Factsheets and FAQs

Legal Rights for Youth
July 11, 2012
This website addresses the legal needs of youth by providing information about their legal rights. The site helps youth understand how laws apply to them and where they can get help. Topics include:...
Keywords: Online Resource , Children and Youth, crime, driving, family breakup, Legal Info (PLEI), work, youth rights, British Columbia, Factsheets and FAQs, Gateways, Manuals and guides
June 25, 2012
The Ministry of Justice has announced that the new Family Law Act will come fully into force on March 18, 2013. As the new Act is not yet in full force, the current Family Relations Act continues to...
Keywords: Online Resource , Family, family law, Violence, Women, British Columbia, Factsheets and FAQs
February 28, 2012
OneinFive.ca, was created by the Dalhousie University Department of Psychiatry, seeks to create awareness of the prevalence of mental illness and provide information and resources for individuals and...
Keywords: Online Resource , anxiety, dementia, Mental Health, mental illness, suicide, Factsheets and FAQs, Nova Scotia
January 25, 2012
The BC Coalition of People with Disabilities now have some of their most requested publications on self-help, CPP, disability benefits, and health available in Traditional Chinese and Punjabi.
Keywords: Online Resource , chinese, CPP, developmental disability, Disability, Health, HIV/AIDS, Multilingual, Punjabli, self-help, Seniors and Elders, Welfare, British Columbia, Factsheets and FAQs, Manuals and guides
Aboriginal Law Portal
November 4, 2011
Do you identify yourself as an Aboriginal person? Do you help people who do? This site has information and publications about the issues that are important to Aboriginal people and the help that...
Keywords: Online Resource , Aboriginal and First Nations, child protection, harvesting rights, Legal Info (PLEI), reserve, residential school, British Columbia, Factsheets and FAQs, Manuals and guides, Services
May 29, 2011
Covenant House in Toronto has a page of facts and stats about youth homelessness.
Keywords: Online Resource , Children and Youth, Homelessness, Factsheets and FAQs, Ontario
May 25, 2011
The British Columbia Public Interest Advocacy Centre (BCPIAC) created fact sheets that are available for download. They include a summary of the Ombudsman's report into systemic unfairness at the...
Keywords: Online Resource , Disability, Government Policy, Human Rights, Welfare, British Columbia, Factsheets and FAQs
May 20, 2011
These fact sheets provide information about several debt and consumer law topics including: unethical immigration consultants, bogus schools and diplomas, credit card debts, sponsorship debts and...
Keywords: Online Resource , Arabic, bogus schools and diplomas, consumer law, credit card debts, debt, Debt and Consumer Law, fact sheets, Multilingual, newcomers, Persian, sponsorship debts, travel loan for convention refugees, unethical immigration consultants, Vietnamese, British Columbia, Factsheets and FAQs
May 19, 2011
SeniorsBC.ca provides information about government programs and services for older adults. Included on the website are sections on health care, finances, benefits, housing, transportation and more.
Keywords: Online Resource , elders, Health, health, seniors, Seniors and Elders, British Columbia, Factsheets and FAQs, Government information
BCPIAC
April 11, 2011
The British Columbia Public Interest Advocacy Centre is a non-profit society that advances the interests of groups that are generally unrepresented or underrepresented in issues of major public...
Keywords: Online Resource , consumer advocacy, consumer law, consumer rights, credit, debit, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, disability rights, factsheets, farmworkers rights, Homelessness, Human Rights, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), Legal Research, PLEI, Tenants' Rights, Utilities, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, Factsheets and FAQs, Organizations, Research and education, Services
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