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The Pacific Post Partum Support Society (PPPSS) offers support to women and their families who are experiencing postpartum depression and/or anxiety (PPD/A), as well as to women who are pregnant and experiencing emotional distress. The Society's support program is based on a self-help/mutual aid model. Trained group facilitators and telephone volunteers support mothers attending PPPSS groups throughout the Lower Mainland of BC, and during public phone hours staff provide helpful information and understanding support to callers (Tel. 604-255-7999). PPPSS also offers information nights for partners; interactive talks at mother and baby groups; workshops, lectures and training programs for interested groups and professionals; and free information in print. Publications for sale dealing with PPD/A include "A Self-Help Guide for Mothers", "Un guide pratique pour les méres", "A Reference Manual for Group Facilitators", and "A Reference Manual for Telephone Support Volunteers".

Serving Eastern Ontario since 1933, St. Mary's Home is a social service agency in Ottawa that provides a full range of programs and services for young pregnant women, young moms and dads, and their infants and young children. Goals for teen parents include: having a healthy pregnancy and birth; becoming effective parents with happy, healthy child; continuing education. Services are offered in a respectful, nurturing environment and in partnership with the community.

The Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA) helps individuals and organizations to connect across cultures. We provide information, support and tools to help immigrants reach their goals. By engaging people through networks, education and arts programming we create a welcoming community. ICA offers services for newcomers, including settlement and integration counseling, translation and interpretation, English classes, mentoring, volunteer matching and peer support. We also provide outreach and education in the community through arts programming, as well as workshops on anti-racism, multiculturalism, diversity awareness, immigration and human rights.

CLA-ACE provides opportunities for the Canadian legal community to become more actively involved in understanding and providing solutions to pressing good governance, rule of law and human rights issues. CLA-ACE pursues its mission by: (1) Helping Canadian law students become the next generation of Canadian citizens and leaders committed to using their legal skills to improve the lives of others; (2) Offering concrete, hands-on domestic and international activities and projects for Canadian lawyers and law students; (3) Raising awareness among the Canadian public about challenging international legal issues.

SURVIVOR'S HOPE PROGRAMS: SARAH provides trained support workers (24/7) who offer crisis support to survivors and secondary victims of sexual assault. Our workers provide individual support, information sharing, referrals, and follow-up contacts. Emergency contact with SARAH is usually made through the RCMP or the Emergency department at our local hospitals. SADI helps youth develop healthy relationships, avoid potential violence, and understand the factors that contribute to abuse. Our school-age (Grades 6, 8, 10 and 12) workshops address the issues of sexual violence and relationship abuse, as well as topics which cover the aspects of a healthy self image and healthy relationships. The ultimate goal of the SADI program is to help keep students safe. REACHING OUT builds on the SADI and SARAH programs. We are reaching out to women to improve access to resources that will help them identify abuse, seek support and break the sense of isolation rural women often experience.

Founded on a core commitment to the ideals of service and engagement, our work centres on the themes of Education, Conservation, Women's Initiatives, Economic Opportunities, Multimedia & Digital Technology and Social Entrepreneurship. Through these initiatives, our goal is to establish a portal for developing new partnerships and synergies that can help create alternative pathways toward a strong, healthy and more sustainable future on the Tibetan Plateau. To read more about our work, please visit: www.machik.org.

Since 1988, the Festival has been part of the cultural and social ecology of the province. We are the only international and multi-disciplinary performing arts festival dedicated to the children in Saskatchewan, and we believe that creative, diverse and culturally aware communities don't happen by accident. A tolerant and vibrant society ready to face the challenges of the future results from planting seeds of inspiration, nurturing through participating and fun, and creating space for ideas to take root and reach for the sun. Imagination grows strong when we feed it the right stuff --- the confidence to try something new, the perspective to see something in a fresh way, the compassion to connect with those in a different situation.

Integration Action for Inclusion in Education and Community (Ontario) is an action-oriented association, parent support group consisting of parents, educators and concerned citizens, who are advocates for the inclusion of all children in their neighbourhood schools and in the community. We believe that all children have the right to a quality education that will prepare them for a full and productive life in the community. It is our belief that the best way to prepare children who need extra support is to educate them alongside their peers. This is achieved through individualized programming and supports for all children. Successful inclusion of a child needing extra support benefits not only the child, but also his or her friends and peers, the education system and society as a whole.

To serve as the global repository of historical documents, artifacts, film, and books related to the development of the PR profession. Just as important, we teach students the role of PR in shaping culture, politics and business throughout history. As the world's only such archive for PR materials, we host hundreds of students and scholars from around the world each year. We also produce free events for students showcasing the role of women and minorities in our history-- individuals left out of the textbooks.

Concordia fosters a dynamic intellectual environment... …marked by students engaged in learning both inside and outside the classroom, by faculty dedicated to excellence in teaching, mentoring, and professional achievement, and by a rich blend of rigorous undergraduate programs. Concordia delivers a distinctive education… …That integrates fields of study, connects theory to practice, combines liberal with professional education, and promotes interaction between campus life and classroom learning in order to form men and women who will flourish in an increasing diverse and interconnected world.