AMSSA is committed to supporting its Member Societies and Service Agencies who serve immigrants, refugees, and culturally diverse communities in BC. As the only affiliation in Canada that includes both multicultural and immigrant settlement organizations, AMSSA is uniquely positioned to effectively express their needs and concerns to business, government, and the general public. Together with the drive and commitment of our 85 Members, AMSSA acts as the voice of diversity in BC, in the pursuit of a just and equitable society that values Canada's cultural diversity.

There are many benefits to membership with AMSSA -our 2001-2003 strategic priorities highlight AMSSA's commitment to building Member Agencies' capacity through effective communication, facilitation, and collaboration. This year, 2002-2003, we will continue to effectively assist our Membership by:

For further information on the benefits of membership with AMSSA, or for an application package, please call 604-718-2778 (toll free: 1-888-355-5560) or email amssa@amssa.org. We will be happy to assist you!

Members' Directory

A complete membership list as of May 2008 follows. (To visit a Member Agency website simply click on the URL)

Phone:  (604) 684 8171
Fax:     (604) 681 3589
Email:   s411@411seniors.bc.ca
URL:      www.411seniors.bc.ca

ASSOCIATION OF BC TEACHERS OF ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (TEAL)
206 - 640 West Broadway
Vancouver, BC V5Z 1G4

Phone:  (604) 736-6330
Fax:      (604) 736-6306
Email:   admin[at]bcteal.org
URL:      www.bcteal.org

ASSOCIATION OF NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSES OF GREATER VANCOUVER
203-3102 Main Street
Vancouver, BC V5T 3G7

Phone:  (604) 875-9111
Fax:      (604) 875-1256
Email:   central[at]anhgv.org
URL:      www.anhgv.org

BC CONFEDERATION OF PARENT ADVISORY COUNCILS
350-5172 Kingsway
Burnaby, BC V5H 2E8

Phone:  (604) 687-4433
Fax:      (604) 687-4488
Email:   info[at]bccpac.bc.ca
URL:      www.bccpac.bc.ca

BC HUMAN RIGHTS COALITION
#1202- 510 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 1L8

Phone:  (604) 689-8474 or 1-877-689-8474
Fax:      (604) 689-7511
Email:   info[at]bchrcoalition.org
URL:      www.bchrcoalition.org

BC TEACHERS FEDERATION - Social Justice Program
100 - 550 West 6th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5Z 4P2

Phone:  (604) 871-2283
Fax:      (604) 871-2294
Email:   listsupport[at]bctf.ca
URL:      www.bctf.ca

Phone:  (604) 659 2200
Fax:      (604) 299-9731
Email:   info[at]burnabyfamilylife.org
URL:      www.burnabyfamilylife.org

CAMPBELL RIVER & AREA MULTICULTURAL & IMMIGRANT SERVICES ASSOCIATION
Room A114-740 Robron Road
Campbell River BC, V9W 6J7

Phone:  (250) 830-0171
Fax:      (250) 830-1010
Email:    info[at]crmisa.ca
URL:      www.crmisa.ca

CANADIAN JEWISH CONGRESS (PACIFIC REGION)
Suite 801 - 1166 Alberni Street
Vancouver, BC V6E 3Z3

Phone:  (604) 622-4240
Fax:      (604) 622-4244
Email:   cjcpr[at]cjc.ca
URL:      www.cjc.ca

CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION - BC Division
1200 - 1111 Melville Street
Vancouver, BC V6E 3V6

Phone:  (604) 688-3234
Fax:      (604) 688-3236
Email:   info[at]cmha.bc.ca
URL:      www.cmha.bc.ca

CANADIAN RED CROSS - Lower Mainland Region - Abuse Prevention Services
3400 Lake City Way
Burnaby, BC V5A 4Y2

Phone:  (604) 709-6600
Fax:      (604) 709-6675
Email:   beatrice.adjoury[at]redcross.ca
URL:      www.redcross.ca

CENTRAL VANCOUVER ISLAND MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY
114 - 285 Prideaux Street
Nanaimo, BC V9R 2N2

Phone:  (250) 753-6911
Fax:      (250) 753-4250
Email:   admin[at]cvims.org
URL:      www.cvims.org

CENTRE OF INTEGRATION FOR AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS
811 Carnarvon Street
New Westminster, BC V3M 1E9

Phone:  (604) 759-0240
Fax:      (604) 759-9202
Email:   info[at]ciia-ciai.com
URL:      www.ciia-ciai.com

