Mission Statement
BC Yukon Society of Transition Houses is a centre of excellence enhancing the continuum of services and strategies necessary to end violence against women, youth and children.
What's New
Sex Workers, Clients and the Law - Download PDF here
Enter responses to the 24 HOUR CENSUS SURVEY here
The survey will be available online on Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Conference and Training Information
Aboriginal Capacity Café - Free Event for parents & families of Aboriginal Youth
November 19, 2009 Click here for more info
Engaging & Empowering Aboriginal Youth Webinars More Info
Please register here
For SAVE the dates! Training Announcement Download PDF Training Registration form Download PDF
For BCYSTH Confernce Registration form Download PDF
Engaging and Empowering Aboriginal Youth: A Vancouver Symposium
Over the past 3 years, the CAMH Centre for Prevention Science, in partnership with the BC Yukon Society of Transition Houses and the New Directions, has been developing a toolkit for Service Providers on enhancing programming for Aboriginal youth.
“Engaging and Empowering Aboriginal Youth: A Toolkit for Service Providers” was published in 2009.
BC Yukon Society of Transition Houses is pleased to host Engaging and Empowering Aboriginal Youth: A Vancouver Symposium on Wednesday September 30th, 2009.
Attendees will also receive a copy of the toolkit. Registration is FREE but limited and includes a continental breakfast and lunch.
For event flyer and more information and registration details: Download PDF
Information and Resources on Pandemic Preparedness and it's Critical Impact to Women, Children and Youth Fleeing Violence
Violence against women increases during and after disasters and it is more difficult for women to obtain help. For more information please follow this link http://www.pep.bc.ca/management/Women_in_Disasters_Workbook.pdf to Ending Violence Association of BC ( http://www.endingviolence.org) for Tools for Change: Emergency Management for Women's Services. This workbook helps agencies develop an emergency response plan.
For information on Pandemic Preparedness please follow this link http://www.vch.ca/pandemic to Pandemic Checklist as well, scroll down the page to a link, Homeless & Housing Checklist.
For additional information on H1Ni flu virus (Human Swine Flu) in BC please follow this link http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/kbaltindex.asp and click on HEALTH ALERT.
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For more Health Link BC File topics, visit www.HealthLinkBC.ca/healthfiles/index.stm or your local public health unit.
Click on www.HealthLinkBC.ca or call 8-1-1 for non-emergency health information and services in B.C.
For deaf and hearing-impaired assistance, call 7-1-1 in B.C.
Translation services are available in more than 130 languages on request.
We want to send a specail thanks to: Tony Ng, Nerissa Hall, Erico Nasumento and Jaden Nyberg from Capilano University's Interactive Design - Applied Project Management course and their Instructor Ravi Singh for working with us to develop our new website! Thank You! Launched Dec 4th, 2008
Capilano University's Interactive Design - Applied Project Management course connects Interactive Design students with community organizations that want to develop a new website or update an existing website.
The BCYSTH is in support of the We Can! Coalition. Come join us on December 10th to Celebrate and Acknowledge Human Rights Day, at the Victory Square 198 West Hasting Vancouver BC, this year’s theme “Dignity and justice for all of us”
"Homicides in Domestic Violence Cases in BC Prevention, Intervention and Accountability" lecture notes are now available in the publications section of our website. The BC/Yukon Society of Transition Houses is urging the Provincial Government to establish a Domestic Violence Death Review Committee in BC! Thank you to all those who attended the "Homicides in Domestic Violence Cases in BC Prevention, Intervention and Accountability" lecture on September 27th, 2007 and signed our petition.