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Helpful places and contacts around the web and the community.

Community Connections

Block Watch
Bev Stewart, Director and Block Watch Coordinator, Victoria Police Department
West Division Esquimalt, 500 Park Place Esquimalt, BC V9A 3P1

B.C. Arts Council
1st Floor 800 Johnson Street, PO Box 9819, Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, BC V8W 9W3

Healthy Schools, Greater Victoria School District
S.J. Willis Centre, 923 Topaz Avenue Victoria, BC V8T 2M2
Tel: (250) 360-4349, Fax: (250) 360-4371

Saanich Community Association Network

Vancouver Island Cooperative Preschool Association
50 Marler Drive, Victoria, BC V9B 6B8
Tel: (250) 598-2667, Fax: (250) 704-0415, Email: vicpa@vicpa.org

Employment

Casual Labour Pool, The Victoria Cool Aid Society
#102-749 Pandora Ave. Victoria, BC V8W 1N9
Tel: (250) 383-1977, Fax: (250) 383-1639, Email: society@coolaid.org

Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission
Suite 223 - 4600 Kingsway Burnaby, BC V5H 4L9
Tel: (604) 775-2860 or 1-866-660-6011, Employer inquiries: (604) 660-3386, Fax: (604) 775-3033, Email: itc@gov.bc.ca

Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance
PO Box 9058 Stn Prov Gov't Victoria, BC V8W 9E2
Tel: (250) 356-7750 or 1-866-866-0800, Fax: (250) 356-7292

Regional Planning Services, Capital Regional District
524 Yates St. PO Box 1000 Victoria BC V8W 2S6
Tel: (250) 360-3000

Service Canada
Local address: P.O. Box 1177 Victoria, BC, V8W 2V2
Tel: 1-800-277-9914 or 1-800-622-6232, Email: bcytispinquiry@servicecanada.gc.ca

Together Against Poverty Society
#415 - 620 View Street Victoria, BC V8W 1J6
Tel: (250) 361-3521 Fax: (250) 361-3541

Values-Based Business Network
PO Box 8716, Victoria, BC V8W 3S3
Tel: (250) 858-1550, Email: connect@vbnetwork.ca

Victoria Downtown Outreach Services, Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance
826 Cormorant Street Victoria BC V8W 1R1
Tel: (250) 356-2555

Workforce 21
1001 Douglas, G-7, Victoria BC, V8W 2C5
Tel: (250) 384-2432, Fax: (250) 384-2590

Housing in B.C.'s Capital Region

Visit the Community Resources section of the Housing Affordability Partnership website for housing resources in BC's Capital Region and beyond.

Research Links

Caledon Institute of Social Policy
1600 Scott Street, Suite 620 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1Y 4N7
Tel: (613) 729-3340 Fax: (613) 729-3896 E-Mail: caledon@caledoninst.org

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Suite 1400, 207 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC, V6B 1H7
Tel: (604) 801-5121, Fax: (604) 801-5122, Email: ccpabc@policyalternatives.ca

Community University Institute of Social Research (CUISR) at the University of Saskatchewan

Statistics Canada
120 Parkdale Avenue Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6
Tel: (613) 951-8116 

Human Resources and Social Development Canada

Universtiy of Victoria - Office of Community Based Research


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