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Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm
3461 Ross Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia

The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems (CSFS), located at UBC Farm, is a unique research centre that aims to understand and fundamentally transform local and global food systems towards a more sustainable, food-secure future. The centre is a living laboratory, committed to finding solutions to both the local and global challenges facing food systems sustainability and translating solutions to improve personal, community, and environmental health.

Keywords: Hunger · Environment · Education and Literacy

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Cerebral Palsy Association of BC
801-409 Granville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia

The Cerebral Palsy Association of British Columbia was started in 1954 by a group of parents who wanted to assist their children living with cerebral palsy to reach their maximum potential within society. Today we are an independent charitable organization governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. We provide support, education, and information throughout BC.

Keywords: Health and Medicine · Disorders

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CGA-Canada Research Foundation
La Fondation De Recherche De CGA-Canada
800-1188 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia

The Research Foundation provides CGA-Canada's philanthropic service to its members and the public. It distributes scholarships for doctoral students and bursaries for talented but disadvantaged youth. It supports research and professional development and it encourages financial literacy among young people.

Keywords: Scholarships · Education and Literacy

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Children's Arts Umbrella Foundation
1286 Cartwright St, Granville Island, Vancouver, British Columbia

We believe that art is for everyone. As a not-for-profit arts education centre, we think access to the highest quality arts education is a basic human right, regardless of your experience, education, socio-economic background or ballet slipper size. We are just for those ages 2 to 19 though, because, well, we love the way kids and youth love the arts.

Keywords: Education and Literacy · Children and Youth

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Chinese Community Policing Centre
118 Keefer St., Vancouver, British Columbia

We are a non-profit organization established in 1992 to serve the Chinese community in police-related matters. Our staff and volunteers provide services in Cantonese, Mandarin and English. All our services are free-of-charge and all information received is treated as confidential.

Keywords: Cultural Centres · Community Services

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Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver
50 East Pender Street, Vancouver, British Columbia

To promote understanding and friendship between the Chinese community and other cultural groups in Canada.

Keywords: Cultural Centres · Community Services

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Chrysalis Society
218, 3369 Fraser St., Vancouver, British Columbia

Supporting women to develop and maintain healthy coping skills, esteem and behaviors; in order to achieve this, women need to be free from addiction and violence.

Keywords: Women · Addictions

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City Centre Care Society
415 West Pender Street, Vancouver, British Columbia

City Centre Care Society provides complex care services, addiction programs and seniors assisted living services in two downtown Vancouver locations. The Society operates two residences: Central City Lodge in downtown Vancouver and Cooper Place.

Keywords: Seniors · Housing

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CJPAC Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee
Branch: Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia

CJPAC is a national, independent, multi-partisan organization. Our mandate is to engage Jewish and pro-Israel Canadians in the democratic process and to foster active political participation. We are dedicated to helping community members build relationships within the Canadian political arena.

Keywords: Politics

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Coast Mental Health Foundation
293 East 11th Avenue., Vancouver, British Columbia

Coast Mental Health was created as a non-profit society in 1972 in response to a growing need in the community for services to assist people recovering from a serious mental illness. We operate in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia providing approximately 1200 people with supportive housing and 3500 clients living in the community with a wide variety of programs and services.

Keywords: Mental Health · Health and Medicine

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Coastal First Nations
409 Granville Street, Suite 1660, Vancouver, British Columbia

The Coastal First Nations is an alliance of First Nations on British Columbia's North and Central Coast and Haida Gwaii. The Coastal First Nations include Wuikinuxv Nation, Heiltsuk, Kitasoo/Xaixais, Nuxalk Nation, Gitga'at, Metlakatla, Old Massett, Skidegate, and Council of the Haida Nation.

Keywords: First Nation and Aboriginal Peoples · Environment

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Coastal Guardian Watchmen Network
409 Granville Street, Suite 1051, Vancouver, British Columbia

First Nations Guardian Watchmen have safeguarded the health of their territorial lands and waters on BC's coast since time immemorial. Today local Guardian Watchmen monitor the health of the plants and animals that have ecological and cultural importance to their communities. They also monitor the impacts of activities such as commercial and sport fishing, logging, and tourism.

Keywords: First Nation and Aboriginal Peoples · Environment

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Co-Development Canada Association
2747 E Hastings Street, Suite 260, Vancouver, British Columbia

CoDevelopment Canada is a B.C.-based NGO that works for social change and global education in the Americas. Founded in 1985 by a group of activists who wanted to go beyond financial aid, CoDev builds partnerships between like-minded organizations in Canada and Latin America to foster learning, social change, and community empowerment.

Keywords: International · Education and Literacy

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Community Builders Benevolence Group
25 Hastings St E, Vancouver, British Columbia

Community Builders International Network is a group of humanitarian organizations operating in Canada, Haiti, Burundi, DR Congo, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Currently, the network consists of 14 partnered organizations using four different primary languages.

