RESOURCES

Educate Yourself about available Resources

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British Columbia

BC211 has free information and referrals to social services including treatment and detox. www.bc211.ca

 

BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services www.bcmhsus.ca

 

The Foundry support for those 12-24 years www.foundrybc.ca. They also have a series of apps Apps & Tools - Sexual Wellness - Foundry

WAVAW

• Connect Text (604) 245-2425

• Chat Online: wavaw.ca/connect

• 24-Hour Crisis Line Nation-wide: 604-255-6344

• https://www.wavaw.ca/

 

Battered Women Support Services 

• Crisis & Intake line at 604-687-1867 and toll-free at 1.855.687.1868

• https://www.bwss.org/

 

BC victim/survivors Services

• victim/survivorLink BC is a toll-free, confidential telephone service available across B.C. and Yukon 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. victim/survivorLink BC provides service in over 110 languages, including 17 North American Indigenous languages.

• 1-800-563-0808

• https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/justice/criminal-justice/bcs-criminal-justice-system/understanding-criminal-justice/key-parts/victim/survivor-services

 

Third party reporting 

• Who We Are - Ending Violence BC

 

Advocate Services PovNet

 

BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner

 

Trans Lifeline 877-565-8860

Basic and Immediate needs for Somali Candians (many resources for both BC and AB) Resources: Sexual Assault - Mental Health - Basic Needs.docx

 

COMMUNITY SPECIFIC SERVICES

 

Central Island 

Pathways | Victim Services

 

Bamfield

Bamfield Health Centre 250-728-3312

 

Port Alberni

SARP (Sexual Assault Response Program) – SAGE HAVEN SOCIETY

 

KUU-US Crisis Line Society KUU-US Crisis Line Society works and operates on the unceded territory of Tseshaht and Hupacasat. KUU-US Crisis Line Society provides support to callers within the Port Alberni area as well as Indigenous people throughout the province of British Columbia.

ADULTS: 250-723-4050 YOUTH: 250-723-2040

TOLL FREE: 1-800-588-8717

 

Comox Valley

Foresic Nurse services Sexual Assault & Relationship Violence | Island Health

CV Family ServicesSexual Assault | Community Based Victims Services Program

 

Vancouver 

BC Women's Hospital (604) 875-2424 and ask to speak to the Sexual Assault Service.  

Vancouver General Hospital's Emergency Department (24 hours) 920 West 10th Avenue (near Broadway & Oak).

UBC Hospital's Urgent Care Centre Koerner Pavilion, 2211 Wesbrook Mall. 8:00am-10:00pm.

They can call the AMS Sexual Assault Support Centre, 604-827-5180, for support worker accompaniment.

Sexual Assault Service

Get Support - Vancouver Rape Relief & Women's Shelter

 

Victoria

Sexual Assault Response Team | Victoria Sexual Assault Centre

The Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) provides immediate emotional support and information to people of all genders, 13 years and older, who have been sexually assaulted within the past 7 days. To access this service, call the Vancouver Island Crisis Line ( 1-888-494-3888) and request to speak to a VSAC Sexual Assault Support Worker, or attend at Victoria General Hospital.