile stop motion animation,video production, photography, broadcasting, and film festival programs that create and distribute messages participants most want to share with the world.

The Reel Youth Film Festival is a celebration of short films made by youth
19 years and under.  Insightful and entertaining, the touring festival collects films from across Canada, the US and abroad to put together an engaging program
of some of the best youth filmmaking today.

Check Your Head 

Check Your Head is a youth-driven organization that provides education for young people on the issues such as democracy, corporate power, globalization, climate change and many more issues that matter most to youth and our communities locally and globally. Our work is motivated by the understanding that a healthy, democratic and sustainable future depends on a generation of informed, empowered and active young people.

Get Your Vote On

We are a bunch of young people doing the seemingly impossible –making voting fun/interesting/worth doing for the rest of us.

A team of awesome volunteers are the brains and heart behind Get Your Vote On. For the Federal Election season we will be meeting regularly to plan events, keep you up to date with what is happening in the election, and support other volunteers across the country working on youth voter engagement.

Society for Children and Youth of B.C. 

The Society for Children and Youth of BC is a unique provincial non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to improving the well-being of children and youth.

Federation of BC Youth In Care Networks

FBCYICN is a youth-driven, provincial, non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of young people in and fromgovernment care in BC, between the ages of 14 and 24.

We provide programs and services that help young people come together, get individual support, link with learning opportunities, and unite their voice to create positive change in the system.

FBCYICN was created in 1993 by young people in care.

City of Vancouver Youth Outreach Team

vancouveryouth.ca is the City of Vancouver’s youth portal.

It was created, and is maintained, by youth and staff in the Social Policy Division at the City of Vancouver. We’ve been online since 2003, digitally engaging Vancouver’s young residents in municipal decision-making and in their communities.

YOUTH HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS

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Directions Youth Services Centre

Directions Youth Services Centre, operated by Family Services of Greater Vancouver, provides Vancouver’s homeless youth and youth at-risk with a single entry point to access the tools, support, and guidance they so desperately need to go about making healthy, positive changes in their lives. Directions strives to be accessible to all youth, regardless of their circumstances and fosters a culture of respect. Directions Youth Services Centre is working closely with the community to develop solutions to end youth homelessness in Vancouver and to change the community’s perception of street-involved youth.

Broadway Youth Resource Centre

Covenant House

Pacific Community Resources is an award winning, accredited, not-for-profit society serving Lower Mainland communities since 1984.

The agency provides alternate education, employment, addiction counselling and prevention services, housing support, and cultural enrichment for children, youth, adults and families.

We partner with individuals, businesses, other agencies and governments to ensure access to effective, high-quality community resources for people who are often vulnerable or marginalized from society.

Pacific Community Resources is committed to community-based research, advocacy, and community development to identify service gaps and strategies to address social problems such as poverty, child abuse, mental health, substance abuse, violence and homelessness.

We currently deliver more than 40 programs serving thousands of individuals from Vancouver to Chilliwack.

POVERTY

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Firstcall: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition

First Call: BC Child & Youth Advocacy Coalition is a cross-sectoral, non-partisan coalition. Our coalition is made up of 90 provincial organizations and 25 mobilized communities. In addition, we have a network of hundreds of community groups and individuals.

Pivot Legal Society

Poverty and social exclusion are not inevitable. By drawing attention to the root causes of poverty, criminalization and social isolation, we are creating the conditions for each of us to become full and equal participants in our communities.

Ministry of Children and Family Development

The Ministry provides programs and services to ensure that healthy children and responsible families are living in safe, caring and inclusive communities.

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

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Youth Spot

Youth Spot Employment Centre is an offsite program of Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House. We are funded in whole or part through the Canada-British Columbia Labour Market Development Agreement We are designed to help youth at-risk between the ages 15-30 obtain sustainable employment. Our client centered approach emphasizes the provision of support, education and resources within our drop-in centre and through 1-on-1 employment assistance.

YWCA Career Zone

Career Zone is a drop-in resource centre for male and female jobseekers ages 15 to 30.

We offer a range of free services and resources to make your job search fast and easy; connecting you to employment.

Aunt Leah’s Independent Lifeskills Society

Aunt Leah’s Society helps prevent children in foster care from becoming homeless, and mothers in need from losing custody of their children. To support them on their journey to self-sufficiency, we provide supported housing, job training and coaching on essential life skills.

Westcoast LEAF’s Youth in the Workplace & Youth Workplace Rights

The West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) formed when the equality guarantees of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedomscame into force.  Our mission is to achieve equality by changing historic patterns of systemic discrimination against women through BC-basedequality rights litigation, law reform and public legal education.

YMCA Youth Internship Program

We are a charitable association dedicated to the development of people in spirit, mind and body as well as the improvement of local, national and international communities.

