Affiliated Organizations 

Commissionaires BC
Fireside Adventures/Creative Toolbox
SCADA
SHER Vancouver
WE CAN Campaign

 

 

COMMISSIONAIRES BC

Commissionaires BC is Canada’s premier security provider, offering a unique combination of integrity, experience and innovation. We have protected people and property for public and private sector clients from coast to coast for more than 80 years.

Commissionaires is a solid Canadian company and more than 19,000 people strong across Canada. We are a well-trained diverse team, of primarily former military and police, of all ages. With the highest industry retention rate, our workforce has the stability and experience to anticipate and resolve problems before they occur and we strive to develop collaborative long-term client relationships.

Fireside Adventures

Fireside Adventures provides recreational multi-day programs where children and youth are presented with outdoor-experiential education training, leadership development and guided adventures. They specialize in working with marginalized youth from Vancouver’s inner city areas and international ESL youth. The main schools they support are Vancouver’s inner city schools. Fireside Adventures is owned and controlled by Creative Toolbox Consulting Inc., considered a leader in community based programming and facilitating.


SCADA (Surrey Coalition Against Domestic Abuse)

 


SHER VANCOUVER

Sher Vancouver is a social and support group for gay and lesbian Punjabi and South Asian people and their friends, families, and allies. Sher's motto is "strength and diversity!". This group provides peer support, social activities, information and referral services. Sher aims to reduce the alienation, isolation, depression, loneliness and suicidal ideation of gay and lesbian South Asian people. Sher Vancouver also hopes to combat homophobia, bullying and racism in the community to bring about more acceptance and tolerance.


Sher recently made history as the first South Asian group of its kind in the 2008 Vancouver Pride Parade

with its "Pride of Bollywood" float. Sher, along with PICS, sponsored the world premier of the film "Rex vs. Singh" as a community partner in the 2008 Vancouver Queen Film Festival. The film was about discrimination against early Sikh settlers in Vancouver. http://www.shervancouver.com

 


WE CAN Campaign

Despite successful actions by women’s organizations over the past three decades, the scale and severity of discrimination and violence against women is rising – even in Canada and British Columbia. Violence against women is both a violation of human rights and an impediment to achieving gender equality. Yet, in many communities in BC, violence against women is accepted as ‘normal behavior’ and women are left to suffer in silence. We Can BC is an alliance of BC-based organizations and individuals from diverse communities who are committed to a long-term and sustained process of changing customs and attitudes that perpetuate violence against women. http://www.wecanbc.ca/