CHILLIWACK COMMUNITY SERVICES
45938 Wellington Avenue
Chilliwack, BC V2P 2C7

Phone:  (604) 792-4267
Fax:      (604) 792-6575
Email:   ccsinfo[at]comserv.bc.ca
URL:      www.comserv.bc.ca

CHIMO CRISIS SERVICES - Richmond
120 - 7000 Minoru Boulevard
Richmond, BC V6Y 3Z5

Phone:  (604) 279-7077
Email:   chimo[at]chimocrisis.com
URL:      www.chimocrisis.com

Phone:  (604) 435-0323
Fax:      (604) 451-1191
Email:   info[at]cnh.bc.ca
URL:      www.cnh.bc.ca

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS SOCIETY OF SOUTHEAST BC
32 - 13 Avenue
South Cranbrook, BC V1C 2V3

Phone:  (250) 426-2976
Fax:      (250) 426-2978
Email:   gnoble-cwrs[at]shaw.ca
URL:

COMMUNITY LEGAL ASSISTANCE SOCIETY
300 - 1140 West Pender Street
Vancouver, BC V6E 4G1

Phone:  (604) 685-3425
Fax:      (604) 685-7611
Email:    clas[at]clasbc.net
URL:      www.clasbc.net

COMOX VALLEY COMMUNITY ADULT LITERACY AND LEARNING SOCIETY (CALLS)
1507A McPhee Avenue
Courtenay, BC V9N 3A6

Phone:  (250) 338-9906
Fax:      (250) 338-9226
Email:   karen[at]cvalc.ca
URL: www.cvalc.ca

COMOX VALLEY FAMILY SERVICES ASSOCIATION
1415 Cliffe Avenue
Courtenay, BC V9N 2K6

Phone:  (250) 338-7575
Fax:      (250) 338-2343
Email:   info[at]cvfsa.org
URL: www.cvfsa.org

Phone:  (250) 748-3112
Fax:      (250) 748-1335
Email:   cis[at]telus.net
URL:      www.cisduncan.ca

DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society
1107 - 7330 137th Street
Surrey, BC V3W 1A3

Phone:  (604) 597-0205
Fax:      (604) 597-4299
Email:   info[at]dcrs.ca
URL:      www.dcrs.ca

ENGLISH LANGUAGE SERVICES FOR ADULTS NETWORK
(ELSA Net)
#200-5050 Kingsway
Burnaby, BC V5H 4H2

Phone:  (604)-639-8118
Fax:      (604)-639-8116
Email:   esl[at]elsanet.org
URL:      www.elsanet.org

FAMILY EDUCATION & SUPPORT CENTRE
22554 Lougheed Highway
Maple Ridge, BC V2X 2V1

Phone:  (604) 467-6055
Fax:      (604) 467-5668
Email:   familyed[at]vcn.bc.ca
URL:      www.familyed.bc.ca

FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER VANCOUVER
1616 West 7th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6J 1S5

Phone:  (604) 731-4951
Fax:      (604) 733-7009
Email:   receptionwest7[at]fsgv.ca
URL:      www.fsgv.ca

IMMIGRANT & MULTICULTURAL SERVICES SOCIETY
1633 Victoria Street
Prince George, BC V2L 2L4

Phone:  (250) 562-2900
Fax:      (250) 563-4852
Email:   imss.pg@shawcable.com
URL:       www.imss.ca

IMMIGRANT SERVICES SOCIETY OF BC
501 - 333 Terminal Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6A 2L7

Phone:  (604) 684-2561
Fax:      (604) 684-2266
Email:   iss[at]issbc.org
URL:      www.issbc.org

INLAND REFUGEE SOCIETY OF BC
411 Dunsmuir St., 4th Floor
Vancouver, BC V6B 1X4

Phone:  (778)328-8888
Fax:      (604) 873-6620
Email:   directservice_inland[at]vrsa.ca
URL:      www.vrsa.ca

INTER-CULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF GREATER VICTORIA
930 Balmoral Road
Victoria, BC V8T 1A8

Phone:  (250) 388-4728
Fax:      (250) 386-4395
Email:   admin[at]icavictoria.org
URL:      www.icavictoria.org

Phone:  (604) 257-5151
Fax:      (604) 257-5148
Email:   info[at]jfsa.ca
URL:      www.jfsa.ca

Phone:  (250) 372-0855
Fax:      (250) 372-1532
Email:   kcris[at]telus.net
URL:      www.immigrantservices.ca

KAMLOOPS MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY
P.O. Box 1515, Main Station
Kamloops, B.C. V2C 6L8