Keywords: Poverty · International

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Covenant House Vancouver
575 Drake St, Vancouver, British Columbia

Homeless, lost and afraid, more than 1,500 street-involved youth come to Covenant House Vancouver each year to find sanctuary and a brighter future.

Keywords: Homeless and Housing

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Crisis Intervention & Suicide Prevention Centre for Greater Vancouver
763 E Broadway, Vancouver, British Columbia

The Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre of BC (Crisis Centre) is a non-profit, volunteer organization committed to helping people help themselves and others deal with crisis.

Keywords: Crisis Support

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Dancing to Eagle Spirit Society
4420 Slocan St, Vancouver, British Columbia

The purpose of the society is to advance Native American healing and spiritual principles for aboriginal and non-aboriginal people who self identify as two spirit persons. To educate the public on the Sweat lodge ceremony and other Native American spiritual practices.

Keywords: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender · First Nation and Aboriginal Peoples

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David Suzuki
2211 West 4th Ave, Suite 219, Vancouver, British Columbia

We collaborate with Canadians from all walks of life, including government and business, to conserve our environment and find solutions that will create a sustainable Canada through science-based research, education and policy work.

Keywords: Environment

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Deafblind Services Society of British Columbia
3369 Fraser St, Suite 212, Vancouver, British Columbia

At Deafblind Services we believe that every person who is Deafblind should have access to the world around them. Our goal is to provide that access. With supported communication, individuals who are Deafblind can increase their independence and safely access the world around them.

Keywords: Health and Medicine · Disorders

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Design for Development Society
1424 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, British Columbia

The Design For Development Society (DFD) is a Vancouver-based, registered Canadian charity dedicated to using design as a problem-solving tool to address issues in poverty-stricken areas of the world. DFD aims to reduce poverty and increase community self-reliance through demonstrated and advocated use of the design process.

Keywords: Poverty · International

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The Arthritis Society

The Arthritis Society is dedicated to a vision of living well while creating a future without arthritis. The Society is Canada's principal health charity providing education, programs and support to the over 4.6 million Canadians living with arthritis.

West Coast LEAF

West Coast LEAF is the first and only organization in BC dedicated to promoting women’s equality through the law.

Alzheimer Society of BC

The Alzheimer Society of B.C. exists to alleviate the personal and social consequences of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, to promote public awareness and to search for the causes and the cure.

Youth Initiative Vancouver

High school students in Vancouver are all equipped with veritable arsenals of skills and experiences that they have accumulated from their experiences such as their education, their hobbies, or their culture. If we were to match volunteers with specific jobs that matched their skills and experiences, we believe that the volunteers will work more efficiently and contentedly. More importantly, they will have the opportunity for rapid personal development in a field in which they are interested.
These opportunities will come from many different sources, and it is the job of Youth Initiative Vancouver to connect with these sources and search through all our registered volunteers for individuals with matching portfolios. We will continually monitor and evaluate our registered volunteers to ensure their commitment and quality of work.

Atira Women's Resource Society

Atira Women's Resource Society (Atira) is a not-for-profit organization committed to the work of ending violence against women through providing direct service, as well as working to increase awareness of and education around the scope and impact on our communities of men's violence against women and children.

UBC Occupational Therapy and Heath Sciences

Originally a division within the School of Rehabilitation Sciences, the Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy emerged in July 2007. The department offers a wide array of educational and research opportunities, including an entry to practice graduate program: Master of Occupational Therapy, MOT; graduate research programs: MSc and PhD; and post-professional online: Master of rehabilitation science, MRSc and certificate programs.

UBC Life Sciences Circle

UBC Life Sciences Circle is an outreach program for high school students. We offer free events to all high schools students who are interested in pursuing life sciences. Our sessions usually consist of a lecture given by a guest lecturer about a topic of their interest. Then we will proceed to further explore this topic either by visiting a lab, doing problem solving activities and discussions. There will be an opportunity for students to mingle with UBC students and ask questions about life science programs/courses, along with general inquiries about university life.

Car Free Day Vancouver

Car Free Day is a completely volunteer-led festival that occurs every year in June to celebrate healthier and happier communities - by promoting active transportation, community engagement and sustainability!

Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm

The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems (CSFS), located at UBC Farm, is a unique research centre that aims to understand and fundamentally transform local and global food systems towards a more sustainable, food-secure future. The centre is a living laboratory, committed to finding solutions to both the local and global challenges facing food systems sustainability and translating solutions to improve personal, community, and environmental health.

The Ride to Conquer Cancer Benefiting BC Cancer Foundation

The Ride is a unique 2 day cycling journey from Vancouver to Seattle, August 29th - 30th, 2015 that inspires awareness, ignites hope, and raises funds benefiting the BC Cancer Foundation. The Ride to Conquer Cancer is growing in strength and numbers and this year we are recruiting an even larger volunteer team to help us make the weekend as organized and as enjoyable as possible for all involved. Since it's inception in 2009 the Ride has raised nearly $60 Million in support of Cancer Research in BC.

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