The New Brunswick Child & Youth Advocate helps children and youth receiving provincial government services if their rights are not being respected or they feel they are not being listened to.
Phone: (506) 453-2789
Toll-free: (888) 465-1100
Call this line 24/7 if you are thinking of suicide or dealing with suicide loss.
Toll-free: 1-877-435-7170
The Kids Help Phone website allows children and youth to type in the area where they live and receive a listing of services within their community that may be of help in a variety of circumstances. The site also offers a teens' and kids' version of the site where supports can be found, opportunities to learn more about well being taken and stories shared.
Many Hands, One Dream is an initiative by the Canadian Paediatric Society to holistically improve the health of Aboriginal children, youth, and families across Canada. The society advocates for Jordan's Principle and provides steps that community members can take to assist in creating this change for Aboriginal families.
The Canadian Children's Book Centre offers a list of suggested Canadian texts for children and youth to become informed and inspired about issues pertaining to human rights.
The Canadian Human Rights Toolkit offers human rights resources for teachers of grades Kindergarten through to twelve. Visitors of this site have the ability to sort resource searches by media type, grade, province/territory, official language, school community, human rights theme, declaration or charter, lesson plan theme, and/or key term. Users can also participate in submitting resources for the toolkit. These resources go through a review process and then are added to the growing number of resources available on the site.
The National Association of Friendship Centres provides a search function to locate a Friendship centre near you and opportunities for Aboriginal Youth to have their voice heard as part of Aboriginal Youth Council. The association offers resources through New Journeys for those needing service to aid in their transition to Canadian cities. There are also links to reports by the Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network, as well as publications and policy initiatives from the National Association of Friendship Centres.