KELOWNA COMMUNITY RESOURCES SOCIETY
120 - 1735 Dolphin Avenue
Kelowna, BC V1Y 8A6

Phone:  (250) 763-8008
Fax:      (250) 763-7608
Email:   dnotte@kcr.ca
URL:      www.kcr.ca

KIWASSA NEIGHBOURHOOD SERVICES ASSOCIATION
2425 Oxford Street
Vancouver, BC V5K 1M7

Phone:  (604) 254-5401
Fax:      (604) 254-7673
Email:   info[at]kiwassa.bc.ca
URL:      www.kiwassa.bc.ca

Phone:  (604) 534-7921
Fax:      (604) 534-3110
Email:   info[at]lcss.ca
URL:      www.lcss.ca

LITTLE MOUNTAIN NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE SOCIETY
3981 Main Street
Vancouver, BC V5V 3P3

Phone:  (604) 879-7104
Fax:      (604) 879-7113
URL:      www.lmnhs.bc.ca

Phone:  (604) 826-3634
Fax:      (604) 820-0634
Email:   mmcssmulticultural[at]shawbiz.ca
URL:      www.missioncommunityservices.bc.ca

MULTI-LINGUAL ORIENTATION SERVICE ASSOCIATION FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES (MOSAIC)
1720 Grant St.
Vancouver, BC V5L 2Y7

Phone:  (604) 254-9626
Fax:      (604) 254-3932
Email:   mosaic[at]mosaicbc.com
URL:      www.mosaicbc.com

Phone:  (604) 254-6468
Fax:      (604) 254-8789
URL:      www.reachcentre.bc.ca

Phone:  (604) 879-3277
Fax:      (604) 879-3327
Email:   info[at]helpinghouse.org
URL:      www.helpinghouse.org

MULTICULTURAL HERITAGE SOCIETY - Prince George
535 Dominion Street
Prince George, BC V2L 1T7

Phone:  (604) 321-1302
Fax:      (604) 321-1370
Email:   admin[at]multifaithaction.org
URL:      www.multifaithaction.org

NORTH SHORE MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY
207-123 East 15th Street
North Vancouver, BC V7L 2P7

Phone:  (604) 988-2931
Fax:      (604) 988-2960
Email:   office[at]nsms.ca
URL:       www.nsms.ca

OPTIONS: Surrey Community Services Society
100 - 6846 King George Highway
Surrey, BC V3W 4Z9

Phone:  (604) 596-4321
Fax:      (604) 572-7413
Email:   info[at]options.bc.ca
URL:      www.options.bc.ca

PACIFIC IMMIGRANT RESOURCES SOCIETY (PIRS)
205 - 2929 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, BC V5N 4C8

Phone:  (604) 298-5888
Fax:      (604) 298-0747
Email:   info[at]pirs.bc.ca
URL:      www.pirs.bc.ca

PENTICTON AND DISTRICT MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY
508 Main Street
Penticton, BC V2A 5C7

PROGRESSIVE INTER-CULTURAL COMMUNITY SERVICES SOCIETY
205-12725 80th Ave
Surrey, BC V3W 3A6

Phone:  (604) 596-7722
Fax:      (604) 596-7721
Email:   pics[at]pics.bc.ca
URL:     www.pics.bc.ca

RICHMOND INTERCULTURAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
6911 No.3 Road
Richmond, BC V6Y 2C1

Phone:  (604) 276-4220
Fax:      (604) 276-4052
Email:   lsherlock@richmond.ca

RICHMOND MULTICULTURAL CONCERNS SOCIETY
210 - 7000 Minoru Road
Richmond, BC V6Y 3Z5

Phone:  (604) 279-7160
Fax:      (604) 279-7168
Email:   rmcs[at]rmcs.bc.ca
URL:      www.rmcs.bc.ca

SCOUTS CANADA - BC/YUKON PROVINCIAL COUNCIL
664 West Broadway
Vancouver, BC V5Z 1G1

Phone:  (604) 879-5721 or 1-888-726-8876
Fax:      (604) 879-5725
Email:   bcy[at]bc.scouts.ca
URL:      www.bc.scouts.ca

SETTLEMENT ORIENTATION SERVICES
411 Dunsmuir St., Suite 430
Vancouver, BC V6B 1X4

Phone:  (778) 328-8888
Fax:      (604) 873-6620
Email:   acharlton_sos[at]vrsa.ca
URL:      www.vrsa.ca

