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May 17, 2008 - 2:59pm

Family - Online Resources

Falling Fortunes

January 21, 2008 - 11:16pm

Falling Fortunes project is a two-year national project which aims to identify strategies to improve the income and wages, including the living wage, of young families and their children. The Falling Fortunes website has many links and resources on a living wage, as well as the report, Raising the Falling Fortunes of Young Families with Children.

( categories: Online Resources | Canada | Children/Youth | Family | Poverty Research )

Kelowna Community Resources

October 29, 2007 - 1:50pm

Kelowna Community Resources is a searchable online database of community resources from across the central Okanagan.

( categories: Online Resources | British Columbia | Aboriginal/First Nations | Children/Youth | Disability | Education | Family | Foodbanks & Food | Health | Housing | Immigrants & Refugees | Legal Aid | LGBTQ | Mental Health | People of Colour | Seniors/Elders | Welfare | Women )

The Nova Scotia Single Mothers' Survival Guide

September 17, 2006 - 5:35pm

The fifth edition of the Single Mothers' Survival Guide is now online. The guide has information for single mothers in Nova Scotia on accessing social assistance, legal aid, child support, and other social services. It also has a guide on how to become politically active and some stories and interviews with single moms.

( categories: Online Resources | Nova Scotia | Children/Youth | Family | Organizing | Women )

Cartographie du Québec féministe branché / Women's groups and resources in Quebec

September 12, 2006 - 11:38am

Le site web / Website: http://netfemmes.cdeacf.ca/les_ressources/bottin/
Cette page de recherche vous permet de sélectionner un thème (à partir de la liste ci-dessus) et une région du Québec; l'engin de recherche vous présente une liste de liens vers des organismes pertinents dans la région désirée. (Le site permet également des recherches sur tout le Canada et ailleurs).

Searchable map of women's resources. Topics include (among others) the following: Agression sexuelle (sexual aggression), Centre de femmes (women's centre), Famille (family), Lutte contre la pauvreté (anti-poverty initiatives), Mouvement des femmes (women's movement), Violence, etc.

( categories: Online Resources | Québec | Français | Family | Violence | Women )

Family Law Manual

July 5, 2004 - 11:00pm

The BC/Yukon Society of Transition Houses and the BC Association of Specialized Victims Services and Counseling Programs have a Family Law Resource Manual for Community Based Advocates Assisting Women Dealing With Violence Issues (359 pages, in PDF).

( categories: Online Resources | British Columbia | Yukon | Family | Legal Research | Violence | Women )

Parenting on Your Own

May 17, 2002 - 11:00pm

The goal of the Manitoba Women's Advisory Council's online resource for single parents in Manitoba is to advise single parents of their rights and to list the services and supports that are available in the community.

( categories: Online Resources | Manitoba | Family | Women )
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