South Asian LGBTQ Support Services
Offers advocacy, education and counselling to LGBTQ south Asians, their friends, families and allies in the Greater Vancouver area. Services include outreach, volunteer opportunities, information and referral services.
Peer support includes groups for queer south Asian youth and friends; social group for south Asian lesbian, bisexual and trans women; and a group for queer south Asian men and friends.
Peer Education Workshops
Provides peer-led workshops, presentations and training to youth on sexual health and harm reduction topics. Offered to youth communities throughout BC, the program aims to increase the skills of young people with preventing, passing and getting HIV, Hep C, and other sexually transmitted infections. Workshops are facilitated by youth, for youth, and can be customized to meet the needs and learning goals of the group.
Trans Care BC
Provides BC-wide information and resources to make sure people have the information they need to access gender affirming health care and supports.
Support areas and information includes accessing care, social transitioning, peer and community support, advocacy, mental health wellness, child and youth resources, how to get surgery, and family support.
Qmunity
Find wellness resources and services for queer, trans, Two-Spirit people of all ages.
Groups and Workshops
Offers a variety of virtual groups and workshops for youth, young adults and their caregivers across BC. Groups vary throughout the year; support areas include substance use and recovery, LGBTQ2IA+ support, depression and anxiety, body image, caregiver support, and two-spirit healing.
Urgent and Primary Care Centres
Urgent and Primary Care Centres (UPCCs) provide access to same-day, urgent, non-emergency health care.
Victim Services
Provides justice-related information and advocacy, post-assault health care support, and practical assistance to victims or witness of crime, trauma and or physical or sexual assault. Services include crisis counselling, referrals to community services, safety planning, and accompaniment to police and court appearances.
Provincial Substance Use Treatment Program
Provides specialized addiction treatment in a supported home-like setting for adults in BC who need help with severe substance use. The program is approximately three months long and includes after-care support for up to a year following treatment.
The program includes assessment and stabilization, counselling, supportive treatment, medication therapy, peer support, life skills development, family programs, and education about mental illness and substance use.
1795 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC
Two-Spirit Information and Support
Provides online information and resources to support the emotional and spiritual needs of Aboriginal and non-aboriginal two-spirit individuals, their family and friends. Healing circles, sweat lodge ceremonies, community events and smudging circles are also available on a regular basis and by request.