Aboriginal Community - WebLinks

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Local First Nations	Arts and Culture	Children and Families
Education	Elders	Employment
Health	Housing	Justice
Political & Advocacy	Research	Women
Youth

Local First Nations

• www.musqueam.bc.ca
• www.burrardband.com (Tsleil-Waututh First Nation)
• www.squamish.net
• Uts’am / Witness / Squamish Nation - www.utsam-witness.ca
• www.nautsamawt.org - Naut’sa mawt Tribal Council - Naut’sa mawt Tribal Council (NmTC) includes the First Nations of Chemainus, Halalt, Homalco, Klahoose, Malahat, Nanoose, Sliammon, Snuneymuxw, Tsawwassen and Tsleil-Waututh.
• BC Treaties Website

Arts & Culture

• Aboriginal Art & Culture Celebration Society - www.aboriginalday-van.com
• Full Circle: First Nations Performance - www.fullcircle.ca
• Indigenous Media Arts Group - www.imag-nation.com

Children & Families

• Aboriginal Child & Family Support Services - www.vnhs.net/programs/child.htm
• Amlatsi Family Place - www.cnh.bc.ca/amlatsi
• BC Aboriginal Child Care Society - www.acc-society.bc.ca
• Crabtree Corner - http://ywcavan.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3404
• Deputy Child and Youth Officer, Aboriginal Services - www.gov.bc.ca/cyo
• Eagles Nest Aboriginal Head Start - www.ahsabc.com/projects/eaglesnest.html
• Emma’s Childcare Centre - (In school program for young parents) - www.ywcavan.org/families/childcare
• Federation of Aboriginal Foster Parents - www.fafp.ca
• First Nations Big Sisters Mentorship Program - http://www.bigsisters.bc.ca/en/Home/Programs/FirstNations.aspx
• First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada - www.fncfcs.com
• Musqueam Childcare Centre - www.musqueam.bc.ca/directory.html
• Musqueam Co-Operative Pre-School - www.musqueam.bc.ca/directory.html
• Sheway - www.vnhs.net/programs/sheway.htm
• Singing Frog - Aboriginal Headstart Email - vanessa@vanahs.com
• Sundance Daycare (Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre) - www.vafcs.org
• Vancouver Aboriginal Child & Family Services Society (VACFSS) - www.vacfss.com
• Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre - www.vafcs.org
• Vancouver Coastal Aboriginal Planning Committee - www.vcapc.ca

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Education

• BC Institute of Technology - Aboriginal Services - www.bcit.ca/aboriginal
• Family Violence Resource Centre - www.necvancouver.org/fvrc_information.shtml
• First Nations Education Steering Committee - www.fnesc.ca
• First Nations House of Learning - www.longhouse.ubc.ca/
• Institute of Indigenous Governance - www.all-nations.ca
• Langara College - Aboriginal Studies - www.langara.bc.ca/aboriginalstudies/ABST-index.html
• Native Education College - www.necvancouver.org
• Qey-Sta:m Learning Centre (Musqueam) - http://www.musqueam.bc.ca/directory.html
• Simon Fraser University - First Nations Studies Research - www.sfu.ca/fns/fnrc.htm
• Vancouver School Board - Aboriginal Education Administrator - www.vsb.bc.ca/vsbprograms/kto12/AboriginalEducation/default.htm
• Xwi7xwa Library - www.library.ubc.ca/xwi7xwa/welcome.html

Elders

• Aboriginal Elders Conference - www.bcelders.com/annual_elders_gathering.htm
• BC Elders Communication Centre Society - www.bcelders.com
• Musqueam Elders Centre - www.musqueam.bc.ca/directory.html

Employment

• Aboriginal Community Career & Education Services - www.buildingfuturestoday.com
• Aboriginal Human Resource Development Council of Canada - www.ahrdcc.com
• BladeRunners - www.buildingfuturestoday.com/progbladeruners.htm
• CESO Aboriginal Services - http://www.ceso-saco.com
• First Nations Employment Society - www.fnes.ca
  Vancouver Aboriginal Skills & Employment Partnership -VanASEP - www.vanasep.ca

