Suggested Websites
Links for
Everyone
Information for families on a variety of topics such as balancing work and life, care-giving, connecting generations, couple relationships, family life, friendship and community, parenting and suicide awareness. Includes a direct link to Family Connections Magazine.
A public education website that includes a wide range of helpful articles on the health, well-being, development, and care of children. A website with lots of links and online articles for children and parents. Collaborative Divorce & Separation is an interdisciplinary team, divorce process that can help you to resolve disputes arising out of divorce & separation without resort to costly litigation and adversarial court processes.
Although this is an American site with some American-specific information, it provides a good overview of the mediation process. Legal information on divorce and child custody. The Esquimalt Military Family Resource Centre is a non-profit agency that provides services and programs to families of military members. Provides information about family law options and assistance for parents, guardians and other family members. Information from the Law Society of British Columbia. Although this is a short website with US addresses, it offers a quick and easy to understand overview of the divorce mediation process. Support for UVic students with families. Offering resources, drop-in groups, workshops, special events, recreational activities and support. A great resource for families that contains numerous articles on issues concerning Canadian families, lists several family newsletters to subscribe to, provides FAQ's and has many links to other sites related to Canadian families and family issues.
Provides information, services and support to the child-care community in British Columbia. Services are available to child-care providers, parents, students, policy makers, government, educators, employers, researchers, community organizations and the general public throughout the province. This website contains helpful child-care information for parents and caregivers such as general daycare information, licensing regulations, a checklist for selecting child-care, regulations for family child care in BC, steps to obtaining license and training information and many helpful childcare links. The Youth and Society Research Group and the University of Victoria.
An online magazine for parents. A public education website that includes a wide range of helpful articles on the health, well-being, development, and care of children. A directory that evaluates, describes and provides links to hundreds of sites containing child development research and practical advice. Topics are selected on the basis of parent recommendations, covering all ages from early child development through adolescence. This software is
designed to quickly create multiple-year child access
schedules. We have not yet received feedback from families on the
utility
of this software and thus we cannot promote it directly, but we include
the link here for informative purposes.
A website devoted
to helping parents make informed decisions about divorce
by providing a wealth of articles and resources on divorce procedures,
parenting, and custody issues.
An American website with links to many useful sites. Information for
families in BC experiencing separation and divorce.
Provides information on a variety of family related topics such as outings for kids, raising kids, tips from working moms, and medical topics. Provides information about family law options and assistance for parents, guardians and other family members. Information for parents on getting children through a divorce.
For parents of teens. A
nonprofit membership organization dedicated to successful stepfamily
living. Site includes a list of books
relevant to stepfamilies, information on stepfamily law and policy,
educational resources, and a
forum for members of stepfamilies.
A website
advertising a scheduling program to help families with scheduling
between separate households and managing information. We have not
yet received feedback from families on the utility of this scheduling
program
and thus we cannot promote it directly, but we include the link here
for
informative purposes.
Based in
Missouri, this online resource provides parenting information, support,
and links to relevant parenting resources on the Web.
Suggestions and information for parents. Information to help parents deal constructively with divorce issues in order to reduce the trauma to their children. This website provides an overview of the services offered by the Single Parent Resource Centre in Victoria, BC. Available services include counselling, life skills & parenting workshops, clothing & bread pantry, and furniture & household goods exchange. A short website with helpful hints.
This website describes the services offered by this organization serving families in Victoria, BC and the surrounding area who have been affected by separation, divorce, or family re-organization. The centre offers counselling, emotional support, information, and referral services. Provides information, services and support to the child-care community in British Columbia. Services are available to child-care providers, parents, students, policy makers, government, educators, employers, researchers, community organizations and the general public throughout the province. This website contains helpful child-care information for parents and caregivers such as general daycare information, licensing regulations, a checklist for selecting child-care, regulations for family child care in BC, steps to obtaining license and training information and many helpful childcare links.
A Canadian website for lawyers that has articles from various newspapers concerning family legalities. As a division of the Justice Institute of BC, the Centre for Conflict Resolution offfers training and services in interpersonal conflict resolution, interest-based negotiation, facilitative mediation and peacemaking and restorative justice. From the Law Society of British Columbia. Please contact us at fmrig@uvic.ca if you have difficulty opening any of these links. Thank you! |
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31 January 07 |