Links

Governments Resources

The Government of Canada website Healthycanadians.gc.ca/kids gives you reliable, one-stop shopping for information regarding child health and safety and answers your most frequently asked questions about food allergies, safety, product recalls, car safety and childhood obesity, just to name a few.

Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) National Project Fund Resource Directory contains resources created for Community Action Program for Children (CAPC) and Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) staff. The resources can also help other people who work with families to support healthy child development. Resources exist on the following areas:

Attachment, Breastfeeding, Family Violence, Father Involvement, Food Security, Healthy Child Development, Organizational Human Resources, Literacy, National Think Tank - Rural & Remote Community issues, Parenting, Organizational Responsibility and Accountability, Teen Pregnancy, Volunteer Recruitment & Management.

See the NPF site for more details on each topic as well as links to download resources.

BC Children's Program Directory (2Mb), is a a provincial resource/contact listing of AHS, CAPC and CPNP programs funded by Public Health Agency of Canada in the BC/Yukon Region.

National Organizations

Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs offers free resources for parents and educators including books and reports as well as an on line sales catalog for posters and other materials.

Canadian Partnership for Children's Health & Environment has a collection of resources available for use with parents and prospective parents on children's health issues.

Safe Kids Canada provides specific information on safety geared for parents and professionals.  It also has an order centre where you can download or order free copies of tools and resources for redisribution

Canadian Association for Young Children. The CAYC exists to provide a voice on critical issues related to the quality of life of all young children and families 

Canadian Child Care Federation is committed to providing Canadians with the very best in early learning and child care knowledge and best practices in order to protect and enhance our children, and to promote their safety and their healthy growth and development.

Child Welfare League of Canada (CWLC) is a national, membership-based organization dedicated to promoting the protection and well-being of vulnerable young people, playing a significant role in promoting best practices among those in the field of child welfare, child and youth mental health, child rights and youth justice.

Centres of Excellence

Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development offers products such as  resources such as:

Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development developed for policy-makers, planners and service-providers and for parents. This compilation of papers from leading experts covers 43 topics related to the social and emotional development of young children, from conception to age five, and addresses three perspectives: development, services and policies.

Early Childhood from A to Z index is a quick way to have access to all documents available on early childhood topics featured in the Encyclopedia.

Centre of Excellence for Youth Engagement offers an indexed resource list of summaries of articles from academic and non-academic sources, resources, models, how-to tools, links to PDFs and original materials.

Canadian Child Welfare Research Portal is designed to provide child welfare professionals, researchers, and the general public with a single point of access to Canadian child welfare research, i.e. research on abused and neglected children and on the programs and policies developed to support and protect these children and to support their families. The Portal includes a searchable data base of Canadian research publications, a data base of Canadian researchers, and information and statistics about provincial, territorial, aboriginal and national child welfare policies, legislation and programs.

Centre of Excellence for Children and Adolescents with Special Needs reaches out to rural and northern Canada where opportunities may be limited or unavailable. It aims to make special needs programs and services more available, while respecting the richness of culture and language in these communities. Focus of work includes five areas: Nutrition, Health & Develpment, Early Intervention, Learning & Communication, and Mental Health

SpecialLink: National Centre for Child Care Inclusion, puts researchers, policy makers, parents, early childhood educators and directors in touch with the best inclusive practices on the frontlines of Canadian child care. SpeciaLink's goal is to expand the quality and quantity of opportunities for inclusion in child care, recreation, education, and other community settings, to young children with special needs and their families.  They offer an extensive list in their links on Early Intervention; Rare Diseases and Disorders; Parent-to-Parent Support; Parenting info; and Disability Information, Resources and Support