Links
Addictions, Alcohol, Drug & Behavioural Addictions
- Alcohol Screening
- online assessment on habits involving alcohol
- provides information on alcohol
- Partners in addictions & Mental Health
- Stories & resources about & for people with addictions & Mental Health issues. Contains discussion forums and screening tests.
- Alcohol Problem & Solutions
- information on issues related to alcohol
- things are better
- Tips on alcohol, drugs & gambling to help you think more clearly about your choices
- www.drugabuse.gov
- info on a large variety of street and other illicit drugs and their effects, etc.,
- sexhelp.com
- describes sexual addiction; behaviour patterns, assessments, resources, articles, & forum
- AA North American headquarters
- Info about Alocholic Anonymous, Resources, meeting finder
- Narcotics Anonymous
- Info about Narcotics Anonymous, Resources, meeting finder
- 12 step speakers
- transformational stories from a variety of 12 step group members
- Daily Strength
- Comprehensive Network on many health & addictions topics
ADD & ADHD
- www.newideas.net
- information library on attention deficit disorder & ad with hyperactive disorder
- www.add.org
- Attention Deficit Disorder Association. Articles, fact sheets, newsletter, conferences
- www.chadd.org
- Children & adults with AD/HD. Community network & support, links, and info
- www.help4adhd.org/library.cfm
- library of issues relating to AD/HD for all ages
- Add / Adhd - Helpguide
- topcis include effects, strategies, parenting & more
Anxiety / Stress
- The Wheel of Awareness - Dr. Daniel Siegel
- Guided Meditation to enhance neural functioning
- Guided Imagery & Relaxation: mindbodylab UTexas
- Guided Imagery & Relaxation
- Anxiety
- Wikipedia aricle; comprehensive defiinition
- Anxiety
- comprehensive disscussion of anxiety
- Treating Anxiety & Stress Naturally
- Basic suggestion on treating Anxiety through diet & lifestyle
- Are you Stressed or Anxious?
- Basic information on Stress & Anxiety
- 52 Proven Stress Reductors
- Tips & Practical Strategies to reduce stress
- The Healthy Mind Platter
- 7 essential daily tasks for healthy neural functioning
- Living Life to the Fullest
- Includes an online course in Cognitive & Behavioural strategies for dealing with anxiety, mood difficulties, motivation, lot's of practical suggestions
Cancer
- Young Adult Cancer Canada
- Information, support, projects, skills & community
Career Exploration & Links
- Career & Life Planning
- VIU's page on Career Planning. Links to other pages and comprehensive webistes including Education planning
- Strong Interest Inventory
- One of the most widely used interest assessment tools used in North America to aid career exploration.
Depression
- Depression
- Wikipedia; definition on Depression
- Depression - tips from Helpguide
- Comprehensive dissusion on depression & recovery
- http://pc.brooklyn.cuny.edu/DEPFLY.HTM
- coping with depression
- Living Life to the Fullest
- Includes an online course in Cognitive & Behavioural strategies for dealing with anxiety, mood difficulties, motivation, lot's of practical suggestions
Disordered Eating: Resources in British Columbia
- Kelty Resource Centre
- BC resource for children, youth, families & young adults
- The Looking Glass Foundation
- BC resource; videos, summer camp, email questions
- National Eating Disorder Information Centre
- Information, resources, library
- Association for Anorexia & Associated Eating Disorders
- Community involvement, treatment locater, excellent video resource library
Disordered Eating: Body Image, Information & Resources
- www.bibri.com/home
- Body image betrayal and related issues
- www.bodypositive.com
- Body Positive
- Eating Disorders - Disordered Culture
- Stories, Signs & Symptoms, Resources
- Eating Disorder Recovery
- Eating Disorder recover: Information & Links
- www.empoweredparents.com
- resources for parents
- www.pale-reflections.com
- Articles, support for family and friends
- www.something-fishy.org
- Information, online support, chat room
Diversity
- Diversity Team | Welcome! - Central Island Multi-Cultural Society
- Question & answer forum, information
- Diversity Issues - from a counselling perspective
- Ranges in issues from white priviledge, black white marriages, different spiritual disciplines to transpersonal psychology
First Nations / Aboriginal
- Services for Aboriginal Students - VIU
- Gathering Place, Elders, Support & Information
- www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/acp/site.nsf/en
- News, employment, political issues, list of national aboriginal service organizations
- www.viu.ca/firstnations
- programs & resources for aboriginal students at Vancouver Island University
- www.hiddenfromhistory.org
- Dedicated to voicing untold stories and exposing coverups of abuse to Canada's First Nations
- pafc.shawbiz.ca/links.html
- local links
- National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation
- Celbrating Achievements also includes Scholarships & Bursaries
Gay, Lesbian, Bi & Transgendered Resources
- Positive Space - VIU alliance for creating community
- Workshops, FAQ's, Mythbusters, Resources & much more.
