The BC Liberals are cutting dental support, medical diagnostic equipment, and birth control for the disabled and those on welfare. The $75 monthly Shelter Allowance for people who don’t pay rent will...
Disability, Government Policy, Health, Homelessness, Welfare, British Columbia
Dawn to Dawn: Action on Homelessness Society is a volunteer led organization that works to mobilize the Comox Valley community to eliminate homelessness over the next few years. They run the CARE-A-...
addictions, at-risk, Health, health, Homelessness, homelessness, mental health, British Columbia
Health, health, pharmacare, British Columbia
A study from UBC and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has found that kids who grow up in poverty are more likely to have health problems such as heart disease, stroke...
childhood poverty, Children and Youth, disease, Health, Poverty Research, British Columbia, All of Canada
YouthCO is a youth-driven organization that works within the HIV and HepC movement through peer education, support, and shared leadership.
Children and Youth, Education, Health, Hep C, HIV/AIDS, peer education, peer support, youth-driven, British Columbia
HealthLink BC is a website and an phone line (8-1-1) where BC and Yukon residents can access non-emergency health information and services. On the website you can learn about health topics and...
Health, Mental Health, British Columbia, Yukon
The goal of Community Health Online Digital Archive Research Resource (CHODARR) is to improve health and social welfare research and advocacy by providing academic and community-based health...
Aboriginal and First Nations, Health, Housing, Mental Health, British Columbia
The Survival Manual is a list of resources and agencies to assist those who are struggling with illness, homelessness, hunger and/or addiction or people looking for ways they can contribute to their...
Foodbanks and Food, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Welfare, British Columbia
Health, healthcare, MSP, premium assistance, temporary premium assistance, British Columbia
Kelowna Community Resources is a searchable online database of community resources from across the central Okanagan.
Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Disability, Education, Ethnicity and Race, Family, Foodbanks and Food, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Violence, Welfare, Women, Workers' Rights, British Columbia
Vancouver's safe injection site, Insite, has been given respite from closure after a BC Supreme Court ruling found that it is protected by the Canadian Constitution. According to a press release from...
Health, British Columbia
An interesting article in the Tyee, "Dying for the Rich" looks into a widely researched correlation between a wide income gap and a shorter overall life expectancy. Although in Canada, public health...
Health, British Columbia, All of Canada
A study done by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV-AIDS has found that 40% of people who died of HIV-AIDS in BC never accessed treatment mainly due to poverty. The study found homelessness, mental...
Health, British Columbia
http://www.redwiremag.com/ - Redwire Native Youth Media Society is a media and arts organization dedicated to Native youth expression.
Aboriginal and First Nations, Art and Culture, Children and Youth, Health, Media, Organizing, Prisoners' Rights, British Columbia
www.womenshealthcollective.ca - Vancouver Women's Health Collective is a collective of women who advocate for changes in women's health care. They have a practitioner/therapist directory, hold...
Health, Women, British Columbia
The BC Government has been hosting want they call a Conversation on Health with the residents of BC. In response, a coalition of community groups called the Women's Health Community Advisory...
Health, Women, British Columbia
The Transgender Heath Program was launched by Vancouver Coastal Health to improve the transgender community's access to quality health and social care. Thier site has a range of online resources: a...
Health, LGBTQ, British Columbia
http://www.heu.org/ - this union protects the rights of unionized employess of BC's Health sector.
Health, Workers' Rights, British Columbia
BC Centre for Women's Health (BCCWH) has many online resources on aboriginal health, health care reform, women and addictions, women with disabilities, lesbian health and many more.
Health, LGBTQ, Women, British Columbia
http://www.vcpgv.org/ - this is the website of a self-help support society formed in the firm belief that Cerebral Palsied (CP) adults are the only experts on their own needs and aspirations. The VCP...
Disability, Health, British Columbia
