Community Resource Links
Here you will find links to a variety of organizations that do advocacy, research, and front-line work related to that of the YWCA. For a fuller listing of relevant community services, check out our Fast Facts page. (Link to relevant URL on our page) Maintain current links, opening in new window
Women and Their Families
Child Care
Canadian Child Care Federation
Child Care Resource and Research Unit (University of Toronto)
Children
Child and Family Canada
First Call
Community Information
Community Organization Directory
Red Book Online (Information Services Vancouver)
Education
Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women
Families
BC Council for Families
Fitness, Sports, and Recreation
Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute
Health
BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
Canadian Women's Health Network
History
Canadian Women's History Month
International and Multicultural Issues
Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of BC
Women Watch (United Nations)
World Bank Gender Net
Internet
Wired Woman Society
Womenspace
Law and Justice
Elizabeth Fry Societies (Canadian Association)
LEAF (Women's Legal and Action Fund)
Nonprofits/Charities/Volunteers
Canadian Centre for Philanthropy
Charity Village
Volunteer Vancouver
Parenting
HipMama
Poverty
Campaign Against Child Poverty
PovNet
Science and Technology
Industrial Training and Apprenticeship Commission (B.C.)
Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology
Social Policy
Canadian Council on Social Development
Canadian Policy Research Networks
Statistics
Statistics Canada
Violence Against Women
BC Institute Against Family Violence
National Clearinghouse on Family Violence
Women – General
Status of Women in Canada
Canadian Women's Studies Online
Youth
Jobseekers
Lower Mainland Employment Resources
This is by no means a complete list. The inclusion of a website here does not imply that the YWCA endorses its content, nor does the omission of a site imply that it is not valuable.
