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Access UVic!
Program description and goals: Access UVic! Is a non-profit society at the University of Victoria. It is dedicated to the full and equal participation of students with disabilities in all aspects of university life. They advocate for increased awareness, inclusion and accessibility both on campus and in society. Program information: A number of resources, programs and services are provided, specifically in the areas of academic accommodation, accessibility, on-campus housing, curriculum content, education awareness, employment and discrimination. They have an office in the lower Student Union Building where anyone is welcome to use their library, attend their events, access their advocacy services, and participate in weekly sign language courses and discussion classes.
Program description and goals: Access UVic! Is a non-profit society at the University of Victoria. It is dedicated to the full and equal participation of students with disabilities in all aspects of university life. They advocate for increased awareness, inclusion and accessibility both on campus and in society. Program information: A number of resources, programs and services are provided, specifically in the areas of academic accommodation, accessibility, on-campus housing, curriculum content, education awareness, employment and discrimination. They have an office in the lower Student Union Building where anyone is welcome to use their library, attend their events, access their advocacy services, and participate in weekly sign language courses and discussion classes.
Rose Mariana Robb :: execdirector@accessuvic.ca ::
Bipolar Society of British Columbia
The Bipolar Disorder Society of BC is the umbrella organization for the bipolar babe project and is a non-profit incorporated in January 2010 receiving charitable status in August 2010. The Bipolar Disorder Society of BC has designed programs providing awareness about mental illness in hopes of eliminating stigma, discrimination and unwarranted fears of this condition.
other sites: bipolarbabe
The Bipolar Disorder Society of BC is the umbrella organization for the bipolar babe project and is a non-profit incorporated in January 2010 receiving charitable status in August 2010. The Bipolar Disorder Society of BC has designed programs providing awareness about mental illness in hopes of eliminating stigma, discrimination and unwarranted fears of this condition.
Bipolar Babe :: babe@bipolarbabe.com ::
Canadian Red Cross Society
About it: The Canadian Red Cross society offers child abuse prevention and relationship violence prevention presentations to youth in school or conference settings to sports teams, parent groups and community organizations. Their mission is to break the cycle of abuse, neglect and interpersonal violence by promoting safe and supportive relationships within their family and community. Programs: RespectED: Violence and Abuse Prevention- There are a multitude of programs designed within the R... more...
About it: The Canadian Red Cross society offers child abuse prevention and relationship violence prevention presentations to youth in school or conference settings to sports teams, parent groups and community organizations. Their mission is to break the cycle of abuse, neglect and interpersonal violence by promoting safe and supportive relationships within their family and community. Programs: RespectED: Violence and Abuse Prevention- There are a multitude of programs designed within the R... more...
http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=2940&tid=080 :: Leslie Gallacher :: Leslie.Gallacher@redcross.ca :: 250-995-5401
Disabled Sailing Association of British Columbia, Victoria Branch
The Disabled Sailing Association of B.C (DSABC) provides recreational, instructional and competitive sailing opportunities for children, youth and adults with various disabilities. They all sail to experience the elements and the job of being on the water and harnessing the wind. Program information: The sailing program operates between May and August, five days a week and weather permitting. D.S.A.B.C also has a basic cruising program utilizing a Sonar which is available year round. Progra... more...
The Disabled Sailing Association of B.C (DSABC) provides recreational, instructional and competitive sailing opportunities for children, youth and adults with various disabilities. They all sail to experience the elements and the job of being on the water and harnessing the wind. Program information: The sailing program operates between May and August, five days a week and weather permitting. D.S.A.B.C also has a basic cruising program utilizing a Sonar which is available year round. Progra... more...
1001 Maple Bank :: Bonnie Blacklock - coordinator of services :: dsa@rivonline.org :: 250-477-6314 fax: (250) 477 6046
Garth Homer Society
Program Description and Goals: The Garth Homer Society offers services for youth and adults with developmental disabilities. These services are designed to meet the needs of the adult. Five teams provide social and life skills programs, while a sixth team is responsible for employment training and placement. The Garth Homer Society believes that everyone has the right to participate fully in community, deserves to feel valued for who they are, gets to make informed choices about what happens i... more...
