Resource Links

Fraser Region Aboriginal ECD Network Agencies

Anishnaabe Place

Centre for Ability

Fraser Valley Child Development Centre - Abbotsford

Fraser Valley Child Development Centre - Chilliwack

Fraser Valley Child Development Centre - Mission

Katzie First Nation

Kla-How-Eya Aboriginal Centre

Kwantlen First Nation

Langley Child Development Center

Ridge Meadows Association for Community Living

 Seabird Island First Nation

Simon Fraser Society for Community Living

Spirit of The Children Society

Sto:lo Nation

Sumas First Nation

Tsawwassen First Nation

Early Childhood Development

Office of the Provincial Advisor for Aboriginal Infant Development Programs
 Aboriginal Infant Development Consultants works together with families to support the growth and development of aboriginal children during their most important years of development birth – 3 years of age.
www.aidp.bc.ca
 
Aboriginal Supported Child Development
Working with families and childcare providers to enhance and support inclusive quality childcare. for children 0 -12 who require extra support in a childcare setting
http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/spec_needs/ascd.htm
 
Aboriginal Head Start Association of British Columbia
The Aboriginal Head Start Association of British Columbia provides support to the Urban AHS sites in BC. We do this in a variety of ways.
www.ahsabc.net

 

BC Aboriginal Child Care Society
A provincial organization serving Aboriginal early childhood programs throughout British Columbia.
www.acc-society.bc.ca

Child Care Resource & Referral
offers quality child care referrals, resources and support to all child care providers and families in over 170 communities across the Province of British Columbia.
http://www.ccrr.bc.ca/

 

Success By 6 ProvincialSuccess By 6® is an early childhood development initiative dedicated to providing all children with a good start in life. It helps to ensure that children ages 0 to 6 develop the emotional, social, cognitive, and physical skills they need as they enter school.
www.successby6bc.ca
 
Success By 6 Eastern Fraser
www.successby6fraser.ca
 
Center of Excellence for Early Childhood Development
The mission of the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development (CEECD) is to improve our knowledge of the social and emotional development of young children.
www.excellence-earlychildhood.ca

 

Eastern Fraser Valley Child Care Coalition

is a cross-section of non-profit early childhood organizations, formed in 2007 in response to a growing concern about the lack of affordable, accessible and regulated quality child care in their community.
www.efvccc.ca

First Call BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition
http://www.firstcallbc.org/
Children First Initiatives
support's communities to identify and develop an integrated and comprehensive model of Early Childhood Development [ECD] service delivery for children 0 to 6 years of age and their families. They are funded by the Ministry of Children and Family Development.
http://bcchildrenfirst.ca/about.html

Family and Community Services

Métis Family Services (Surrey)
www.metisfamilyservices.ca

Métis Nation of British Columbia
www.mpcbc.bc.ca

The Children's Foundation
www.childrens-foundation.org

OPTIONS: Services to Communities Society
Options is committed to empowering individuals, supporting families and promoting community health.
Everyday, Options aim to achieve these goals through a wide variety of programs and projects such as: Child Care Services; Family and Child Services; Health Services; Housing Services: Mental Health Services; Multicultural Services; Shelter Services; Women's Services and Youth Services.
www.options.bc.ca

  

Peach Arch Community Services
www.pacsbc.com

Act II Child and Family Services
www.tri-m.com/actii/

Zero to Three
www.zerotothree.org

Better Beginnings Better Futures
www.bbbf.queensu.ca/parents.html

Here to Help
A group of seven leading provincial mental health and addictions nonprofit agencies working together as the BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information.
http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/
 
 
Fraser Valley Public Libraries
**Free Internet**
www.fvrl.bc.ca/
 

BC Council for Families
www.bccf.bc.ca

Invest In Kids
www.investinkids.ca

BC Children's Hospital
www.bcchildrens.ca

Children's and Women's Center
www.bcwomens.ca

Tufts University Child and Family Web guide
www.cfw.tufts.edu

In Your Grasp. BC's Family Resource Database
www.inyourgrasp.bc.ca

Parent Support Services Society of BC (Provincial Office)
www.parentsupportbc.ca

Aboriginal Health

Fraser Health Region
www.fraserhealth.ca
www.fraserhealth.ca/Careers/AboriginalHealth/Pages/default.aspx

First Nations Health Council
http://www.fnhc.ca/index.php/about/background

Aboriginal Canada Portal
The Aboriginal Canada Portal is your single window to Canadian Aboriginal on-line resources, contacts, information, and government programs and services.
www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/acp/site.nsf/en/index.html

Health Canada - First Nations and Inuit Health
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fniah-spnia/index-eng.php

Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding Committee for Canada
To protect, promote and support breastfeeding in Canada as the normal method of infant feeding.
www.breastfeedingcanada.ca

BC Health File on Breastfeeding

Infact Canada
A national non-governmental organization that works to protect infant and young child health as well as maternal well-being through the promotion and support of breastfeeding and optimal infant feeding practices.
www.infactcanada.ca

Cultural Well-being

Indian Residential School Survivors Society
www.irsss.ca

BC Aboriginal Network on Disability Society
BCANDS provides a variety of support services and resources to help aboriginal people with disabilities, and others associated with the disabled.
www.bcands.bc.ca

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (British Columbia)
Programs and services play a key role in achieving the goals of Gathering Strength - Canada's Aboriginal Action Plan. Gathering Strength has four main themes: renewing the partnership; strengthening Aboriginal governance; developing a new fiscal relationship and; supporting strong communities, people and economies.
www.ainc-inac.gc.ca

Government of British Columbia
www.gov.bc.ca

National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence
Initiate, design and deliver culturally appropriate programs and services to address family violence, and to support shelters and family violence prevention centres.
www.nacafv.ca

General Health

Newborn Hot Line: Vancouver and Richmond
Answered by nurses
Vancouver Area: 604.737.3737

 

The BC Association of Speech and Language Pathologists and Audiologists
www.bcaslpa.ca

Speech Language Therapy Resourced for Kids
www.speechforkids.com

Dial-A-Dietitian
Free Nutritional Information just a call or click away!
You can speak to a registered dietitian for nutrition information and advice, to answer general and medical nutritional questions.
Vancouver Area: 604.732.9191
Toll Free in BC: 1.800.667.3438
www.dialadietitian.org

 

Allergy and Asthma Information Association
Toll Free: 1.800.611.7011
www.aaia.ca

 

Nursing Services at HealthLinc BC
Toll Free: 1.866.889.4700
www.healthlinkbc.ca

 

Poison Info Line for Public
Answered by nurses and pharmacists
Toll Free: 1.800.567.8911

 

About Autism Spectrum Disorder
www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/autism

 

The Royal College of Psychiatrists
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/info/young.htm

Canadian Institute of Child Health
Dedicated to promoting and protecting the health, well-being and rights of all children and youth through monitoring, education and advocacy.
www.cich.ca

Bus Information

BC Bus Pass Program
Toll Free: 1.866.866.0800
 
Translink Information
Phone: 604.953.3333
http://www.translink.ca/

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