In her webinar on Gender and Addictions, Kirsty Prasad addresses what is unique about women and substance use, as well as the barriers women face.
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In their Dec 5th webinar, Food Security and Social Housing, the BC Healthy Living Alliance looked at ways that food security is being and can be addressed in social housing.
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First Call BC has released their 2013 Child Poverty Report.
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Check out First Call: BC’s Living Wage for Families Campaign for four new fact sheets.
Read MoreCheck out this great video from the Alliance for Childhood that discusses the importance of unstructured play for young children.
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Worries & Woes: Preventing Anxiety in Children, presented by Dr Lynn Miller as part of the UBC “in the know” series in association with the F.O.R.C.E. Society for Kids’ Mental Health, provides an overview of mental health disorders in children, research findings, resources, and suggestions for how families can support mental health interventions.
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The AGM of the BC CAPC Society was held on June 25, 2013. Visit the BC CAPC Society webpage to learn more about their work.
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Why does play matter? This is a question asked in "The Right to Play," published by the Bernard van Leer Foundation to coincide with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s General Comment No. 17, which aims to strengthen implementation of children’s right to rest, leisure, play and recreational activities.
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Peer Giving and Charity Express have partnered to produce a downloadable toolkit The Best Affordable Tools for Charity 2013. The toolkit provides an overview of and introduction to crowdfunding.
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Members of the public are being reminded that beginning Dec. 2, 2013, if they are visiting someone in a health-care facility, they will be expected to have been vaccinated or wear a mask to help protect those most vulnerable this influenza season.
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Education Minister Peter Fassbender released the following statement at the start of Bullying Awareness Week Nov. 17-23, 2013.
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Menu for Capacity Building and Awareness Raising Actions is an interactive strategy framework produced by EuroHealthNet, identifying six priority areas for addressing health inequity and the Social Determinants of Health.
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“I’d like to clarify some of the misconceptions about B.C.’s new Family Law Act, particularly how it affects common-law couples."
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MenCare is a global fatherhood campaign, engaging men as non-violent, caring fathers. Access their poster templates, customize them to suit your programming, and use them to create buzz in your community about embracing and supporting fatherhood and men’s caregiving.
Read MoreThis gentle, approachable video from Kelty Mental Health emphasizes the good success rate in treating mental health issues in teenagers.
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Monique Gray Smith recently released her new book, Tilly: A Story of Hope and Resilience. Now available in both soft cover and ebook formats.
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Sessions are available via live webcast, in-person in Edmonton or by way of videoconference for Nunavut, NWT and Yukon stakeholders.
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PHAC has engaged with the Ministry of Health in the creation of a new online resource offering supports to assist in learning more about planning for a pregnancy, care during pregnancy, labour, birth, as well as postpartum baby and toddler care.
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Richmond Children First “brings together people and organizations who share a common vision and collective responsibility for the health and well being of all Richmond Children." They have recently published three Fact Sheets based on their work with partner organizations.
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Funded through PHAC National Priorities: FASD, the College of New Caledonia has published FASD Informed Practice for Community Based Programs. Hard copies will be mailed out later this month to PHAC projects that have not picked theirs up already at the BCAPOP Conference.
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