FASD Awareness Day Friday, September 8, 2017, 9:00am to 3:00pm Victoria Native Friendship Centre 231 Regina Avenue, Victoria, BC Everyone is welcome to attend!   You can choose to attend part of the day or the full day. If you would like to attend any of the workshops, please be sure to register. This [...]

Dialogue and Resolution Services Presents: Communicating through Conflict **Limited Free Spaces Available to Foster Parents at No Charge**   REGISTER by calling Krista at 778-430-5459

Aging into Community Hosted by Youth Advisory Council & South Island SDA Thursday, September 28th, 4:00pm to 8:15pm Songhees Wellness Centre, Victoria, BC Calling all youth in care ages 16 to 18 of Greater Victoria and Duncan Area in celebration of youth transitioning out of care and into community. Transportation available from Duncan. Participants [...]

Young people leaving foster care now will have access to free tuition at all 25 of British Columbia’s public post-secondary institutions, Premier John Horgan announced today. “We want youth in our care system to know we are looking out for them and that we believe in their potential. That’s why we are expanding access to [...]

Orange Shirt Day Saturday, September 30th, 2017 http://www.orangeshirtday.org/ Orange Shirt Day is a legacy of the St. Joseph Mission (SJM) residential school commemoration event held in Williams Lake, BC, Canada, in the spring of 2013. It grew out of Phyllis' story of having her shiny new orange shirt taken away on her first day [...]

Every October, we take time to celebrate Foster Family Month in BC. There are over 1,000 children and youth on Vancouver Island right now who are not able to live with their families. They need a temporary home, a safe haven where they can stay while they and their families heal and become strong [...]