Program Description and Goals: The Garth Homer Society offers services for youth and adults with developmental disabilities. These services are designed to meet the needs of the adult. Five teams provide social and life skills programs, while a sixth team is responsible for employment training and placement. The Garth Homer Society believes that everyone has the right to participate fully in community, deserves to feel valued for who they are, gets to make informed choices about what happens i... more...
813 Darwin Avenue, Victoria B.C, V8X 2X7 :: http://www.garthhomersociety.org/contact.html :: 250-475-2270
Greater Victoria Compost Education Centre
The Greater Victoria Compost Education Centre promotes composting and conservation through... - workshops on composting and growing food; - fun events; - volunteer programs; - compost hotline: 250 386-WORM
The Greater Victoria Compost Education Centre promotes composting and conservation through... - workshops on composting and growing food; - fun events; - volunteer programs; - compost hotline: 250 386-WORM
1216 North Park St. :: Kim, Nashira, Nadine or Marika :: info@compost.bc.ca :: 250-386-9676
Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA)
Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA) Visit Website: www.icavictoria.org About it: The Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA), a unique non-profit organization that combines arts and social services to address the needs of immigrants and to promote the embracing of cultural diversity in our community. Homework Club: ICA is running a Homework Club. At Homework Club, newcomer youth have the opportunity to work with youth tutors to get some extra support aro... more...
Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA) Visit Website: www.icavictoria.org About it: The Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA), a unique non-profit organization that combines arts and social services to address the needs of immigrants and to promote the embracing of cultural diversity in our community. Homework Club: ICA is running a Homework Club. At Homework Club, newcomer youth have the opportunity to work with youth tutors to get some extra support aro... more...
930 Balmoral Road (oof Quadra) :: 388-4728 ext. 123
Island Sexual Health (Victoria clinic)
Island Sexual Health offers CONFIDENTIAL sexual health services to youth in all three clinic locations (Quadra Street, Camosun College-Lansdowne, and Belmont) in Greater Victoria. The main clinic location is on Quadra Street, open M-Sat. Call for other clinic locations and hours of operations. We offer: -Birth Control education, prescriptions and affordable supplies; -Emergency Contraception (Morning After Pill); -Pap/Pelvic and genital Exams; -STI testing, treatment and support; -Pre... more...
Island Sexual Health offers CONFIDENTIAL sexual health services to youth in all three clinic locations (Quadra Street, Camosun College-Lansdowne, and Belmont) in Greater Victoria. The main clinic location is on Quadra Street, open M-Sat. Call for other clinic locations and hours of operations. We offer: -Birth Control education, prescriptions and affordable supplies; -Emergency Contraception (Morning After Pill); -Pap/Pelvic and genital Exams; -STI testing, treatment and support; -Pre... more...
3960 Quadra Street :: Jennifer Gibson :: educator@islandsexualhealth.org :: (250) 592-3479 x204
LifeCycles Project Society
LifeCycles cultivates awareness and initiates action around food, health and urban sustainability in the Greater Victoria community.
LifeCycles cultivates awareness and initiates action around food, health and urban sustainability in the Greater Victoria community.
625 Hillside Avenue :: Jeanette Sheehy - Director :: info@lifecyclesproject.ca :: Office Phone: (250) 383-5800
Military Family Resource Centre
670 Lampson Street, Esquimalt, BC V9A 7N2 :: Youth Services Coordinator :: mfrc@shawcable.com :: 250-363-2640
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Programs
Academie Oxford
Learning a second language can be challenging at any age. Oxford Learning is the only supplemental educator to develop a specialized curriculum of French for kids as well as young adults. Extensive research and testing went into the development of this proprietary course, based on the International Standard of French. This program is a perfect supplement to French Immersion students, as preparation for late immersion entries or to enrich students attending English school with French studies.... more...
