Youth | Qmunity, Vancouver BC's Lesbian, Gay, Transgendered and Bisexual Adult & Youth Resource Centre. QMUNITY Gab Youth is a safe place for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, two-spirit, intersex, queer, questioning (queer) youth 25 years of age and under and their allies. Gab provides information, support and referrals to queer youth as well as resources for family, friends, and professionals. Gab also provides weekly drop-ins, leadership training, and special events such as youth dances for youth between the ages of 14 and 25 years, as well as one-to-one peer support for youth 25 years of age of under. Gab also provides PrideSpeaks which are anti-homophobia/transphobia workshops for students K – 12, colleges, universities, teachers, school nurses, counsellors, parents and youth serving agencies.
Youth participate in program development through committees, PrideSpeak leadership, filling out surveys, and through ongoing input on regular activities. Youth Advisory Committee. Consulting | Qmunity, Vancouver BC's Lesbian, Gay, Transgendered and Bisexual Adult & Youth Resource Centre. Vancouver Pride Parade & Festival - Welcome to the 2011 Pride Season. Health Equipment Loan Programs- Canadian Red Cross. Through our Health Equipment Loan Program (HELP), a national program of the Canadian Red Cross, we’re providing health equipment to individuals dealing with illness or injury. Thanks to donors, local funders and partners; and with the support of dedicated volunteers and staff, our Health Equipment Loan Programs empower thousands of people each year to live more independently. HELP also plays an important role in the diversion of used equipment otherwise destined for landfill.
HELP operates in the provinces of B.C., Alberta, Ontario, New Brunswick, PEI, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as the Yukon territory. How do we help? Our Short Term Loan Program alleviates the pressures that come along with injury or illness; assists seniors with mobility issues, allows people to return home from hospital earlier, and supports those in palliative care who wish to spend their final days in the comfort of their own home. Click here to access our Health Equipment Instruction Sheets. Anti Bullying - Programs - Speaker - School Assembly. William Belsey » Speaker Profile » National Speakers Bureau. Summary Profile Bill Belsey is an internationally recognized expert on the topics of bullying and cyberbullying. Consulted by the United Nations, the Dr. Phil Show, ABC, 20/20, the CTV and CBC National News and Canada’s federal government, Belsey strives to address the harmful impacts of bullying by providing communities with the tools they need to address it.
Belsey’s passion and skill as an educator resounds on the platform. Audiences will gain a better understanding of the nature, extent and effects of bullying and will learn the tools for changing attitudes and behaviours around bullying. Fact Sheets. Lesson Plans and Student Activity Sheets. Safe Spaces in BC’s Interior | Here to Help, A BC Information Resource for Individuals and Families Managing Mental Health or Substance Use Problems. Working with LGBT youth to promote mental health Wendy Hulko, PhD, MSW, Kari Bepple, Jenny Turco, BSW and Natalie Clark, MSW, RSW Reprinted from "LGBT" issue of Visions Journal, 2009, 6 (2), pp. 27-29 Kari is Coordinator of Safe Spaces at Interior Community Services in Kamloops, where she brings her passion and creativity to supporting LGBT youth and their allies. Jenny is a Population Health Facilitator with the Interior Health Authority. She focuses on injury prevention, with a particular interest in addressing suicide prevention among youth ages 10 to 24 years.
Natalie is a faculty member in the Human Service department at Thompson Rivers University and Director of TRU’s Centre for Community-Based Youth Health Research. “I’m living in [small city] right now and it’s very redneck—people screaming at you, swearing, cussing, giving me the finger—that’s normal.”2 “I think Kamloops is better than [my hometown], but it’s definitely harder in different ways, I think, than where we grew up. CALL Out- LGBT2SQ. The CAL.L Out!
(Creating Action, Learning and Leadership) project was a giant success! We have now wrapped up our three-year project. CAL.L Out engaged LGBT2SQ youth ages 15-24 in meaningful activities to build their skills and connect them to the community to empower them to make healthier choices about drug and alcohol use and overall well-being. We engaged youth by facilitating a series of leadership and capacity building activities with LGBT2SQ youth agencies and programs across BC. Many of these groups may still offer our workshops and curriculum. Contact the youth groups listed below to learn more. Find a LGBT2SQ youth group near you Across BC Castlegar Fraser Valley Kamloops Interior Community Services: Safe Spaces, Kamloops Lower Mainland. Stand Up 2 Bullying- Canadian Red Cross. : STOP A BULLY : Canada's Anti-Bullying Reporting Program, Statistics, Cyberbullying. United Nations Agreements on Human Rights. Contents Universal Declaration of Human Rights The UDHR is the first international statement to use the term "human rights", and has been adopted by the Human Rights movement as a charter.
It is short, and worth reading in its entirety -- a summary would be about as long as the document itself. Covenant on Civil and Political Rights This covenant details the basic civil and political rights of individuals and nations. Among the rights of nations are: Among the rights of individuals are: The covenant forbids torture and inhuman or degrading treatment, slavery or involuntary servitude, arbitrary arrest and detention, and debtor's prisons.
It provides for the right of people to choose freely whom they will marry and to found a family, and requires that the duties and obligations of marriage and family be shared equally between partners. After almost two decades of negotiations and rewriting, the text of the Universal Covenant on Civil and Political Rights was agreed upon in 1966. Toll-Free Information Lines - Mental Health Addictions - Ministry of Health. Ministry of Health Alcohol & Drug Information & Referral Service 1-800-663-1441 Lower Mainland: (604) 660-9382 This service is available to people across B.C. needing help with any kind of substance abuse issues 24 hours a day. It provides information and referral to education, prevention and treatment services and regulatory agencies. Crisis Line Association of BC Mental Health Information Line Phone Number 310-6789 (no area code needed) Mental Health and Information Line 310-6789 is a provincial line.
Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre 1-800-665-1822 Lower Mainland: (604) 875-2084 A resource for children, youth and families related to mental health and substance use issues located at the BC Children’s Hospital site. A one stop system navigation, information and resource hub for children, youth and families Assistance from a professional and a parent / youth peer support worker from the F.O.R.C.E. Online resources on child youth mental health and substance use from www.keltymentalhealth.ca. Youth Programming | Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre of British Columbia. Our youth program provides education aimed at increasing the resiliency and coping skills of young people, thereby reducing the likelihood of suicide and crisis.
Central to our approach is inspiring hope and nurturing the capacity of young people to help themselves and each other in times of need. A key component of our youth programming is sharing mindfulness practices, which are supported by research to be effective in fostering resiliency and social and emotional learning. Community Education staff and Volunteer Youth Educators facilitate hundreds of interactive, youth-friendly workshops on mindfulness and suicide prevention to thousands of high school students in the Lower Mainland and Sea-to-Sky corridor each year.
Learn about our Wellness Workshops for Youth Book a workshop! To contact our youth program team, email youthworkshops@crisiscentre.bc.ca.
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" Child & Family Canada, developed by the Canadian Child Care Federation, includes documents about social issues, literacy, special needs, and parenting.