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This page features an online directory of services for people
affected or infected by HIV/AIDS. If we have omitted any organizations,
please visit the Update Contact Info page to add or update
your organization. Or contact Steven DeRoy by e-mail at sderoy@red-road.org.
Aboriginal
Organizations | AIDS Support
Groups and Programs | Food
& Drink
Free Services Health
Services | Housing
| Support Groups and Services
Aboriginal
Organizations
Organization Name
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Telephone
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Web Site / E-mail
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Aboriginal Community Career and Employment
Services Society (ACCESS)
Offers employment-related services such as career and
vocational counselling, information on financing education/training,
labour market and wage subsidy information, job search
techniques, a job postings board, networking resources,
and job referrals and placements.
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Tel: 604.685.7933
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Web site: www.buildingfuturestoday.com
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Assembly of First Nations
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Web site: www.afn.ca
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Aboriginal Health Association of BC
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Tel: 604.925.3879
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Web site: www.ahabc.bc.ca
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Aboriginal Women's Health Program
BC Women's Health Centre
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Tel: 604.875.3440
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E-mail: dauroux@cw.bc.ca
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Aboriginal Youth Safe House
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Tel: 604.254.5147
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E-mail: sjohnny@unya.bc.ca
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Adams Lake Health Centre
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Tel: 250.679.2776
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ARIES Project & Alcohol & Drug Counselling
(Urban Native Youth Association)
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Tel: 604.255.1326
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E-mail: unyainfo@unya.bc.ca
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Association of BC First Nations Treatment Programs
(United Native Nations)
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Tel: 604.666.6072
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E-mail: unn@unns.bc.ca
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Dze L Kant Friendship Centre
HIV/AIDS Programs including support, counselling, education
and resource material.
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Tel: 250.847.8974
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E-mail: healthy_ones@hotmail.com
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Healing Our Spirit
Service & support for First Nations, lnuit & Mėtis people
living with HIV/AIDS
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Tel: 604.879.8884
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Web site: www.healingourspirit.org
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Helping Spirit Lodge Society
Dedicated to assisting in the alleviation of family
violence in the aboriginal communities and providing
safe, protective shelter to aboriginal women, children.
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Tel: 604.872.6649
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Web site: www.helpingspiritlodge.org
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Hey-Way'-Noqu' Healing Circle
(alcohol and drug counselling programs)
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Tel: 604.874.1831
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Indian Residential School Survivors Society
(Formerly Provincial Residential School Project) Promoting
awareness, establishing partnerships and advocating
for justice and healing.
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Tel: 604.925.4464
Toll Free: 1.800.721.0066
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Web site: www.irsss.ca
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Kuu-us Crisis Society
Port Alberni, B.C. V9Y 7M7
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Tel: 250.723.2323
Toll Free: 1.800.588.8717
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Nechi
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Web site: www.nechi.com
Web site: www.visions.ab.ca
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Okanagan Aboriginal AIDS Society (OAAS)
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Tel: 250.862.2481
Fax: 250.862.8662
Toll Free: 1.800.616.2437
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Web site: www.oaas.ca
E-mail: info@oaas.ca
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Shuswap Family Resource & Referral Centre
Salmon Arm, BC
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Tel: 250.832.2170
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E-mail: sfrrc@shuswap.net
Web site: www.familyresource.bc.ca
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Sulsila Lelum Healing Centre c/o Musqueam Band
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Tel: 604.263.2790
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Urban Native Youth Association
Addressing Aboriginal youth issues and providing lifeskills,
job training, education.
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Tel: 604.254.7732
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E-mail: unyainfo@unya.bc.ca
Web site: www.unya.bc.ca
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Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society
Offers programs and services oriented towards Aboriginal
families and children.
