Links
Links to external web sites are provided for your convenience only. The Ministry of Children and Family Development does not endorse them and is not responsible for their content.
Parenting resources (includes Aboriginal)
- BC Council for Families (BC)
- Human Early Learning Partnership (BC)
- Parent Helpline (Includes a moderated online discussion group) (Canada)
- eParenting Network (Canada)
- Child Safety (Canada Safety Council)
- Parent Support Services of BC (BC)
- Protecting Children: Helpful Rules to Keep Young People Safe (Canada)
- National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome (US)
- Prince Albert & Area Community Against Family Violence (Canada)
- Kids Health, for Parents (US)
- MotherRisk (Toronto, ON, Canada)
- Maple Ridge Family Education and Resource Centre (Maple Ridge, BC)
- Kids Play is Serious Business (Kids safety site) (Government of Canada)
- Today's Parents (Canadian online parenting magazine)
- Sunny Hill Health Centre: Sexual Health Resource Centre (BC)
- Caring for First Nations Children Society (BC)
- First Nations Child, Family and Community Service Agencies
- Aboriginal Canada Portal (Government of Canada)
- British Columbia Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres
- Metis Family Services
- United Native Nations
- A Guide to Aboriginal Organizations and Services in British Columbia (Government of BC)
- Aboriginal Healing Foundation
- BC First Nations Health Handbook (Government of BC)
- Aboriginal Youth Network
- Community Health Associates of BC (BC)
Resources for Chinese Canadians in BC
- SUCCESS: Family and Youth Counseling
- Child Protection Investigation: What you need to know about Child Protection - Chinese (pdf) (Government of BC)
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Keeping Kids Safe (Government of BC)
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National Crime Prevention Strategy (Government of Canada)
- First Call (BC)
- Red Cross Visit their home site and click on RespectED
- Justice for Girls (Vancouver, BC)
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Sexual Offence Squad (Vancouver Police Department, BC)
- MotherRisk (Toronto, ON, Canada)
- Sexual abuse: what happens when you tell: a guide for children (Government of Canada)
- Society for Children and Youth of British Columbia
- Sunny Hill Health Centre: Sexual Health Resource Centre (BC)
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The BC Handbook for Action on Child Abuse and Neglect (Government of BC)
- Family Violence Project: A Program for Men Who Are Abusive In Their Relationships (Victoria, BC)
- Breaking Silence; Creating Hope: Help for Adults who Molest Children (pdf) (Government of Canada)
Violence against women (includes information for immigrant women)
- Family Violence Project: A Program for Men Who Are Abusive In Their Relationships (Victoria, BC)
- Abuse is Wrong In Any Language (Government of Canada)
- Stopping the Violence (Government of BC)
- Children Who Witness Abuse (Government of BC)
- When Violence Happens: Getting Help (Government of BC)
- National Clearinghouse on Family Violence (Government of Canada)
- Stopping the Violence Branch, Ministry of Women's Equality (Government of BC)
- After You Tell (Government of Canada)
- BC Institute Against Family Violence (BC)
- Kids Help - Sympatico Helpline
- Federation of BC Youth in Care Networks
- Doors of Hope, Prince George
- RespectED (Violence and Abuse Prevention): Go to the Red Cross website and select RespectED from the contents list
- Sex Crimes Unit (Vancouver Police Department)
- Youth Services (Government of BC)
- Child and Youth Mental Health Services (Government of BC)
- Youth Resource Centre (Abbotsford, BC)
- Sunny Hill Health Centre: Sexual Health Resource Centre (BC)
Parents, caregivers, teachers and others: The following sites are very kid-friendly, and provide fun and information
- Kids Help - Sympatico Helpline
- Calgary Rocky View Child and Family Services (Government of Alberta)
- LiveWires Design: a website on Internet-Safety. Requires flash plug-in download.
This is a Flash website that provides kid-friendly and adult information - Kids Zone (Saskatchewan)
- Sexual abuse (Government of Canada)
- When boys have been sexually abused (Government of Canada)
- "Let's Talk About Bullying" Family Services Canada (Bullying site, Canada)
- Kids Health (US)
- MotherRisk (Toronto, ON)
- Internet Safety Tips for Parents (Ministry of Health, BC)
- NetSmartz US — National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's (NCMEC) website teaching Internet Safety to Kids and Teens
Healthy families, healthy relationships
- Canadian Health Network: Relationships (Government of Canada)
- BC Council for Families (BC)
- Healthy Relationships (Canada)
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RespectED (Violence and Abuse Prevention):
Go to the Red Cross website and select RespectED from the contents list - Project Respect (Victoria, BC)
- Sunny Hill Health Centre: Sexual Health Resource Centre (BC)
- Families Change - information for families in British Columbia experiencing separation and divorce.
Foster parenting, adoption, and kids in care
- "The Child, Family and Community Service Act" (Government of BC)
- Know Your Rights - A Guide for Young People in Care (Government of BC)
- Ministry of Children and Family Development adoption page (Government of BC)
- Adoptive Families Association of BC website (BC)
- Alateen (BC and Yukon) (BC)
- Kaiser Foundation (BC)
- Criminal Records Review Act (Government of BC)
- Child, Family and Community Service Act (Government of BC)
- Broadway Youth Resource Centre Independent Living Skills Program (Vancouver, BC)
- Mental Health (Government of Canada)
- Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile 2001 (Statistics Canada)
- Transition Home Survey 1999 - 2000 (Statistics Canada)
- Child Abuse: Statistics, Research and Resource
Other provincial government abuse prevention sites
- Fraser Valley Regional Library (BC)
- Antiracist.com (BC)
- Crisis Centre BC (BC)
- BC Police Directory (BC)
Updated: May 7, 2010
