Community-based preschool program that promotes healthy child development for First Nations, Metis, and Inuit children ages three to five. Program focuses on six components: Indigenous culture and language; education and school readiness; health promotion; nut...

Provides community health programs and services to Squamish Nation members in North Vancouver, West Vancouver, and Squamish Valley. Services include community health nursing, primary care (BC Care Card is required), mental health and addictions support, and ho...

Helps First Nations people access and navigate the health care system. Assists with access to medical services for teeth, eyes, feet, and medicine. Also provides nasal Naloxone and food to the Downtown Eastside community. Medical appointments can be made by ph...

A transitional group home for female Indigenous youth ages 12 to 18 who are in the care of the Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society (VACFSS). Connects residents to community resources while providing one-to-one support and opportunities to pa...

A five-bed live-in program for Indigenous youth ages 13 to 18 who are looking to make changes to their relationship with drugs or alcohol. Youth may choose to stay in the program for one to four months, depending on their needs and goals. Program is Indigenous...

Offers a range of wellness, support, and therapeutic services, including traditional and cultural wellness supports. Services include child and youth therapy (art, expressive, land-based), family therapy, therapeutic support groups, and community events that p...

Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) delegated Aboriginal agency that supports the well-being of Indigenous children, youth, and families, especially those who are vulnerable, through family support and preservation services, guardianship service...

Provides a safe place where Aboriginal women with or without children can gather. Offers a grassroots setting to foster pride and independence, and enables women to increase their health, self-esteem, and skills. Offers a daycare, a community kitchen, and advo...

Provides various foster care programs for Indigenous youth. Through the Mentor Me program, young women ages 18 to 25 who have aged out of foster care provide a support system for the Urban Butterflies group, girls ages seven to 14 who are currently in foster c...

Provides holistic and culturally safe programs and services that support healthy lifestyles for Indigenous women and families. Promotes a support network for First Nations women, as well as information sharing among First Nations women, womens' groups, and mun...

Provides proactive prevention and education strategies to Squamish Nation families with children up to age six. Aims to help parents and children learn about lifespan development skills; family dynamics; developmental milestones; health and nutrition; and Squa...

Family resource centre at two locations for parents, caregivers, and children from birth to age six. Provides a clothing exchange, parent education, and learning opportunities for children. The core drop-in program, Learning Together Through Play, is a play-ba...

Provides support, resources, and referral for child care providers and Indigenous families on reserve and in urban settings throughout BC. Services for parents include information about child care and the child care subsidy, help finding child care, referral t...

Supports and promotes quality education for all First Nations students in BC. Provides research, communications, advocacy, networking, professional development, program administration, and information sharing services to First Nations. Builds partnerships with...

Represents and supports Indigenous-controlled adult and post-secondary education institutes in BC. Supports member institutes through research, networking, information sharing, and professional development. Also builds strategic partnerships to enhance the qua...

Provides support to urban members while living off reserve from their home communities. Offers genograms; assistance attending cultural programs with the 11-member nations served by Carrier Sekani Family Services; and connects children to culture through books...

Provides culturally-informed primary care for Indigenous peoples to assess and treat medical conditions by blending traditional approaches to health care with western medicine. Registered patients also have access to traditional healers and Elders, counsellors...

Works to ensure the well-being of BC Metis Federation members in BC, and to advance Metis knowledge, language, culture, wellness, and self-determination through capacity building and systemic advocacy. Assists in creating employment and training opportunities ...

Administers public schools from Kindergarten through Grade 12 in North Vancouver. Offers a wide range of educational programs and services for children and youth, as well as continuing education and high school upgrading for adults, and community schools. Also...

Native Courtworkers facilitates access to justice by assisting Indigenous people in conflict with the law who are involved in the criminal justice system to obtain fair, just, equitable and culturally sensitive treatment. Services include referral to legal ser...

Three teams of social workers are responsible for Aboriginal children in continuing government care. Plans of care are culturally specific, in order to preserve the child's cultural identity and kinship ties.

Administers public schools from Kindergarten through Grade 12 in West Vancouver. Offers a wide range of educational programs and services for children and youth, as well as continuing education and high school upgrading for adults, and community schools. Also ...

An Indigenous-led organization working to ensure that Indigenous peoples have full and equitable access to the tools, training, and support to maximize the opportunities presented by technology and innovation: focus is on digital skills development, connectivi...

Federal framework that applies to all First Nations children and youth (up to age 19) living on or off reserve, as well as those in government care, with an identified need for a publicly funded health or social service. Navigators assess needs, facilitate ear...

Works to promote healthy development in children, families, and the community by using a strength-based approach that is family-focused, community-based, and culturally inclusive; services incorporate culture from the Tsleil-Waututh Nation and other Indigenous...