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Tel: 604.251.4844
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E-mail: info@vafcs.org
Web site: www.vafcs.org
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AIDS Support Groups and Programs
Organization Name
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Telephone
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Web Site / E-mail
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Aboriginal Healing Foundation
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Web site: www.ahf.ca
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AIDS Prince George
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Tel: 250.562.1172
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E-mail: aidspg1@pgweb.com
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AIDS Society of Kamloops
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Tel: 250.372.7585
Toll Free: 1.800.661.7541
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Web site: www.aidskamloops.bc.ca
E-mail: ask@telus.net
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AIDS Vancouver: PARC
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Tel: 604.681.2122
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Web site: www.aidsvancouver.bc.ca
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AIDS Vancouver Island (AVI)
Offers a variety of services for those affected by HIV/AIDS
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Tel: 250.384.2366
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AIDS Vancouver Island - Nanaimo
Offers a variety of services for those affected by HIV/AIDS
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Tel: 250.753.2437
Collect calls accepted
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Ankors AIDS Network Kootenay Boundary Outreach
and Support Society
EK Regional Office, Cranbrook
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Tel: 250.426.3383
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Web site: www.ankors.bc.ca
E-mail: karen@ankors.bc.ca
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Ankors AIDS Network Kootenay Boundary Outreach
and Support Society
WK/B Regional Office, Nelson
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Tel: 250.505.5506
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Web site: www.ankors.bc.ca
E-mail: karen@ankors.bc.ca
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BC Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Program
Helps participants explore their lifestyles to encourage
spiritual, mental, emotional & physical health
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Tel: 604.660.2088
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BC Person's With AIDS (BCPWA)
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Tel: 604.893.2200
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Web site: www.bcpwa.org
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Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN)
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Toll Free: 1.888.285.2226
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Web site: www.caan.ca
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Canadian Hemophilia Society - BC
Services for Hemophiliac or Blood Transfused 1-IIV+
individuals HIV-T Support
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Voice Mail: 604.688.8186
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Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
(CATIE)
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Web site: www.catie.ca
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Cariboo AIDS Information & Support Society
Williams Lake & 100 Mile House area. NOOPA Youth Centre
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Tel: 250.392.5730
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Comox Valley Support Group
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Tel: 250.338.7400
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HIV Community-Based Research Network
Community-based HIV research gateway.
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Web site: www.hiv-cbr.net
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Kw'Umkw'Am S'Uli (Strong Spirit)
First Nations support group in the Cowichan Valley on
Vancouver Island for HIV positive people and their relations
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Tel: 250.746.6184
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E-mail: fairlie.mendoza@cowichantribes.com
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Needle Exchange In Williams Lake
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Tel: 250.398.4600
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Victoria Persons With AIDS Society
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Tel: 250.382.7927
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Web site: www.vpwas.com
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World Health Organization: HIV/AIDS
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Web site: www.who.int/hiv/
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Food & Drink
Organization Name
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Telephone
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Web Site / E-mail
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AIDS Vancouver Grocery
Free for PWA/HIV living in the GVRD, conditionally
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Tel: 604.681.2122 ext 270
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Web site: www.aidsvancouver.org
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A Loving Spoonful
Delivers free nutritious meals to PWA/HIV Who require assistance
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Tel: 604.682.6325
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Web site: www.alovingspoonful.org
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Victoria Persons With AIDS Society
Peer support, comprehensive treatment information food bank, newsletter
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Tel: 250.384.2366 or 1.800.665.2437
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E-mail: vpwas@direct.ca
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Vancouver Native Health Society
HIV Outreach Food Bank (Tuesdays)
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Tel: 604.254.9937
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Web site: www.vnhs.net
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Free Services
Organization Name
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Telephone
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Web Site / E-mail
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Complementary Ticket Program
For Info and application form call BCPWA
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Tel: 604.681.2122 or 1.800.994.2437
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Hairstyling
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Tel: 604.681.2122 ext. 295
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Polli & Esther's Closet
Free to HIV+ persons who are PWA members
1107 Seymour Street, Vancouver
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Tel: 250.384.2366 or 1.800.665.2437
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E-mail: vpwas@direct.ca
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Xtra West
Free listing space (up to 50 words) in Proud Lives
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Tel: 604.684.9696
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Health Services
Organization Name
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Telephone
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Web Site / E-mail
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Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada
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Web site: www.anac.on.ca
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AIDSinfo
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Web site: www.aidsinfo.nih.gov
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American Social Health Association
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Web site: www.ashastd.org
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BC Centre Of Excellence In HIV/AIDS
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Tel: 604.631.5515
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Web site: www.cfenet.ubc.ca
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BC Centre For Disease Control (BCCDC)
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Web site: www.bccdc.org
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BCPWA Treatment Information Program
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Tel: 604.681.2122 ext. 243
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Canadian Health Network
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Web site: www.canadian-health-network.ca
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Chilliwack Connection Needle Exchange Program
Needle exchange, HIV/AIDS, STD education, prevention referrals counselling.