Learning a second language can be challenging at any age. Oxford Learning is the only supplemental educator to develop a specialized curriculum of French for kids as well as young adults. Extensive research and testing went into the development of this proprietary course, based on the International Standard of French. This program is a perfect supplement to French Immersion students, as preparation for late immersion entries or to enrich students attending English school with French studies.... more...
Caitlin :: victoria@oxfordlearning.com :: 250.477.5550
Advantage High School Success
With our tutoring services, we help students get focused, stay motivated and make the grades they need to succeed in school. We help students think critically, make sense of new concepts and develop an awareness of how well they are learning and truly comprehending. At Oxford Learning, we approach learning differently. We build strong academic skills in all subject areas. We also teach students how to concentrate, to plan, to listen and to remember.
With our tutoring services, we help students get focused, stay motivated and make the grades they need to succeed in school. We help students think critically, make sense of new concepts and develop an awareness of how well they are learning and truly comprehending. At Oxford Learning, we approach learning differently. We build strong academic skills in all subject areas. We also teach students how to concentrate, to plan, to listen and to remember.
Caitlin :: victoria@oxfordlearning.com :: 250.477.5550
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights to be respected and protected for everyone. They believe human rights abuses anywhere are the concern of people everywhere. Outraged by human rights abuses but inspired by hope for a better world, they work to improve people's lives through campaigning and international solidarity. Their mission is to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human r... more...
Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights to be respected and protected for everyone. They believe human rights abuses anywhere are the concern of people everywhere. Outraged by human rights abuses but inspired by hope for a better world, they work to improve people's lives through campaigning and international solidarity. Their mission is to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human r... more...
Amnesty International :: info@amnesty.com ::
Best Buddies
Program Description and Goals: Best-Buddies is a non for profit society that is dedicated to enhancing communities by providing one-to-one friendships between individuals with intellectual disabilities and students. It is grounded in the belief that friendship is important to the development of all individuals. The Best Buddies program gives people with intellectual disabilities the chance to have experiences that most people take for granted - going for coffee, out to a movie, or simply enjoyi... more...
Program Description and Goals: Best-Buddies is a non for profit society that is dedicated to enhancing communities by providing one-to-one friendships between individuals with intellectual disabilities and students. It is grounded in the belief that friendship is important to the development of all individuals. The Best Buddies program gives people with intellectual disabilities the chance to have experiences that most people take for granted - going for coffee, out to a movie, or simply enjoyi... more...
Gemma Fraser :: uvic@bestbuddies.ca ::
Beyond Tutoring
In Oxford Learning’s Beyond Tutoring® program, students in grades one through eight our specific programs impart new approaches to learning, designed to last a lifetime. We teach children how to learn. Beyond Tutoring® students learn to concentrate, to listen and to remember—and to believe in themselves.
In Oxford Learning’s Beyond Tutoring® program, students in grades one through eight our specific programs impart new approaches to learning, designed to last a lifetime. We teach children how to learn. Beyond Tutoring® students learn to concentrate, to listen and to remember—and to believe in themselves.
Caitlin :: victoria@oxfordlearning.com :: 250.477.5550
C.I.S.V – Teacher info
Children's International Summer Villages (CISV) is a global community of dedicated volunteers creating opportunities for all ages to experience the excitement and enrichment of cultural diversity through our educational programs, including at international camps. CISV is founded on our belief that peace is possible through friendship -- and that the real difference can be made by engaging young people. We educate and inspire action for a more just and peaceful world. CISV is a worldwide organiz... more...
Children's International Summer Villages (CISV) is a global community of dedicated volunteers creating opportunities for all ages to experience the excitement and enrichment of cultural diversity through our educational programs, including at international camps. CISV is founded on our belief that peace is possible through friendship -- and that the real difference can be made by engaging young people. We educate and inspire action for a more just and peaceful world. CISV is a worldwide organiz... more...