Gordon Neighborhood House

Gordon Neighbouthood House is a volunteer-led, multi-service, non-profit, non-sectarian, non-government, and apolitical, community-based  organization. It is governed by an all-volunteer Board of Management which is elected annually by the members of the house.

EDUCATION AND LEARNING

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Take a Hike

Vancouver School Board

Emma’s Early Learning and Care Centre and Tupper Young Parent Services

Urban Native Youth Associations Aries and Cedar Walk programs (UNYA)

As Metro Vancouver’s only Native youth program-providing organization, we work to empower Native youth through our 21 programs including education & training, personal support, live-in programs and sports & recreation.

 

Langara

UBC

SFU

Emily Carr University

Vancouver Community College

HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

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Peak House

Peak House is a voluntary, ten-week, residential treatment program for British Columbian youth aged 13-18 experiencing problems with drugs, including alcohol.

Vancouver Coastal Health Youth Clinics

Watari

Watari is a small registered ** social profit organization with a volunteer Board of Directors.

Our primary mission is to facilitate positive change in the lives of at-risk children, youth, their families and communities in the Downtown Eastside and the Greater Vancouver/Richmond areas.

McCreary Centre Society

Hollyburn Family Services

PLEA Community Services Society of B.C.

Youth Co Aids Society

 

CULTURE & IDENTITY

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GAB

Out On Screen

ISS MY Circle (Multicultural Youth Circle)

MOSAIC 

MOSAIC is a multilingual non-profit organization dedicated to addressing issues that affect immigrants and refugees in the course of their settlement and integration into Canadian society.

Knowledgeable Aboriginal Youth Association (KAYA)

GoGirls

PeerNetBC

Peace it Together

 

PLAN Institute

 

Anxiety Disorders Association

This association can offer support and assistance to those suffering from any of the following anxiety disorders: Panic Disorder With & Without

Agoraphobia, Agoraphobia Without a History of Panic Disorder, Social Phobia, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Acute

Stress Disorder, Specific Phobia, Generalized Anxiety Disorder

 

Autism

Offers many links to information on autism.

 

British Columbian Schizophrenia Society Kids In Control Support Program

Will provide information and support on dealing with a family member with schizophrenia.

 

Canadian Mental Health Association

 

Child & Adolescent Bipolar Foundation

Excellent website for understanding bipolar disorder.

 

Child Anxiety Network

Has books listed that may help families.

 

Child/Youth Urgent Assessment

 

Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

This website offers information and guidance for those with AD/HD.

 

Disability Tax Credit

A non-refundable tax credit used to reduce income tax payable, including a supplement for persons under 18, available to individuals who have an

impairment in physical or mental functions that is severe and prolonged. If a child under 18 is eligible for the disability amount, that child is also eligible

for the Child Disability Benefit, an amount available under the Canada Child Tax Benefit.

 

 

The Learning Disabilities Association – Vancouver

LDA Vancouver Resource Centre provides: remedial reading and writing programs, remedial math, social skills development, high school skills

development, and Orton Gillingham programs for children, as well as parent support group, advocacy, public education and community outreach. All

program fees are kept to a minimum and are instructed either one-to-one or in small groups. Bursaries are available for families who require financial

assistance in remitting program fees.

 

Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre

The Maples is a designated provincial mental health facility providing residential, non-residential, outreach and ancillary services to collaboratively

support youth, families and communities

 

Mental Health Evaluation & Community Consultation Unit

A site devoted to the research & treatment of mental health problems and disorders. Includes news on new initiatives.

 

Ministry of Children & Family Development

This provincial ministry holds the major responsibility for mental health services for children and youth.

 

Mood Disorders Association

They offer support and friendship for those with the illness in addition to information and tools for management of the illness.

 

National Association for Mental Illnesses

Provides information on all mental health disorders & up to date research. Please note this is an American site.

 

Youth Net Vancouver

 

YouthNet is a collaborative community approach enabling youth to openly discuss their mental health and well being, strengthen their community of

supports and take action for social change.Youthspace, is a safe space to chat or post about anything on your mind – suicide, relationships, school,

stress. No issue is too big or too small. Our Support Team is made up of trained helpers who are looking forward to hearing about anything that’s

bugging you. You can chat, post on the support forum, or even e-mail a youth counsellor. Youthspace.ca is always anonymous and free.

