Resources
Where do I go for
information about action project topics?
Where do I go for leadership development?
Where do I go for support?
For information about action project topics:
Peace
- www.warchild.ca
- www.amnestyinternational.ca
- www.msf.ca
- www.peacewire.org
- www.cameo.org
- www.canadianlandmine.com
International Understanding
- www.yci.org
- www.crossroads-carrefour.ca
- www.wusc.ca
- www.globalexchange.org
- www.care.ca
- www.cwy-jcm.org
- www.mcc.org
- www.artistsagainstracism.org
Social Justice
- www.adbusters.org
- www.oxfam.ca
- www.corpwatch.org
- www.checkyourhead.org
- www.headlinestheatre.com
- www.takingitglobal.org
- www.canada25.com
- www.ewb-isf.ca (engineers without borders)
- www.canadianfeedthechildren.org
- www.frontiersfoundation.org
- www.pueblito.org
Ecological Justice
- www.350.org
- www.carfreeday.ca
- www.spiritbearyouth.org
- www.ffcf.bc.ca
- www.wcel.org (west coast environmental law association)
- www.best.bc.ca
- www.lifecyclesproject.ca
- www.wildernesscommittee.org
- www.greenpeace.ca
- www.davidsuzuki.org
- www.sierrayouthcoalition.org
Economic Justice
- www.integraleconomics.org
- www.ufenet.org (united for a fair economy)
- www.maquilasolidarity.org
- www.results.org
- www.policyalternatives.ca
- www.transfair.ca
- www.bcpiac.com
Where do I go for more opportunities to develop leadership and social change skills?
NextUp Leadership Program www.nextup.ca
Where do I go for more support?
Crisis
Networks
Kids
Help Phone 1-800-668-6868
The
Youth Crisis Network www.youthcrisisnetwork.org
Canadian
Health Network www.canadian-health-network.ca
Student
Center ’s Teen Resources www.teenresources.studentcentre.org
Suicide,
Depression, Self-Injury
Directory
to find a mental health professional www.MentalHealth.net
Have
a Heart’s Depression Resource www.have-a-heart.com
Centre
for Suicide Prevention www.suicideinfo.ca
Self
Injury Resource www.palace.net/~llama/psych/injury.html
Kids
Health www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/
Suicide Prevention Resources http://www.lifeinsurancequote.net/reminding-loved-ones-that-life-is-precious
BC:
Crisis Intervention & Suicide Prevention Centre of BC
(Lower Mainland) (604) 872-3311
TTY
for Lower Mainland (604) 872-0113 www.crisiscentre.bc.ca
Crisis
Line (24hrs) (604) 3836-6323
Ontario
: The Distress Centre (416)408-5357
Children’s
Aid Society of Toronto www.casmt.on.ca
Disordered
Eating
Something
Fishy Website on Eating Disorders www.something-fishy.org
Mirasol
Recovery from Eating Disorders www.edrecovery.com
British
Columbia : BC Eating Disorder Association (604)383-5518
Ontario
: Eating Disorder Helpline (416)340-4156
Gay/Lesbian/Bi/Trans
Support and Resources
Gay
Health www.gayhealth.com
Out
Proud – be yourself (GLBT Resources) www.outproud.org
PFLAG
Resources for Parents and Friends of GLBT www.pflag.org
Ontario
Gay and Lesbian Youth Hotline 1-800-268-9688
Substance
Abuse
Al-Anon’s
Teen Resource Centre for Substance Abuse www.al-anon.alateen.org/alateen.html
Canadian
Centre on Substance Abuse www.ccsa.ca
Rape
Relief/Sexual Abuse/Harassment
Canadian
Association of Sexual Assault Centres www.casac.ca/default2.htm
BC:
Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter 24 hr. (604) 872-8212
info@rapereliefshelter.bc.ca . www.rapereliefshelter.bc.ca
Women’s
Sexual Assault Help Centre (604) 383-3232
Ontario
: Assaulted Women’s Helpline (416) 863-0511
Safer
Sex Resources
Planned
Parenthood Federation of America www.plannedparenthood.org
Condomania
PlanetAhead Safe Sex Resource www.planetahead.ca
Spiderbytes
website on Teens and Sex www.spiderbytes.ca
Ontario:
Sexual Health Ontario 1-866-797-0000
Positive
Self-Image/Girl Empowerment
Body
Image Betrayal and Related Issues Homepage www.bibri.com
Body
Positive www.bodypositive.com
Girls
Inc. Empowerment Resource www.girlsinc.org.gc/index.html
Healthy
Sexuality www.dealwithit.com
Death
and Grieving
Grief
and Loss http://www.helpguide.org/mental/grieving_loss.htm
The
National Center for Grieving Children and Families www.dougy.org
TAG:
Teen Age Grief www.smartlink.net/~tag |
