Check out a set of downloadable handouts from the Psychology Foundation of Canada on a range of common family issues to share with participants in your programs.
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The Canadian Childcare Federation (CCCF) identifies five elements of cultural competence in early childhood educators.
Read MoreGlobalChild is an electronic reporting platform for signatory countries of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It is being developed by an international team led by Dr. Ziba Vaghri of UVic’s School of Public Health and Social Policy. The launch date in Canada is planned for 2021.
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We look at the new design criteria guide for outdoor play spaces, Seven Cs, produced by Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre, along with a recent blog posting by Dr. Beverlie Dietze of Okanagan College on The Importance of Increasing Children’s Outdoor Play Opportunities, written for the Canadian Child Care Federation.
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The Best Start Resource Centre, with funding from the Government of Ontario, has produced a new resource booklet, Learning from Stories: Breastfeeding and Younger Women, available online.
Read MoreSeptember is FASD Prevention and Support month in BC. MCFD are planning a 2-day training for key workers in Spring 2017 and are working jointly with the Canada Northwest FASD Partnership to plan a national symposium in Regina in 2017.
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Diana Bosworth, M.A., Family Services Coordinator at Esquimalt Neighbourhood House in Victoria, talks with us about their postnatal CPNP program, which operates on two sites in the Greater Victoria area and which forms part of a continuum of care for families through their agency.
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