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Health

• Aboriginal Patients’ Lodge - www.lnhs.ca/Aboriginal_Patients_Lodge/index.htm
• Aboriginal Wellness Program - http://www.vch.ca/aboriginalhealth/wellness.htm
• Aboriginal Women’s Health at BC Women’s Hospital & First Nations Patient Advocate - www.bcwomens.ca/Services/AboriginalHealth/default.htm
• Aboriginal Women’s Health and Healing Research Group - www.awhhrg.ca
• BC Aboriginal Network on Disability Society - www.bcands.bc.ca
• BC Ministry of Health, Aboriginal Health - www.healthservices.gov.bc.ca/aboriginal/index.html
• Healing Our Spirit BC Aboriginal HIV/Aids Society - www.healingourspirit.org
• Health Canada , First Nations & Inuit Health - www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fnih-spni/nihb-ssna/index_e.html
• Hey-way'noqu' Healing Circle for Addictions - www.firstnationstreatment.org/heywaynoqu.htm
• Institute for Aboriginal Health (UBC) - www.health-sciences.ubc.ca/iah
• Red Road HIV/AIDS Network - www.red-road.org
• Vancouver Coastal Health - Aboriginal Health Services - http://www.vch.ca/aboriginalhealth/
• Vancouver Native Health Society - www.vnhs.net

Housing

• Luma Native Housing Society - www.lnhs.ca/Luma/index.htm
• Synala Housing Co-op - Phone - 604-433-0753
• Vancouver Native Housing Society - www.vnhs.ca
• United Native Nations (youth housing) - www.unns.bc.ca

Justice

• Aboriginal Community Policing Centre - www.vacpc.org
• Aboriginal Front Door Society - Email - afd@telus.net
• Circle of Eagles Lodge Society - www.circleofeagles.com
• First Nations Legal Clinic (UBC) - www.law.ubc.ca/fnations/clinic.html
• Indian Residential School Survivors Society - www.irsss.ca
• Native Courtworker & Counselling Association of British Columbia - www.nccabc.ca
• Vancouver Aboriginal Transformative Justice Services - Email - vatjs@telus.net

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Political & Advocacy

• Assembly of First Nations - www.afn.ca
• Union of BC Indian Chiefs - www.ubcic.bc.ca
• United Native Nations - www.unns.bc.ca
• Vancouver Aboriginal Council - www.vac-bc.ca
• Vancouver Metis Community Association - www.vancouvermetis.com/

Research

• Aboriginal Women’s Health and Healing Research Group Website - www.awhhrg.ca
• BC / ACADRE - www.health-disciplines.ubc.ca/iah/acadre/
• Centre for Native Policy & Research - www.cnpr.ca
• Union of BC Indian Chiefs - http://www.ubcic.bc.ca/department/research.htm

Women

• Aboriginal Mothers Centre Society - www.amcs.ca
• Anderson Lodge Women’s Healing Centre - www.circleofeagles.com/anderson.htm
• Battered Women’s Support Services - First Nations Women’s Program - www.bwss.org
• Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre - www.dewc.ca
• Helping Spirit Lodge Society - www.helpingspiritlodge.org
• Native Women’s Association of Canada - www.nwac-hq.org
• Pacific Association of First Nations Women - Email - pafnw@telus.net
• Women Against Violence Against Women - Aboriginal Outreach Program - www.wavaw.ca/services_programs.php

Youth

• Broadway Youth Resource Centre - www.pcrs.ca
• Downtown Eastside Youth Activities Society - www.deyas.org
• Knowledgeable Aboriginal Youth Association - www.kayaweb.ca
• RedwayBC - www.redwaybc.ca
• Redwire Magazine Native Youth Media Society - www.redwiremag.com
  United Native Nations (youth housing) - www.unns.bc.ca
• Urban Multi-purpose Aboriginal Youth Centre Initiative (UMAYC) - http://www.bcaafc.com
• Urban Native Youth Association - www.unya.bc.ca

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