Interactive program for mothers and their families living in the Downtown Eastside shares information on healthy eating while increasing food security. Participants learn about nutrition and explore community-building through food. After each session, particip...

A coalition that picks up unsold food and freely diverts it to community groups who serve people in need. Interested organizations can send an email for an application. Serves Cranbrook. Office hours are 9 am to 4 pm Monday to Friday; program hours are 9 am to...

Offers an array of local vegetables, fruit, meats, pottery, art, crafts, prepared food, breads, canning, and entertainment. Runs 9 am to 1 pm every Saturday from May through to the third week of December next to the Millennium Park on the corner of 16th Avenue...

A network of local food producers, agricultural agencies, and concerned citizens working to create awareness of how to better use local food resources in a sustainable, healthy, secure, and environmentally sound way. Nonprofit society.

16-week job training program for individuals over 15 years of age, who self-identify as having a disability; are out of school, legally entitled to work in Canada, not receiving Employment Insurance (EI), and are facing barriers to employment. Training include...

A network of nonprofit organizations in the Downtown Eastside committed to preventing the spread of COVID-19 and ensuring that it does not disproportionately affect the most vulnerable in the community. The DTES Response Fund benefits agencies who are supporti...

Provides people with significant physical disabilities the opportunity to become involved in gardening in order to develop skills, build self-confidence, learn, and grow. Office hours are 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday. Affiliated with the Disability Foundation...

Provides community planning and development, recreation and cultural programming, bylaw enforcement, animal control, permits and licensing, public works, and emergency services. Also offers the Chetwynd Community Garden at the Pine Valley Exhibition Park (3900...

Provides free life skills and recreational opportunities. Programs include community kitchen, yoga, floor hockey, arts programs, computer access and a variety of other activities. Also offers low-cost facility rentals for community groups and sports leagues. T...

Volunteer-run garden promotes self-sufficiency and food security for vulnerable members of the community. Offers gardening and nutrition workshops as well as socializing opportunities. The Whitehorse Community Garden rents gardening plots; membership fee is $2...

Offers food-related programs that support the academic success of students at Gabriola Elementary School. Services include a weekly hot lunch, breakfast program, and emergency snacks and lunches. During the fall and spring, the community garden serves as a pla...

Provides a variety of educational and other services for Aboriginal families with young children. Offers a community kitchen, and education on food safety, menu planning, budgeting, shopping lists, and preparation of low-cost, nutritional meals. Other educatio...

Promotes environmental awareness and sustainability by empowering individual action. Ecological demonstration gardens and organic teaching farm are open to the public, and ecological allotment gardens for available to adults. Offers educational events, school ...

Support and resource drop-in centre for parents/caregivers and their young children from birth to six years of age. Provides direct support, referrals, parenting groups and workshops, resource listings, developmentally stimulating play opportunities, and a spa...

Provides direct client services for children, youth, and adults experiencing eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating. Services include individual and group therapy, support for parents of children and youth with eating disorders, nutrit...

Provides direct client services for children, youth, and adults experiencing eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating. Services include individual and group therapy, support for parents of children and youth with eating disorders, nutrit...

Provides services for adults experiencing eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating. Services include individual and group therapy, nutrition counselling, and early intervention and prevention initiatives. Physician referral required. Ser...

Provides services for adults experiencing eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating. Services include individual and group therapy, nutrition counselling, and early intervention and prevention initiatives. Open referral. Serves Port Alber...

Provides services for youth, and adults experiencing eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating. Services include individual and group therapy, support for parents of children and youth with eating disorders, nutrition counselling, and ear...

Provides services for adults experiencing eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating. Services include individual and group therapy, nutrition counselling, and early intervention and prevention initiatives. Open referral. Serves Ucluelet.

Provides culturally sensitive social and recreational activities and education to help Aboriginal elders maintain their health and independence. Offers a drop-in centre where elders can participate in storytelling and craft groups, traditional food gathering, ...

Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Elders gather for arts and crafts, cooking classes, sharing stories and ideas, and meeting new friends. Meets from 10 am to 1 pm on Tuesdays; snacks and lunch are provided. Also coordinates outreach home visits and group shopping ...

Conducts community projects to address the needs of rural communities. Projects include public awareness events, community gardens, educational workshops, and the lending of food preservation equipment. Maintains a resource inventory of local individuals invol...

Builds transformative nature experiences for youth ages 14 to 25 to foster community connectedness, build ecological leadership skills, and enhance well-being. Provides free land-based education, wildlife habitat restoration opportunities, peer mentorship, and...

Works to reduce poverty and and unmet needs of those in financial, mental, social or spiritual need. Aims to promote equality by seeking areas of abundance or excess that can be shared with those in need. Serves breakfast from 9 am to 10 am, and lunch from 11 ...