Helpful Links and Resources

Community Resources:

Youth Empowerment Society (YES) 383-3514
www.vyes.ca
YES Alliance Club (evening meal to youth 13 -19)
533 Yates St., 361-3923
Victoria YM/YWCA
www.victoriay.com/youth_outreach.php
Boys and Girls Club
www.bgcvic.org/home.htm
Victoria Native Friendship Centre
www.vnfc.ca
Victoria Cool Aid Society
www.coolaid.org
AIDS Vancouver Island (AVI)
www.avi.org
S.E.X.Y. Victoria (support for LGTBQ youth)
Call Captain @ 384-2366
Prostitutes Empowerment Education and Resource Society
(PEERS)
www.peers.bc.ca
Island Sexual Health Society
islandsexualhealth.org/
Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinic Victoria 388-2220
www.bccdc.org/clinic_index.php?item=1
Women’s Sexual Assault Center: Project Respect
www.vwsac.com
Vancouver Island Abortion Services
www.viwomensclinic.ca/
Youth Detox
www.vyes.ca/syd.html
Adult Detox
www.viha.ca/mhas/locations/victoria_gulf/vwms.htm

Health Canada: Gender and Sexual Identity
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/jfy-spv/youth-jeunes_e.html
Health Canada: No STD For Me
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dc-ma/sti-its/index_e.html
Planned Parenthood Canada
www.ppfc.ca
American Social Health Association
www.iwannaknow.org
Coalition for Positive Sexuality
www.positive.org/JustSayYes/
Sex Etc
www.sexetc.org
Teenwire
www.teenwire.com

Need Crisis Line
www.needcrisis.bc.ca
TeensHealth
www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/
KidsHealth Article: Why Am I So Sad?
www.kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/thought/sadness.html
SAVE: Suicide Awareness Voices of Education
www.save.org
A Rest Stop From Depression and Thoughts of Suicide
www.have-a-heart.com
Wing of Madness Depression Community www.wingofmadness.com/articles/teens.htm
Panic Disorder@About.com
panicdisorder.about.com
Borderline Personality Disorder Sanctuary www.mhsanctuary.com/borderline
Self-Injury: You are NOT alone
crystal.palace.net/~llama/psych/injury.html

TeensHealth
www.kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/
Eating Disorders@About.com mentalhealth.about.com/od/eat/a/eatingdisorders.htm
Pale Reflections
www.pale-reflections.com
Something Fishy - Eating Disorders
www.sfwed.org

Quit [Smoking] for Life
www.quit4life.com/index_e.asp
TobaccoFacts: Government of BC
www.tobaccofacts.org
AADAC: Government of Alberta 1-866-33AADAC
www.zoot2.com/21.asp
Health Canada: Be Drug Wise
drugwise-droguesoisfute.hc-sc.gc.ca/index_e.asp
Do It Now Foundation
www.doitnow.org/pages/welcome3.html

Women’s Sexual Assault Center: Project Respect
www.yesmeansyes.com
Warning Signs of Youth Violence
www.apahelpcenter.org/featuredtopics/feature.php?id=38
MTV: fights for your rights take a stand against discrimination
www.mtv.com/onair/ffyr/discrimination/
Kids Help Phone: Tools for Life 1-800-668-6868
www.kidshelpphone.ca/en/