The Kelty Centre has developed a list of recommended resources for those wishing to learn more about supporting the mental health of newcomer children and youth. For more information, click here.

A new posting on the DadCentral.ca addresses the particular challenges facing Aboriginal dads within the historical trauma experienced in their communities. It discusses how accepting the challenges of parenting can assist in building self-esteem and a sense of personal pride through the experiential learning of the parenting process.

Healing Families, Helping Systems is a trauma-informed practice guide for working with children, youth and families, produced by the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development (2016). The guide, designed for use by system planners, leaders and practitioners in the field of children, youth, and families, aims to identify trauma-informed approaches, raise awareness of evidence-informed approaches to trauma-informed service delivery, and to increase capacity amongst service providers.

The Public Health Agency of Canada has recently released a new chapter of the Family-Centred Maternity and Newborn Care: National Guidelines. Chapter 6: “Breastfeeding”

Storybooks Canada is a free open educational resource that promotes literacy and language learning in homes, schools, and communities. It makes 40 stories from the African Storybook available with text and audio in English, French, and the most widely spoken immigrant and refugee languages of Canada. They are also in the process of developing Indigenous Storybooks and the Global Storybooks literacy portal. The aim is to enjoy and share the stories.