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Tel: 604.795.3757
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DEYAS Needle Exchange
223 Main Street, Vancouver, BC
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Tel: 604.685.6561
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Gastown Medical Clinic
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Tel: 604.669.9181
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Web site: www.caan.ca
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Health Canada
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Web site: www.hc-sc.gc.ca
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Kelowna Outreach Health Services
Full STD/HIV testing & counselling, health care, needle exchange
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Tel: 250.868.2230
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West Kootenay/Boundary AIDS Network Outreach Society (ORS)
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Tel: 250.505.5506 or 1.800.421.2437
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Medical Equipment Loan Program
Call AIDS Vancouver
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Tel: 604.681.2122 ext 270
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Web site: www.aidsvancouver.org
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Langley Hospice Society
Offers support to dying and/or bereaved people
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Tel: 604.530.1115
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Ministry Of Health And Ministry Responsible For Seniors
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Web site: www.gov.bc.ca/hlth/
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Mount Waddington Harm Reduction Program
Health care information and needle exchange
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Tel: 250.949.0432
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Nanaimo & Area Resource Services
Street Outreach & Needle exchange
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Tel: 25O.754.2773
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Oaktree Clinic
Provides care to women, children & youth who are HIV+
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Tel: 604.875.2212
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Phototherapy Centre
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Web site: www.phototherapy-centre.com
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Pine Tree Clinic
Free confidential medical care
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Tel: 604.736.2391
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Prince George Northern Interior Health Unit
STD clinic; HLV testing (pre and post counselling), follow-up program
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Tel: 250.565.7311
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Prince George Native Friendship Centre
Needle exchange
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Tel: 250.564.3568
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Prince Rupert AIDS Society
Provides support, group meetings, needle exchange, HIV testing (pre/post counselling)
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Tel: 250.627.8823
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South Fraser Community Services
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Web site: www.sfcss.com
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Surrey Family Services
Street Health Outreach program Free health services; testing & counselling for sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy, hepatitis & HIV/AIDS & on-site needle exchange
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Doctor/Nurse: 604.583.5666
Needle Exchange: 604.583.5999
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Vancouver Native Health Society
Free Medical Outreach
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Tel: 604.254.9937
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Web site: www.vnhs.net
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Vernon / North Okanagan Youth & Family Services
Health services, needle exchange & support to individuals affected by HIV and AIDS
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Tel: 250.545.3572
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E-mail: nnyfss@bcgrizzly.com
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Housing
Organization Name
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Telephone
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Web Site / E-mail
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Aqanttanam Housing Society
Cranbrook, BC
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Tel: 250.426.8935 |
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BC Native Housing Corporation
Delivers social housing programs to Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal people within the rural areas of British Columbia. |
Tel: 604.688.1821 |
