ABCD 101 presented by John McKnight of the Asset Building Community Development Institute. This excellent series of short videos gives a down-to-earth primer on Asset-Based Community Development – a useful introduction or review of basic principles, delivered in a gentle and relaxed style with clear illustrations of the key building blocks.
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“A childhood obesity intervention developed by families for families: results from a pilot study” (International Journal of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013)
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The article presents information on Aboriginal women in the context of their risk of homicide, self-reported spousal victimization and self-reported non-spousal victimization.
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With a Provincial Election around the corner, First Call has once again published an elections kit that will help parents, professionals, advocates and concerned citizens make sure that issues relating to children and youth are heard this May.
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On March 1, 2013, Dr Carl J. Dunst presented a summary of his work on “A Straightforward Approach to Surveying Parents for Measuring and Improving Program Practices” to the Early Childhood Development Project, describing the foundations for and key elements of the ECD Evaluation Project Parent Survey.
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Everything Present in the Seed, a new literacy level leadership manual that can be used by organizations to train volunteers in how to build community.
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In early March your Keeping in Touch team attended a BC Healthy Communities webinar on building resilient communities.
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At a recent Pinwheel Education Series event, speakers from SHARE Family and Community Services and the Alan Cashmore Centre discussed how to support cross cultural families.
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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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