When you contact our community office, my staff and I will do everything we can to assist or to direct you to referrals in the community. We are not able to intervene in legal processes, or give legal advice, and we are most effective in assistance with the Provincial level of government. To speak with David Eby (by appointment) or staff, please call 604-660-1297 or email at david.eby.mla@leg.bc.ca.
If we are not available and you need immediate assistance, contact Service BC.
Service BC is available 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Pacific Time.
Canada:
1-888-268-4319
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Local Governance
- Federal Member of Parliament – Joyce Murray, M.P.
- City of Vancouver
- Vancouver City Councillors
- Vancouver Park Board Commissioners
- Metro Vancouver Electoral Area A Director – Jen McCutcheon
- Alma Mater Society (UBC Student Government)
- UBC Board of Governors
- University Neighborhoods Association
- University Endowment Lands
- Vancouver School Board (also for UBC/UEL)
- Vancouver School Trustees (elected)
- Musqueam FN
- Squamish FN
- Tsleil-Waututh FN
Legal Assistance, Civil Rights, Advocacy
- Access Pro Bono
- Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) BC
- Tenant’s Resource & Advisory Centre (TRAC)
- Legal Aid BC
- UBC Law Student’s Legal Advice program (subject to student availability)
- Office of the BC Human Rights Commissioner
- BC Human Rights Tribunal
- People’s Law School-self help resources
- BCCivilLibertiesUnion (only for police complaints and civil liberties violations)
- Office of the Seniors Advocate
- Disability Alliance
- Society for Children and Youth of BC
- Representative for Children and Youth, BC
- Battered Women’s Support Services
- VictimLinkBC
- Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
Housing, Assistance for Renters, and Tenant Rights
- Residential Tenancy Branch
- Tenant’s Resource & Advisory Centre (TRAC)
- BC Housing: apply to the Housing Registry
- BC Housing: Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters (SAFER) supplement
- BC Housing: Rental Assistance Program (RAP) supplement
- Co-op Housing Federation of BC
- City of Vancouver Renters Assistance (including renter inquiry line)
- Landlord BC
- Vancouver Rent Bank
- Vancouver Tenants Union
Employment & Income Assistance
- Child and Family benefits calculator
- Employment Insurance (EI-Regular)
- Employment Insurance Sickness Benefit (federal)
- Maternity and Paternity Benefit (federal)
- Caregiving Benefit(federal)
- Disability Assistance (BC)
- Income Assistance (BC)
- Affordable Childcare Benefit (BC)
- Employment Standards Branch
- WorkBC
- *Report unsafe worksite: WorksafeBC Prevention Hotline at 1-888-621-7233
- Worksafe BC
Health
If you have mild respiratory symptoms please do NOT go to an Emergency Department or UPCC for testing. Self-isolate for 14 days after symptom onset and until your fever has returned to normal. Call 811 if your condition significantly worsens. Call 911 if you are in need of emergency care.
- COVID-19 BC
- Daily updates with Chief Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry and Health Min. Adrian Dix
- BCCDC-Covid19
- COVID-19 Canada
- Text 1-604-630-0300
- Call 1-888-COVID19
- Self-Assessment Tool COVID-19
- HealthLInkBC health advice and 811 ask a nurse hotline
- Urgent Primary Care Centres
- Vancouver Coastal Health
- Vancouver Coastal Health Patient Quality Care Office
- Current Vancouver /UBC emergency wait times
- Medimap of Walk in Clinics
- Medical Services Plan (MSP) information for BC residents
- Pharmacare
Seniors Services
- BC Senior’s Guide
- Call 211 (United Way hotline) to connect to volunteers in your neighbourhood who want to help =
- Office of the BC Seniors Advocate
- Better at Home Program for light housekeeping and assistance
- City of Vancouver programs and services for Seniors
- Kits House Seniors Resource Centre
- Seniors First BC
- Home Adaptations for Independence Program
Child Care Resources
- Vancouver Westside Childhood Development Hub
- West Coast Childcare Resource Centre
- Affordable Childcare Benefit
- $10 a day ChildCare BC Centres
Business Resources
- West 4th Business Improvement Association (BIA)
- West Broadway BIA
- Point Grey Village BIA
- Kitsilano Chamber of Commerce
- Starting a business
- Small Business BC
- Work-BC Starting a Small Business Checklist
Grants
- Local Governments Grants Database
- Vancouver Foundation
- Neighbourhood Small Grants-Westside Vancouver
- Neighbourhood Small Grants-UBC/UNA
- Ask us to request a search through the Legislative Librarian
Homeless and Shelter Resources
- Carnegie Homelessness Services Outreach Program
- Temporary Modular Housing Application
- BC Housing – The housing registry application
- Atira Women’s Resource Society
- Shelter Safe (for women and children)
- 211 Shelter List
Food Security/Farmers Markets
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank
- Quest Food Exchange
- UBC Student Food Bank
- Vancouver Farmers Markets
- UBC Farm
How can I help? How can I connect? Local Community Resources, Connections, and Volunteers COVID-19 crisis
Facebook group: Van Westsiders United
Facebook group: Kitsilano Cares
Facebook group: COVID-19 coming together Vancouver
Misc.
- Government Benefits Finder
- Getting Married in BC
- Getting/Replacing Birth Certificates
- Death Registration and Certificates
- BC Government Ministries
- Legislative Assembly of BC
- Find your MLA – Member of Legislature for BC
- Find your MP – Member of Parliament for Canada