This overview shares the key findings of a national study conducted across the United States by ZERO TO THREE with parents of children birth to 5 years. The findings demonstrated, in particular, a desire to access parenting skills development, particularly through trusted sources that know the family personally; fathers’ desire for more involvement in parenting; and a significant lack of knowledge about the key brain and emotional development stages for children in the first three years of life.

In this Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) webinar, Jenny Morgan and Vanessa Brcic discuss the complex connections between poverty, trauma and stress in the development, experience and treatment of mental illness and addictions.

In May of this year, the BC Ministry of Health announced an expansion of the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Coupon Program, commencing with the summer 2018 market season. The program is designed to help lower-income British Columbian residents, and expectant mothers, gain access to healthy, locally-grown food.