CommonGround - UVic
Common Ground Community Mapping Network The partnerships and relationships created, and resources compiled over the last 12 years through the rich collaborative projects of Lifecycles' Common Ground Community Mapping Project spawned the ad hoc community mapping office and resource space in Geography at UVic that has evolved into the Community Mapping Initiative (CMI). A number of community and university partners are interested in supporting and participating in the formalized CMI as well ... more...
Common Ground Community Mapping Network The partnerships and relationships created, and resources compiled over the last 12 years through the rich collaborative projects of Lifecycles' Common Ground Community Mapping Project spawned the ad hoc community mapping office and resource space in Geography at UVic that has evolved into the Community Mapping Initiative (CMI). A number of community and university partners are interested in supporting and participating in the formalized CMI as well ... more...
Maeve Lydon :: mlydon@uvic.ca ::
Education Services
VEPC offers individualized, upbeat presentations about epilepsy and seizure management to students and staff. These age-appropriate sessions are available to all schools in Districts 61, 62 and 63. Programs for staff teach about correct seizure response and strategies to help students thrive. Our agency booklet ‘Epilepsy: Information for Educators’ provides staff with the practical information they need. Our classroom presentations for students are designed to help dispel the myths an... more...
VEPC offers individualized, upbeat presentations about epilepsy and seizure management to students and staff. These age-appropriate sessions are available to all schools in Districts 61, 62 and 63. Programs for staff teach about correct seizure response and strategies to help students thrive. Our agency booklet ‘Epilepsy: Information for Educators’ provides staff with the practical information they need. Our classroom presentations for students are designed to help dispel the myths an... more...
Lissa Zala :: lzala@vepc.bc.ca :: 250-475-6677
Integrated Swim
1975 Bee Street, Victoria BC V8R 5E6 Program Description and Goals: The Integrated Swim allows persons with special needs to enjoy the pool for free. Oak Bay Recreation Center believes in creating an inclusive and welcoming space for individuals with disabilities within the community. The admission fees are waved to assist with any financial barriers Program Information: The family/disabled change rooms are wheelchair accessible and there is a WISPA Lift to help with transferring while cha... more...
1975 Bee Street, Victoria BC V8R 5E6 Program Description and Goals: The Integrated Swim allows persons with special needs to enjoy the pool for free. Oak Bay Recreation Center believes in creating an inclusive and welcoming space for individuals with disabilities within the community. The admission fees are waved to assist with any financial barriers Program Information: The family/disabled change rooms are wheelchair accessible and there is a WISPA Lift to help with transferring while cha... more...
Aquatic Coordinator :: 150-595-7946
Island Sexual Health
Island Sexual Health Clinics - The YouthCore Tour Island Sexual Health operates 3 sexual health clinics in Greater Victoria: -Main: #101-3960 Quadra Street (Monday-Saturday) -Belmont High School (For students in SD 62 only) between room 115 and counselling. Thursdays 11-4pm (Sept-June except Xmas and Spring break) -Camosun College Richmond House @ Lansdowne campus (Thursday afternoons Sept-Oct) We offer CONFIDENTIAL clinic services: Birth Control education and lower cost presc... more...
Island Sexual Health Clinics - The YouthCore Tour Island Sexual Health operates 3 sexual health clinics in Greater Victoria: -Main: #101-3960 Quadra Street (Monday-Saturday) -Belmont High School (For students in SD 62 only) between room 115 and counselling. Thursdays 11-4pm (Sept-June except Xmas and Spring break) -Camosun College Richmond House @ Lansdowne campus (Thursday afternoons Sept-Oct) We offer CONFIDENTIAL clinic services: Birth Control education and lower cost presc... more...
Jennifer Gibson :: educator@islandsexualhealth.org :: 250 592-3479
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