From vancouverfamilyconnections.org/

Name	Program Type	Organization	Language(s)	Date(s)
Breakfast Club for Kids	Family Drop Ins	Kiwassa Neighbourhood House	English	All year round
First Nations Day	Family Drop Ins	Kiwassa Neighbourhood House	English	Ongoing
Family Place	Family Drop Ins	Kiwassa Neighbourhood House	English Chinese	Closed during August
Strong Start	Family Drop Ins	Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood House	English Chinese	During school year
Latin American Group	Family Drop Ins	Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood House	English Spanish	During school year
Family Place CAPC (Community Action Plans for Children)	Family Drop Ins	Kiwassa Neighbourhood House	English Chinese	Ongoing
Family Drop-In	Family Drop Ins	South Vancouver Neighbourhood House	English	ongoing
Family Drop-In Program, Marpole-Oakridge	Family Drop Ins	Marpole/Oakridge Family Place Society	English Chinese	ongoing
Strong Start Centre – Nightingale	Family Drop Ins	Mt. Pleasant Family Centre	English Other	School year except school closure days
Creative Playtime	Family Drop Ins	Gordon Neighbourhood House	English	Ongoing
Family Place	Family Drop Ins	Gordon Neighbourhood House	English	Ongoing
Youth Drop-In	Family Drop Ins	Gordon Neighbourhood House	English	5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Pre-Teen Girls Drop-In	Family Drop Ins	Gordon Neighbourhood House	English	October to June
Family Drop In Program	Family Drop Ins	Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood House	English	Ongoing
Family Place	Family Drop Ins	Collingwood Neighbourhood House	English	Ongoing
Family Drop In – Little Mountain	Family Drop Ins	Little Mountain Neighbourhood House	English Chinese Punjabi	on-going
Family Drop In, Gray’s Park	Family Drop Ins	Little Mountain Neighbourhood House	English Chinese Punjabi Other	on-going
Parent & Tot Drop In – UBC	Family Drop Ins	Kitsilano Neighbourhood House	English	ongoing
Family Drop-In	Family Drop Ins	Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House	English	Sept. 8/11 to end of June 2012 except stat holidays
Family Drop-In	Family Drop Ins	Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House	Vietnamese	Operates during school year
Youth Centre	Family Drop Ins	Collingwood Neighbourhood House	English	Ongoing
Families Branching Out Progam	Family Drop Ins	Collingwood Neighbourhood House	English	Ongoing
Buzzing Bees	Family Drop Ins	Collingwood Neighbourhood House	English	Ongoing
Multicultural Family Drop-In	Family Drop Ins	Collingwood Neighbourhood House	English	Ongoing
Family Place, Amiat’si	Family Drop Ins	Collingwood Neighbourhood House	English	Ongoing
Family Place, Collingwood	Family Drop Ins	Collingwood Neighbourhood House	English	Ongoing
Family Place, Saturday	Family Drop Ins	Collingwood Neighbourhood House	English	Ongoing
Lunch with Network Two	Family Drop Ins	Network of Inner City Community Services Society	English	Ongoing
Family Place	Family Drop Ins	Network of Inner City Community Services Society	English	Ongoing
Family Gym	Family Drop Ins	Network of Inner City Community Services Society	English	Ongoing
Family Drop-In, Play and Learn	Family Drop Ins	Mt. Pleasant Family Centre	English Chinese Spanish Other	ongoing
Family Resource Program, South Vancouver	Family Drop Ins	South Vancouver Family Place	English	school year
Fraserlands Family Drop-In	Family Drop Ins	South Vancouver Family Place	English	-
Family Drop In at Kimount, Mount Pleasant	Family Drop Ins	Mt. Pleasant Family Centre	English	School year
Play and Learn Parent/Caregiver and Child Drop-In	Family Drop Ins	West Side Family Place	English Spanish Other	Ongoing except last Friday of the month
Play &Learn Parent/Caregiver & Child Drop-In Mainland Military Family Res.Ctr – Jericho Garr	Family Drop Ins	West Side Family Place	English Spanish	Ongoing
Westcoast Family Child Care Provider Drop-In	Family Drop Ins	West Side Family Place	English	ongoing
Family Drop In	Family Drop Ins	Eastside Family Place	English Chinese Spanish Vietnamese	Ongoing
Cedar Cottage Parenting Centres	Family Drop Ins	Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood House	English Spanish	During school year
Family Drop-In in the Park	Family Drop Ins	Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood House	English Chinese Spanish	July and August
Baby Drop-In	Family Drop Ins	Gordon Neighbourhood House	English	ongoing
Henderson Family Place – a Strong Start Centre	Family Drop Ins	South Vancouver Family Place	English Punjabi Other	Ongoing – Closed on public holidays and school closure dates
Moberly Family Place – A Strong Start Centre	Family Drop Ins	South Vancouver Family Place	English Punjabi Other	Regular School Days
Family Drop In – Livingstone	Family Drop Ins	Little Mountain Neighbourhood House	English Other	ongoing Sept-June
Strong Start Centre – Captain Cook Family Drop-In	Family Drop Ins	South Vancouver Family Place	English Chinese	Opens Sept. 28th. Closed on school holidays
Strong Start – Selkirk	Family Drop Ins	Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood House	English	September to June
Strong Start – Queen Alexandra	Family Drop Ins	Cedar Cottage Neighbourhood House	English	September to June
Strong Start Early Learning Program – Waverley	Family Drop Ins	South Vancouver Neighbourhood House	English Chinese	Follows school calendar Sept-June