SERVICES Women, Health & Wellness - Services & Contacts at Dalhousie - Services & Contacts in Halifax Canadian University Women's Centres - National Organizations and Government of Canada Please be advised that we are continually updating this page and it will be complete as of November 10th.

	Birth Control Links Pregnancy and Abortion: Abortion Clinics Online Theraputic Massage: www.yogami.org / Contact: Thalia Marcoux Pay-what-you-can Yoga: 1593 Queen Street/ www.sadhanayogacentre.com Contact/: Angela Leonard Women Net: www.womennet.ca/directory.php?show&2419 Health Canada Website(women): www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/women Canadian Women's Health Network: www.cwhn.ca LGBTQ Links: Planet Out and Dykesworld.com
	Dalhousie Student Union: For any student-related issue Contact: Ezra Edelstein, DSU President Dalhousie Student Union Dalhousie Sexual Harrassment Office: Any vexatious, unwelcome, or threatening/intimidating behaviour is not tolerated at Dalhousie (See: the student Code of Conduct.) If you or a friend you know is having difficulty, male or female, please contact the DWC or Susan Brousseau, Sexual Harassment Officer or check out the website of the Sexual Harassment Office at http://sexualharassment.dal.ca Dalhousie Student Advocacy Services: Need help or advice? Need someone in your corner? Contact dsas@dal.ca. Canadian Federation of Students: Serving the interests of students and their unique needs, this organization lobbies the government and organizes around a number of issues: increasing tuition costs and discrimination against single parent students. Canadian Federation of Students Dalhousie Association of Women and the Law : A feminist student-run society based out of Dalhousie Law School. They are committed to collective decision-making and work toward the improvement of the status of women. www.http://societies.dsu.ca/dawl Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group: Information and referrals on social justice issues and activism Contact: Dave Ron, Executive Director Nova Scotia Public Interest Group Black Student Advising Centre: Provides services and programs in support of students of African descent. BSAC offers a wide-range of opportunities for students and faculty including bursaries and scholarships, mentoring, a newsletter publication, and social events. Contact: the Advisor, Barbara Hamilton-Hinch www.dal.ca/~bsac/ DalOut: The LGBTQ Society of Dalhousie: For advocacy, information, or friendship. This rad group actively serves the Dal community by promoting diversity, fighting homophobia, and providing a safe apace on campus for LGBTQ faculty and staff and their allies. Check them out: http://societies.dsu.ca/DalOUT. Contact: Lucas Thorne, President or Lisa Buchanan, LGBTQ Student Council Rep Student Coalition Against War (SCAW): A student-based coalition of local social justice and peace groups serving to bridge the various components of the anti-war movement. Contact: Nathan Derejko or Gen Sander Student Coalition Against War CKDU: Halifax's only alternative community radio station. The best of the best, CKDU specializes in counter mainstream programming. www.ckdu.ca
	Adsum House: An emergency shelter for homeless and transient women 16 years of age and over and their children. Offers meals, emergency clothing, counselling, referrals, and child care services.Contact: (902) 423-4443/429-4443, 2421 Brunswick Street. www.adsumforwomen.org Bryony House: Emergency Shelter for emotionally and/or physically abused women and their children. Offers counselling, referrals, and support groups. Provides mothers and children with a self-empowering and safe environment. Contact: 2786 Agricola St, Suite 119, (902) 429-9002. Email: Bryony House or www.bryonyhouse.ca Avalon Sexual Assault Center: Offers 24 hour support and advocacy through the crisis line. Will accompany survivors of sexual assault through the process of reporting the assault. Conducts support groups with adult women survivors and non-offending parents of childhood sexual abuse. Can provide info and referrals. Office:(902)422-4240, crisis line: (902) 425-0122. Email: Avalon Centre Halifax Sexaul Health Clinic (formerly Planned Parenthood Metro Clinic): Provides sexual and reproductive health care. Services include: pregnancy tests, free condoms, birth control, screening and testing for sexually transmitted infections, abortion counselling and referral, anonymous HIV tests, the Morning After Pill, and Pap tests. NO DROP INS-- Call to make appointment:902-455-9656, or Email Halifax Sexual Health Centre Webpage: www.halifaxsexualhealth.ca Eating Disorders Action Group: Provides information and support for women and men in recovery from all forms of eating disorders including anorexia, bulimia, laxative abuse, over-exercise, compulsive eating and body image problems. Also offers parent support groups. Open to men and women of all ages, meetings held in Halifax. 300 Pleasant Street, Simpson Hall, Room 461, Nova Scotia Hospital, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, B2Y 3Z9 Email: reception@edag.ca /phone/ (902) 443-9944/ website: www.edag.ca Women's Employment Outreach: Provide free services to women who are under-employed, unemployed, or nearing unemployment: job postings, counselling, workshops, information and referrals. Contact: 902-422-8023 Address: 1888 Brunswick Street, Suite 807/ Email: Employment Midwifery Coalition of Nova Scotia : Provide information on midwifery care, alternatives to medicalization of reproduction. Contact: www.mcns.chebucto.org
	Acadia Women's Centre: Contact/ 0597996c@acadiau.ca Saint Mary's University Women's Centre: Contact/ jennifer.crawford@smu.ca NSCAD Feminist Collective: Contact/ sunscad@nscad.ca Women's Resource Centre Memorial University of Newfoundland UC 6020 St. John's, NL, A1C 5S7 (709)737-4366 Email: wrc@mun.ca Web: http://www.mun.ca/wrc The Women's Resource Centre, Guelph Student Centre, Room 107, University of Guelph Guelph, ON NIG 2W1-4366 Women's Studies Undergraduate Association, University of Alberta: wsua@ualberta.ca Simon Fraser University: http://www.vsw.ca http://www.sfpirg.ca Women's Centre and the USA: List of American University Women's Centers
	Women and Abilities: DAWN: Disabled Women's Network of Canada: www.dawncanada.net/welcome.htm Women and Politics: Status of Women Canada Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women Women and the Law: Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission Department of Justice Canada Supreme Court of Canada www.canada.justice.gc.ca Canadian Human Rights Commission National Association of Women and the Law Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres Women and Research: NACSW: National Action Committee on the Status of Women (largest feminist organization in Canada with a coalition of 700+ member groups) www.nac-cca.ca CRIAW: Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women www.criaw-icref.ca