- Nanaimo Pride
- Local Community resource in Nanaimo
- Qmunity - Vancouver
- Resources, Events, Prideline
- 2 spirits
- National Organization; information, resources, articles
Health
- Campus Recreation
at VIU
- Activities, events, gym hours, fitness classes, etc.
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- information & articles on health topics & diseases for all ages &special interest groups
- www.athealth.com
- Comprehensive site providing information, links, & resources on all issues pertaining to Mental Health
HIV / AIDS
- Aids Vancouver Island
- Information, Resources & Support
- Positive Living BC
- Resources & Support
- Healing our Spirit
- HIV community education & Resource for Aboriginal persons
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Statistics & information on HIV / AIDs
Infertility
- Infertility Awareness Association of Canada
- Resources, stories, education to do with infertility
Inter-Cultural Transition
- Training Resource for Studying Abroad
- For North Americans studying worldwide
Insomnia
- Guide to healthy sleep
- What sleep is, how it works, benefits & sleep issues
- Sleep - Topic Guide - Helpguide.org
- comprehensive discussion on sleep & insomnia
- Insomnia - Scholarpedia
- Brief discussion on key elements of Insomnia
- Development and Treatment of Insomnia
- Indepth article includes Spielman's 3 P model
- Sleep Diary
- online form
- A great strategy for understanding your insomnia
- Improving Your Sleep
- Sleep Hygiene and some beliefs about sleep
- sleeping - helpguide
- comprehensive discussion on sleep & insomnia
- Sleep
- Brief interactive overview of issues - SFU
Immigration
- http://www.cvims.org
- Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society
- Services to immigrants and visible minorities: support on immigration issues, finding work, workshops on dealing with racism, English classes and much more
Lifelong Learning
- Canadian Council on Learning / Conseil canadien sur l'apprentissage
- Dedicated to support all forms of learning at all stages of life
Media Literacy & Advocacy
- www.about-face.org
- Media Education to promote positive self-esteem in girls & women
- www.adbusters.org/home
- Media activism to promote shifts in existing power structures
- www.adiosbarbie.com
- Info to promote positive body image & those who challenge the system
- www.medialit.org
- Dedicated to developing curriculi for media education for a variety of groups in a various disciplines
- www.dosomething.org
- Chatrooms and info on topics to promote activisim
- www.media-awareness.ca
- Promotion of Critical Thinking of media messages that inform or entertain
- www.mediawatch.com
- Challening Racisim, Sexism & Violence through Education & Activism
Mental Illness
- Partners in Mental Health & Addictions
- Stories & resources about & for people with addictions & Mental Health issues. Contains discussion forums and screening tests
- Mental Health Help Guide
- Alphabetized list of Mental Health issues with basic but comprehensive information and resources
Mindfulness
- Dr. Daniel Siegel
- Audio Video presentations on mindsight, breath awareness, healthy mind platter
- Centre for Mindfulness in Medicine, health care & Society
- Dr. John Kabat-Zinn
- Mind & Life Institute
- MindfulNet - videos on Mindfulness meditation
Parenting
- www.dadsanddaughters.org
- resources & articles to improve father/daughter parenting – addresses many taboo topics
- www.girlsinc.org
- dedicated to helping girls be strong, smart, & bold; addresses societal messages about value and potential
- www.kidshelp.sympatico.ca
- resources, help lines, articles for youth
- www.newmoon.org
- magazine dedicated to hosting a forum for girls
Personality Tests
- peronality tests
- variety of personality tests (some free)
- Learning Styles Questionairre
- Free, online auditory, visual, kinestenic learning styles inventory
Positive Psychology
- www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/hfrance/inspiring_quotes.htm
- inspiring quotes on generosity, life, selflessness, experience, love, and effort
- Dr. Marty Seligman
