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Academic Information and Choosing Courses

	General Information
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	Course Selection Guide
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Counselling Resources and Youth Support Services

	Tons of Helpful Info
	Youth Health Center
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Links

	Halifax Regional School Board
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	QEH Home

Having trouble sleeping?? Sleeping too much?? Check out the information provided to the public by the Sleep Disorder Clinic at the QEII Health Sciences Center.

Are you battling with an eating disorder or wonder whether you have one? The following links from Capital Health might give you the information you need:

www.nedic.ca The National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC) is a Toronto-based, non-profit organization, established in 1985 to provide information and resources on eating disorders and weight preoccupation.

www.e-d-a-g.com The Eating Disorders Action Group based in Halifax, is a community- based organization that offers a variety of services and programs including peer support for individuals who experience disordered eating.

www.nationaleatingdisorders.org This organization focuses on education, prevention and treatment of eating disorders.

www.gurze.net Gürze Books publishes and sells materials related to eating disorders. This website includes the entire contents of their catalogue plus more.

Visit this great new self-help website for anxieties and related mental health issues such as phobias, panic attacks, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The teen years can be difficult! Are you having trouble coping? Remember that information is power, and that knowing can be half the battle. Check out the links below if you think you are dealing with one or more of these issues and need some helpful information:

Anxiety and Depression	Disease Symptoms	Suicide
Bullying	Drug Information	Teen Health - All about it!
Coping with stress	Nutrition	Teenage Pregnancy
Depression	Sexuality and Relationships	Great Site! - Tons of Issues

Q.E.H. Youth Health Center Link

Kids Help Phone

This is a great site where you can get information and advice about how to deal with issues such as relationships, family, eating disorders, sexual violence, drug abuse, and suicide (among others).

Leave Out ViolencE - Changing Youth Violence into Youth Voice

Leave Out ViolencE (LOVE) is a not-for-profit organization that reduces violence in the lives of youth and in our communities by building a team of youth who communicate a message of non-violence.

Suite 225, 1657 Barrington Street Halifax, NS B3J 2A1

(902) 429-6616

Youth Path

YouthPath is your single access point to government related youth programs, services and information.

Nova Scotia Youth Secretariat - An Ednet Resource for Youth and Youth Issues

Mental Health and High School - Canadian Mental Health Association

Canadian Center on Substance Abuse

This is a not-for-profit organization working to minimize the harm associated with the use of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs and gambling. It offers information on the nature, extent and consequences of substance abuse and supports and assists organizations involved in substance abuse treatment, prevention and educational programming. Their bilingual web site has a youth page and also includes a list of addiction centers by province. Check it out on the web page, or contact them at:

75 Albert Street, Suite 300
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 5E7
Telephone: (613) 235-4048
Fax: (613) 235-8101

Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Resource Directory

This site is a comprehensive source for Canadian gay, lesbian and bisexual information. Features include a business directory, AIDS resources, gay and lesbian publications and youth services.

Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centers

Violence against women is one of the strongest indicators of prevailing societal attitudes towards women. The intent of the Canadian Association is to act as a force for social change regarding violence against women at the individual, the institutional and the political level.

Motiv8

Motive8 is a web zine for youth about transitions, setting goals, dreaming, developing skills, taking action, gaining knowledge, being creative making decisions and choices. Check out the world of lifelong learning at the School link; access career and work info at the Work link; get more info on everything from health and finance to building healthy relationships and creating personal success at the Personal link.