As part of Kelty Mental Health’s Pinwheel Education Series, this recording on Nutrition and Mental Health includes a panel discussion of strategies parents, children and youth can use to promote good nutrition.
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In January, all participating CAPC and CPNP projects received funds from the Public Health Agency of Canada to engage in Family Violence Prevention activities. Click here to access some great ideas for the use of these funds.
Read MoreThe National Projects Fund Mothers’ Mental Health Toolkit is officially available. This well developed and practical kit has been mailed out to all CAPC and CPNP projects and training on the use of the kit is being planned across the province.
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Check out the Canadian Red Cross’ new Be Safe! Safety Kit for children aged 5-9, based on the same format as the former c.a.r.e. program but completely refreshed and updated, and designed to help educators promote children’s safety by helping to prevent sexual abuse.
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A great resource that highlights rights and resources available for grandparents and other relatives raising children.
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Encouraging news that warm, supportive family environments may be able to mitigate some of the adult health challenges linked to poor socioeconomic status in early life.
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Aldergrove Neighbourhood Services’ Spanish Family Power drop-in program has proved to be a starting-point for several community initiatives, growing out of relationships developed at the weekly drop-in.
Read MoreCheck out this heartwarming video about what a group of kids really think about their moms.
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In September, Healthy Minds Canada (HMC), in collaboration with various partners across Canada, hosted the 5th annual Open Minds Across Canada Mental Health Symposia, which provided an opportunity for members of the community to receive information and resources on mental health and addictions.
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Check out Zonein.ca for a wide range of information on children and technology from a team of pediatric occupation therapists with expert knowledge in the field of technology’s impact on child development.
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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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