Community Resources
Police/Legal
Police Emergency: 911
Police Non-Emergency: 604.717.3535
Native Court Workers: 604.687.0281
Vancouver Police & Native Liaison Society: 604.687.8411
The Legal Services Society/Legal Aid. 604-601-6000

Support and Counselling
Vancouver
Aboriginal Child And Family Services: 604.872.6723
Battered Women's
Support Services: 604.687.1867 or 604.734.1574
Vancouver
Rape Relief: 604.872.8212
Victim
Services: 604. 717.2741
Healing
our Spirit (HIV/AIDS): 604.983.8744
Aboriginal Health Program, BC Women's Health Centre: 604.875.2348
First Nations Patient Advocate: 604.875.3440
Residential
School Healing Centre: 604.254.9900
email: vnhs_healing@telus.net

Web Sites
Here are some web sites that we have found useful. If you would
like to add to this list please contact
us.
Aboriginal Canada - a portal to Canadian Aboriginal on-line
resources, contacts, information, and government programs and
services.
www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca
Aboriginal Friendship Centre
www.vafcs.org
Aboriginal People's Television Network
www.aptn.ca
ACCESS - employment and training tools and information
for Aboriginal people.
www.buildingfuturestoday.com
Assembly of First Nations
www.afn.ca

BC First Nations and Tribal Councils
www.bcfn.org/
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples - Congress of Aboriginal
Peoples for off-reserve Indian and Metis people in Canada.
www.abo-peoples.org
Greater Vancouver Food Bank
http://cln.vcn.bc.ca/gvfoodbank
www.foodbank.bc.ca/
National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence
www.nacafv.ca
Native Women's Association of Canada - their goal is
to enhance, promote, and foster the social, economic, cultural,
and political well-being of First Nations and Metis women with
First Nation and Canadian societies.
www.nwac-hq.org

Stardale Women’s Group Inc. - a sister organization
of Helping Spirit Lodge in Saskatchewan.
www.nald.ca/stardale
Turtle Island Native Network - Aboriginal news, discussions
and resources.
www.turtleisland.org
Vancouver Aboriginal Council - is a voluntary association
of"service provider" organizations and agencies serving
the Aboriginal community in Vancouver, British Columbia.
www.angelfire.com/bc2/vac
Vancouver Downtown Eastside - a community project initiated
by Vancouver Downtown Eastside residents over two years ago as
a means to improve communications, increase access to information
in the area, and share the community's news and stories.
http://dtes.ca
Vancouver Health Authority – lots of resources
by neighbourhood.
www.vcha.net
Vancouver Native Health Society - delivers medical,
counselling and social services, with an emphasis on providing
care to the Aboriginal community.
www.vnhs.net
WomenNet.ca - a directory of women’s resources
by province.
www.womennet.ca
Urban Native Youth Association- Delivers programs and services to youth in the metro Vancouver area.
http://www.unya.bc.ca/
Gather and Give- provides home essentials to low income individuals and families and inventory essentials to front line agencies providing support to our community.
http://www.gatherandgive.org:81/joomla/
Legal Aid Society- We're the Legal Services Society (LSS), the organization that provides legal aid in BC. Legal aid includes representation by a lawyer, legal advice, and legal information. We give priority to people with low incomes, but many of our services are available to all British Columbians.
http://www.legalaid.bc.ca/ |