Welcome to the
Westcoast Community Resources Society (WCRS)
WCRS is a non-profit organization which believes that every person in the community should have access to resources to enhance, and improve their well-being.
For a copy of our 5-year strategic plan,
you may download a PDF here.
Mission
We empower and support healing and wellbeing through safe spaces, education, outreach and counselling.
Vision
Everyone on the west coast feels a deep sense of safety and belonging.
Values
- Intersectional feminist principles: We center people’s overlapping and interacting social identities to create and provide services that recognize and work to counter power imbalances that exist in concurrent experiences of oppression.
- Justice, equity, diversity and inclusion: We prioritize creating a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals, regardless of their background or identity, are valued and respected. We work to ensure that our services are accessible and tailored to meet the diverse needs of our community, recognizing the complexities of individual experiences and striving to eliminate barriers that prevent equal opportunity and access.
- Trauma-informed practices: We recognize that trauma is frequently part of people’s stories and take care that our spaces and services are as safe as possible, and not re-traumatizing.
- Person-centered and client-led: We believe that individuals are experts in their own lives and use a strengths-based and person-centered approach, building on what clients know works best for them and responding to people’s individual needs.
- Collaboration and partnerships: We intentionally work with other to respond to support individual and community resilience.
Equipping the Gender Based Violence Sector for Substance Use Health Project
This new animation was created by the WCRS Team through our Substance Use Outreach Program as part of a project in collaboration with UBC and Ending Violence Association (EVA) BC.
WCRS Annual Report 2025
For a copy of the WCRS 2025 Annual Report,
you may download a PDF here.
Hours of Operation
Monday to Friday
9:00am to 5:00pm
Depending on the Program
Administration Desk
10:00am to 3:00pm
Westcoast Community Resources Society
Westcoast Community Resources Society
Westcoast Transition House