E-mail: unn@unns.bc.ca
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Conayt Housing Authority
Merritt, BC |
Tel: 250.378.5107 |
E-mail: conayt@uniserve.com
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Dawson Creek Native Housing Society
Dawson Creek, BC |
Tel: 250.782.1598 |
E-mail: dcnhs@pris.bc.ca
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Kekinow Native Housing Society
Surrey, BC |
Tel: 604.591.5299 |
E-mail: kekinow@axionet.com
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Lu'ma Native Housing Society
Vancouver, BC |
Tel: 604.876.0811 |
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M'Akola Native Housing Society
M'akola Group of Societies, Victoria, BC |
Tel: 250.384.1423 |
E-mail: kalbers@makola.bc.ca
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McLaren Housing Society
Canada's 1st housing program for HIV/AIDS people |
Tel: 604.669.4090 |
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Mission Native & To'o Housing Society
Mission, BC |
Tel: 604.820.3324 |
E-mail: mnhs@direct.bc
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Muks-Kum-Ol Housing Society
Terrace, BC |
Tel: 250.638.8339 |
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Okanagan Metis and Aboriginal Housing
Kelowna, BC |
Tel: 250.763.7747 |
E-mail: omash@silk.net
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Prince George Metis Housing Society
Prince George, BC |
Tel: 250.564.9794 |
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United Aboriginal Housing Society
Quesnel, BC |
Tel: 250.992.3306 |
E-mail: uahs@goldcity.net
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Vancouver Native Health Society
Portable rental housing subsidies for HIV+ people |
Tel: 604.254.9937 |
Web site: www.vnhs.net
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Vancouver Native Housing Society
Burnaby, BC |
Tel: 604.320.3312 |
E-mail: emichelle@vnhs.ca
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Vernon Unn Housing Society
Vernon, BC |
Tel: 250.542.1247 |
E-mail: nativehousing@vernon.com
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Wings Housing Society
Portable rental housing subsidies for HIV+ people |
Tel: 250.382.7927 |
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Wings Housing Society (Vancouver Island)
Leave msg for local WINGS rep I Mike C. |
Tel: 250.384.2366 or 1.800.665.2437 |
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Support Groups and Services
Organization Name |
Telephone |
Web Site / E-mail |
Campbell River Support Group
Art therapy and yoga/meditation sessions |
Tel: 250.335.1171 collect calls accepted |
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Chilliwack HIV/AIDS Support Group
Small, intimate group of HIV positive people or people affected by HIV/AIDS from Hope to Abbotsford |
Tel: 604.793.0730 |
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Kw'umkw'am S'uli (Strong Spirit)
First Nations support group in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island for HIV positive people and their relations |
Tel: 250.746.6184 |
E-mail: fairlie.mendoza@cowichantribes.com |
Living & Learning Through Loss
Provides professional grief counselling to people who have experienced a traumatic loss |
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Web site: www.livingthruloss.bc.ca |
North Island AIDS Coalition, Comox Valley (NIAC)
Provides education, resource library newsletter, weekly support group, and individual counselling |
Tel: 250.338.7400
collect calls accepted |
E-mail: niacl@mars.ark.com |
North Island AIDS Coalition, Campbell River (NIAC)
For PWA/HIV, partners, families, friends and the community also needle exchange |
Tel: 250.286.9757 |
Web site: www.island.net/~niac |
Penticton AIDS Support Group
For PWAs, family and friends |
Tel: 250.490.0909 or 250.492.4000 |
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Port Alberni Support Team Association (PASTA) on HIV/AIDS
Support, education and information in the Port Alberni Area |
Tel: 250.723.2437 |
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Professional Counselling & Therapy Program
On-going therapy free of charge to people with HIV/AIDS |
Tel: 604.681.2122 ext 270 |
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Professional Counselling Project
Free 1 hr counselling by appt. Gay & Lesbian Centre |
Tel: 604.684.6869 |
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Quesnel Support Group
For PWA/HIV and their families. AIDS PRINCE GEORGE Support groups, education & resource materials |
Tel: 250.992.4366 |
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Theatre Arts Program
A group of people living with HIV/AIDS exploring various Aspects of theatre arts |
Tel: 604.450.0307 |
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YouthCO's Positive Youth Outreach Program
A first step & ongoing support for HIV+ youth (ages 15-29) by HIV+ youth |
Tel: 604.688.1441 Pager: 604.650.2649 |
Web site: www.youthco.org |
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