Vancouver
Click on the following link to find more information at the provincial level.
Education
- Aboriginal Education
- The Vancouver School Board offers a number of Aboriginal Education Programs and initiatives to help Aboriginal students to participate fully in Vancouver schools from Kindergarten through grade 12.
- Source: Vancouver School Board
- Aboriginal Services
- Works closely with BCIT staff, students, and communities to enhance Aboriginal learner's participation and success rate in polytechnic training.
- Source: British Columbia Institute of Technology
- Alternate School for Native Youth – Aries Program (13 to 18 years old)
- The Aries Project's mandate is to assist Native youth to establish a life away from the streets. The goal is to draw Native youth from the streets into the larger community.
- Source: Urban Native Youth Association
- First Nations Education Services
- Provides college orientation; counselling - educational, personal and career; advocacy and liaison with band/tribal administration, sponsoring agencies, community resources, college programs and/or services, etc.
- Source: Langara College
- First Nations House of Learning
- Makes the University's vast resources more accessible to First Peoples, and improves the University's ability to meet the needs of First Nations.
- Source: University of British Columbia
- First Nations Student Centre
- This student center at Simon Fraser University offers culturally-relevant, responsive, holistic student support services and programs to self-identified Aboriginal students (First Nations, Métis, Inuit).
- Source: Simon Fraser University
- First Nations Technology Council
- The First Nations Technology Council supports the full integration of technologies to improve the quality of life for all First Nations in British Columbia.
- Indigenous Corporate Training
- ICT is a global consulting and training services company committed to working collaboratively with regional, national and international clients to provide a broad range of performance improvement consulting services.
- Native Education College
- The Native Education Centre is BC's largest private Aboriginal College. It offers Aboriginal Adult Basic Education (AABE), skills training certificates and diplomas.
Employment
- Aboriginal Community Career Employment Services Society (ACCESS)
- Provides counsel and support services to enable members of the Aboriginal community to overcome employment barriers through the acquisition of appropriate skills.
- First Nations Employment Society
- Develops the partnership between Human Resources Canada and First Nations Agreement Holders ensuring that the interest of all parties are met under the Aboriginal Human Resources Development Agreement.
- Native Employment Outreach Services
- This service provides employment counselling, career counselling, job search support, resume writing assistance, post-employment support, and other related assistance to Aboriginal job seekers in Greater Vancouver
Health and Social Services
- Aboriginal Community Health Advocate – Pacific Association of First Nations Women
- The Advocate program assists Aboriginal women and their families with health, education, and social service issues and provides support for individuals who have difficulties accessing health and social services.
- Source: Canadian Breast Cancer Network
- Aboriginal Health
- Guidelines for the Aboriginal Health Initiative Program 2004-2005.
- Source: Vancouver Coastal Health
- Amlatsi Family Place
- Amiatsi Family Place, in Vancouver B.C., is an Aboriginal driven, safe, comfortable and nurturing learning environment for both parents and children.
- Drop–in Center
- The Centre is a safe space where women can access services that address their immediate needs. On a daily basis, we provide laundry facilities, washrooms and showers, telephone, personal hygiene supplies, among others.
- Source: Downtown Eastside Women's Centre
- Healing our Spirit B.C. Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Society
- Prevents and reduces the spread of HIV and AIDS and provides care and support services to Aboriginal peoples infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.
- Helping Spirit Lodge Society
- Helping Spirit Lodge Society is dedicated to assisting in the alleviation of family violence in the Aboriginal communities.
- Hey'–Way'–Noqu' Healing Circle for Addictions
- Hey'–Way'–Noqu' uses a holistic approach to assist Native and Metis individuals and families in Vancouver, B.C. through their healing journey from chemical addictions and co-dependencies.
- Kakakaway and Associates
- Robert Kakakaway travels across Canada and the USA to present cultural awareness workshops that are filled with humour, legends and powerful messages based on the concept of the Medicine Wheel.
- STD/AIDS Education: Aboriginal Program – Chee Mamuk
- Provides culturally appropriate on-site community based HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Disease education and training to Aboriginal communities, organizations, and professionals within BC.
- Source: BC Centre for Disease Control
- Urban Native Youth Association, The
- Their main goal is not only to assist Native youth to leave their street lifestyles, but to deter children from ever entering street life.
- Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society
- Provide wholistic service delivery that culturally and spiritually strengthens Aboriginal families.
- Vancouver Coastal Aboriginal Planning Committee
- VCAPC’s mandate is to prepare for the transfer of authority to deliver those Aboriginal services and programs currently administered by the Ministry of Children and Family Development.
- Vancouver Native Health Society
- The Vancouver Native Health Society (VNHS) delivers free medical, counseling and social services, with an emphasis on providing care to the Aboriginal community.
Housing and Infrastructure
- Lu'ma Native Housing Society
- Over the past 23 years Lu'ma has successfully developed a significant number of projects in Vancouver, owning and operating a housing portfolio of over 250 units.
- Non–Market Housing – Inventory – Community Services
- Map of housing projects in the Vancouver area, divided by neighbourhood.
- Source: City of Vancouver
- Vancouver Native Housing Society
- Provides safe, secure affordable housing for Aboriginal individuals and families living in the urban setting.
Justice and Policing
- Circle of Eagles Lodge Society
- Designs, delivers and evaluates programs and services which support and empower court adjudicated Aboriginal youth aged 13 - 18 years.
Language, Heritage and Culture
- Collingwood Neighbourhood Housing
- This site provides information about the programs and services offered by CNH in response to the social, educational, economic, health, cultural and recreational needs of residents of Collingwood.
- Kla-how-eya Aboriginal Centre of SACS
- The goal of the Surrey Aboriginal Cultural Society is to establish and operate an Aboriginal cultural centre within Surrey.
- Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia
- Investigates, preserves, and presents objects and expressions of human creativity in order to promote understanding of and respect for world cultures.
- Native Youth Program, The (for highschool students) (PDF)
- Offers Native youth the opportunity to research and interpret their own cultures in a museum setting.
- Source: Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia
Services and Directories
- Aboriginal Mother Centre Society
- The AMCS provides a safe, child-friendly setting where Aboriginal women (with or without children) can gather.
- Alphabetical Aboriginal Topics – RedBook Database
- Listing by subject of Aboriginal topics.
- Source: Vancouver Public Library
- Greater Vancouver Urban Aboriginal Strategy
- The GVUAS seeks to improve the social, cultural, and economic inequities of urban Aboriginal peoples living in the Greater Vancouver Regional District, and focuses on issues of youth, health, housing/homelessness and culture.
- Musqueam Elders Centre (BC)
- Source: Information Centre on Aboriginal Health
- Nisga’a Ts’amiks Vancouver Society
- This site includes information about upcoming events, programs and services offered by the Nisga'a Ts'amiks Society, and job opportunities.
- Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society (Vancouver)
- VAFCS is a charitable organization that provides various programs to meet the needs of aboriginal people making a transition to the urban community.
- Vancouver Métis Community Association
- The mandate of the Vancouver Métis Community Association (VMCA) is to work towards stronger Métis communities and families.