Phone:  (250) 635-6940
Fax:
Email:   coordinator[at]skeenadiversity.com
URL:      www.skeenadiversity.com

SOCIAL PLANNING & RESEARCH COUNCIL OF BC (SPARC)
4445 Norfolk Street
Burnaby, BC V5G 0A7

Phone:  (604) 718-7733
Fax:      (604) 736-8697
Email:   info[at]sparc.bc.ca
URL:       www.sparc.bc.ca

SOCIETY FOR INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION, TRAINING & RESEARCH (SIETAR)
#261-1917 West 4th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6J 1M7

SOUTH OKANAGAN IMMIGRANT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
508 Main Street
Penticton, BC V2A 5C7

SOUTH VANCOUVER NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE
6470 Victoria Drive
Vancouver, BC V5P 3X7

Phone:  (604) 324-6212
Fax:      (604) 324-6116
URL:      www.southvan.org

SUCCESS - UNITED CHINESE COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT SERVICES SOCIETY
28 West Pender Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 1R6

TENANT RESOURCE & ADVISORY CENTRE
Suite #306 - 535 Thurlow Street
Vancouver, BC V6E 3L2

Phone:  (604) 255-0560
Toll Free : 1-800-665-1185
Fax:      (604) 255-0772
Email: info[at]tenants.bc.ca
URL: www.tenants.bc.ca

TERRACE & DISTRICT MULTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION
P.O.Box 665
Terrace, BC V8G 4B8

VANCOUVER & LOWER MAINLAND MULTICULTURAL FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES
306 - 4980 Kingsway Avenue
Burnaby, BC V5H 4K7

Phone:  (604) 436-1025
Fax:      (604) 436-3267
Email:   againstviolence[at]vlmfss.ca
URL:      www.vlmfss.ca

VANCOUVER CROSS-CULTURAL SENIORS NETWORK SOCIETY
c/o Social Policy. 453 West 12 Ave.
Vancouver, BC V5Y 1V4

Phone:  (604) 731-4648
Fax:      (604) 731-4647
Email:   info[at]urbancultures.ca
URL:

VERNON & DISTRICT IMMIGRANT SERVICES SOCIETY
100 - 3003 30th Street
Vernon, BC V1T 9J5

Phone:  (250) 542-4177
Fax:      (250) 542-6554
Email:   vdiss[at]shaw.ca
URL:      www.vdiss.com

VICTORIA IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE CENTRE SOCIETY
3rd Floor - 637 Bay Street
Victoria, BC V8T 5L2

Phone:  (250) 361-9433
Fax:      (250) 361-1914
Email:   Mail[at]vircs.bc.ca
URL:      www.vircs.bc.ca

Phone:  (604) 875-9144
Fax:      (604) 875-0710
Email:   volvan[at]volunteervancouver.ca
URL:      www.volunteervancouver.ca

WEST COAST DOMESTIC WORKERS' ASSOCIATION
302-119 West Pender Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 1S5

Phone:  (604) 669-4482
Fax:      (604) 669-6456
Email:   info[at]wcdwa.ca
URL:      www.wcdwa.ca

WESTCOAST CHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTRE - MULTICULTURAL & DIVERSITY SERVICES
2772 East Broadway
Vancouver, BC V5M 1Y8

Phone:  (604) 709-5661
Fax:      (604) 709-5662
Email:   dliscumb[at]wstcoast.org
URL:      www.wstcoast.org

WESTCOAST FAMILY RESOURCES SOCIETY
101 - 2780 East Broadway
Vancouver, BC V5M 1Y8

Phone:  (604) 254-5457
Fax:      (604) 254-6169
Email:   admin[at]westcoastfamily.org
URL:      www.westcoastfamily.org

WEST COAST LEAF WOMEN'S LEGAL EDUCATION AND ACTION FUND
555-409 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 1T2

Phone:  (604) 684 8772
Fax:      (604) 684 1543
Email:   info[at]westcoastleaf.org
URL:      www.westcoastleaf.org

WOMEN AGAINST VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN/RAPE CRISIS CENTRE
Delamont RPO, PO Box 29084
Vancouver BC V6J 5C2

Phone:  (604) 255 6228
Fax:      (604) 255 3579
Email:   admin[at]wavaw.ca
URL:      www.wavaw.ca

Phone:  (604) 685-8066
Fax:      (604) 684-3255
Email:   connections@vanymca.org
URL:      www.ymcaconnections.org

Phone:  (604) 895-5791
Fax:      (604) 684-9171
Email:   enquire[at]ywcavan.org
URL:      www.ywcavan.org

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