Parents have some great ideas on improving parental engagement in education, and a new website that makes it easier for families to learn about B.C. schools is now just a mouse-click away.
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Local governments in British Columbia are being invited to apply for a share of $200,000 set aside by the Province to develop grassroots policies that help residents lead healthier lives.
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Upcoming training opportunities from around the province. Includes Nobody's Perfect Facilitator Training, an online Child Passenger Safety (CPS) Program and an online certificate in Harm Reduction.
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With new regulations now in place, families are reminded that they need to open a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) to access the new $1,200 BC Training and Education Savings Grant.
Read MoreCheck out this quick video that explains the importance of developing executive function in the early years.
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Minister of Health announces investments in two projects to address Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
Read MoreA provincial early years office, a province-wide network of local early years centres, a new child tax benefit and more child-care spaces are all part of a provincial plan Premier Christy Clark unveiled.
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Criminal record checks for volunteers who work with children and vulnerable adults will be provided free to volunteer and non-profit sector organizations who opt into the provincial program, under proposed changes to the Criminal Records Review Act.
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This is the report that the BC Representative for Children and Youth, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, submitted to the Legislative Assembly of BC on February 7, 2013.
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The B.C. government reached a milestone today with the transfer of approximately 2,500 Aboriginal housing units to the Aboriginal Housing Management Association (AHMA).
Read MoreUpcoming funding opportunities, including Healthy Living Program Grant and PHAC Multi-sectoral Partnerships to Promote Healthy Living and Prevent Chronic Disease.
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Upcoming training opportunities from around the province. Includes Gordon Neufeld Public Address, Champions for Children & Youth 2013 BC Summit, and Early Childhood Educations of BC 42nd Annual Conference.
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Click here to read an update by the BC CAPC Society, including information on an upcoming postcard campaign and MP visits.
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Click here for some great stats and information on overweight and obesity.
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Click here to access a ready-to-use workshop for working with parents experiencing mental health challenges.
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Since attending the Tobacco War webinar last month we’ve had fathers on the brain. Click here to learn about paternal depression in the postnatal period and its association with behaviour and mood behaviours in children at age 3.
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WHO European review of social determinants of health and the health divide. In September 2012, a consortium led by Sir Michael Marmot published a summary of its findings on how to reduce health inequities in the 53 countries of the World Health Organization’s European region.
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