In a recent AMSSA webinar, Professor Dan Hiebert of the Geography Department at UBC, who is engaged internationally with governments and agencies in monitoring and responding to the Syrian refugee crisis, gave a background overview and analysis of the current situation in respect of the crisis.
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The June 2015 edition of the Bernard van Leer Foundation’s Early Childhood Matters magazine contains an article documenting positive intervention techniques that have been demonstrated as effective in dealing with families experiencing extreme crisis.
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In the 2015 BC Child Poverty Report Card released in November, First Call highlights the continuing high child poverty rates in BC and the lack of a strategic plan to address poverty reduction in the province.
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The Prime Minister’s office have made public the Ministerial Mandate Letters sent to the new cabinet outlining the government’s priorities—here are the ministerial mandates with particular relevance for agencies working with families with children at risk aged 0-6.
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Best Start Resource Centre has released a new manual on burnout, vicarious trauma and secondary trauma in prenatal and early childhood providers.
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This recent CHNET-WORKS! Webinar featured Jeff McLean of Abby Dads Program, based at Abbotsford Community Services, along with Brian Russell, Provincial Coordinator of Dad Central Ontario and Patrick Dillon, Provincial Coordinator of the Alberta Fatherhood Involvement Initiative.
Read MoreNobody’s Perfect is a parenting education program where parents can safely share their experiences and concerns and receive the support of other parents. Click here to learn about an upcoming opportunity to become a Nobody's Perfect facilitator.
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PHAC has funded the College of New Caledonia to facilitate a training initiative designed to build on program strengths so as to enhance services for parents who may be living with FASD and to strengthen FASD prevention activities.
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