- Positive Psychology at university of Pensylvania; assessments on strengths & positive attributes, articles on positive psychology
- news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/happiness_formula/4888706.stm
- qualitative research article on how people define happiness
- www.apa.org/monitor/mar06/pride.html
- article on positive and negative sides of pride
- www.meaning.ca
- the international network on personal meaning
- Cinema Therapy
- Links topics of interest with Movies
Relaxation
- Guided Imagery & Relaxation: mindbodylab UTexas
- Guided Imagery & Relaxation
- The Wheel of Awareness - Dr. Daniel Siegel
- Guided Meditation to enhance neural functioning
Trauma
- Dr. John Briere
- Articles, books and links
- Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing
- therapy for treatment of trauma, stories
- www.traumahealing.com
- home for somatic experiencing: naturalistic approaches to healing trauma
Sexual Health
- Sexuality and U
- interactive, games, information, videos, birth control, infections
Sexual Abuse – Men
- www.malesurvivor.org
- mythbusters, facts, retreats, chatroom
- www.noharmm.org
- site dedicated to halting the practice of male circumcision “routine male mutilization”
- kalimunro.com/article_malesurvivors.html
- article on impact by Male perpetrators on heterosexual and gay sexual identity – links to other articles
- BC Society for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse
- BC Society for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Sexual Abuse – Women
- Haven Society: Nanaimo area resource for women
- Counselling, transition homes, victim services, children's counselling
- www.oneangrygirl.net
- articles & personal stories on a topics of concern for girls & women from pornography to exploitive corporations; this site will move you
- www.911rape.org
- Information on impact, issues for students & youth, what to do; rape treatment centre
Stress - see also Anxiety / Stress
- Stress - helpguide
- comprehensive discussion on stress & related topics (ex. relaxation)
Study Skills
- www.howtostudy.org
- lists all issues related to study skills from time managements & goals setting to study skills for specific subjects, how to read, how to listen, and tests on your learning styles
- Study Guides and Strategies
- Comprehensive Website on Study skills & Learning Strategies
- A Comprehensive List of Educational Resources
- Elementary Resources in Math, Science, Social Studies & Language Arts
- Learning Styles Questionairre
- Free, online auditory, visual, kinestenic learning styles inventory
- 10 Effective Study Habits
- Avoid Homework - VIU resource sheet
- CourseAssignmentTrackingWorksheet
- Memory Improvement - comprehensesive website on memory
- Mind Mapping - basics on uses of mindmapping
- Overcoming Procrastination - VIU resource sheet
- Procrastination - Cal Poly
- Very comprehensive analysis of possible issues underlying procrastination
- Reading Difficult Material - VIU Resource sheet
- Time Management - Taming Time
Studying Abroad
- www.viu.ca/educationabroad
- information for VIU Students wanting to study abroad
Volunteering
- http://www.volunteernanaimo.ca
- Nanaimo volunteer society; refers volunteers to and provides a variety of services to non-profit agencies in the Nanaimo area
Women’s Health & Self Help
- www.cwhn.ca
- Canadian Women’s Health Network
- www.caaws.ca
- Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women in Sport and Physical Activity
- www.melpomene.org
- Resource & Research Centre to promote physical activity in girls & women
- www.owhn.on.ca
- Ontario Women’s Health Network
- www.selfhelp.on.ca
- Self Help Resource Centre
- www.goddesscards.net
- affirmations / goddess greeting cards
- www.oneangrygirl.net
- articles & personal stories on a topics of concern for girls & women from pornography to exploitive corporations that invite activism
Workplace Conflict
- www.viu.ca/conflict
- strategies for dealing with conflicts in the work place
Youth
- http://www.nysa.bc.ca/CommunityPartners.html
- Nanaimo Youth Services Organization: links to various services in Nanaimo area