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Cowichan Region
Local Government websites
Community Organizations

BC and Beyond
Community Planning
Government - BC
BC Based Women's Organizations
Other BC-based Organizations
Canada - Government and Non-government Organizations
Women's Community Safety Organizations and Sites
Women and Participation Web Sites of Interest
Community Safety and Community Development Sites

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Cowichan Region - Local Government websites
City of Duncan
Cowichan Valley Regional District
District of North Cowichan
Town of Ladysmith
Town of Lake Cowichan

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Cowichan Region - Community Organizations
Community Options Society
Cowichan Family Life Association
Cowichan United Way
FutureCorp Cowichan
Social Planning Cowichan
Volunteer Cowichan

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Community Planning
Canadian Institute of Planners
CivicInfo local government information sharing
Creative Spaces A toolkit for participatory urban design
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Intergovernmental Committee on Urban and Regional Research (ICURR)
Local Government Institute
Local Government Management Association of BC
Planning Institute of BC
School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC
Smart Growth B.C.
Social Planning and Research Council of BC (SPARC)
The City Program at Simon Fraser University
The Neighbourhood Initiatives Foundation (UK)
The Planning Network (Canada and US)
The Union of BC Municipalities (CivicNetBC)

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Government of BC
BC Stats
Ministry of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services
Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General

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Other BC-based Organizations
AMSSA The Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies
Annie's Place Transition House
BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres
BC Coalition of People with Disabilities
BC Crime Prevention Association
BC Healthy Communities
BC Safe School Centre
First Call BC
GALE BC (Gay and Lesbian Educators of BC)
International Centre for the Prevention of Crime
Justice Institute of BC
Povnet
School Based Violence Prevention - a resource manual
Seniors Network of BC
SPARC BC (Social Planning and Research Council)

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BC-based Women's Organizations
BC and Yukon Society of Transition Houses
BC Association of Specialized Victim Assistance and Counselling Programs
BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
BC Coalition of Women's Centres
BC Institute Against Family Violence
BC Rural Women's Project
Battered Women's Support Services
FREDA (Feminist Research, Education, Development, and Action)
Justice for Girls
Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter
Vancouver Status of Women
West Coast Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)
Women Against Violence Against Women

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Canada - Government and Non-government Organizations
Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Canadian Council on Social Development
Canadian Crime Prevention Centre
Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women
Canadian Rural Partnership Program
Canadian Social Research Links
Canadian Women's Health Network
Campaign 2000 - End Child Poverty in Canada
Department of Justice Canada
IMPACS - Institute for Media, Policy, and Civil Society
National Clearinghouse on Family Violence
National Crime Prevention Centre
Statistics Canada
Status of Women Canada
Tamarack An Institute for Community Engagement
The Canadian Women's Information Centre
The Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation
Women's Health Bureau

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Women's Community Safety Organizations and Sites
METRAC (Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children)
Saltspring Women Opposed to Violence and Abuse
The Safe Women Project (Australia)
UN-HABITAT: Safer Cities Programme
Women in Cities International
Women's Design Services (UK)

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Women and Participation Web Sites of Interest
Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women
Equal Voice
Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance
International Centre for Municipal Development
International Union of Local Authorities
Interparliamentary Union
National Action Committee on the Status of Women
Womennet Canada's virtual women's information centre.

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Women's Community Safety Organizations and Sites
Community Safety and Crime Prevention Council of Waterloo
NACRO
Lawlink
Young Foundation
Enterprise Foundation

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