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Why Play on Family Day!

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Happy Family Day to our Families Canada members in Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Saskatchewan! Family Day is a great time to relax, play, and enjoy time with your family, whether at home, or outdoors with others. This Family Day, we encourage all educators, parents, and family support service providers to find new …

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3 Successes of Our Nobody’s Perfect Project

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Families Canada is pleased to have completed our “Supported Parents, Supportive Parenting” project at the end of 2022! This project was funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation and aimed to expand the linguistic accessibility of the Nobody’s Perfect Parenting (NPP) program to diverse communities in Ontario. NPP is a facilitated parenting program for parents of …

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Just Released! Financial Empowerment for Women Living on Low Incomes: An Action Plan

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Families Canada is pleased to announce the release of Financial Empowerment for Women Living on Low Incomes: An Action Plan. This Action Plan provides twenty actions for adapting financial literacy programming to better support women living on low incomes.   The Action Plan was developed as part of the project Increasing Financial Literacy Opportunities for …

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It’s About Time! How Moms and Dads Can Share Housework and Childcare Equally

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This blog post was guest written by Jessica Pratezina, MA, PhD Student at the University of Victoria. This article discusses the struggle to share housework and childcare equally and fairly and how there is a current lack of tools for family support practitioners to help heterosexual couples work towards a more equal relationship.   After my …

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Upholding the Mental Health Rights of Refugee Children and Youth

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This blog post was guest written by Sierra Sumner. Sierra was awarded the Francine and Gerison Lansdown Student Essay Prize through the Landon Pearson Centre for the Study of Childhood and Children's Rights in January 2022. To support children and youths' right to be heard, Families Canada asked Sierra to adapt her award-winning essay into …

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6 Tips to Support Positive Peer Relations in Early Childhood Development

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In this blog post guest writer Angel Monks summarizes information presented by Isabelle Vinet, Executive Director of the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development, and Michel Boivin, Professor of Psychology at Laval University, in the webinar Early Childhood Development in a Time of Pandemic: Peer Relations. This webinar shared 6 ways educators and parents …

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9 Strategies to Promote Early Childhood Emotional Competence

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In this blog post, guest writer Angel Monks summarizes information presented by Isabelle Vinet, Executive Director of the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development, in the webinar Early Childhood Development in a Time of Pandemic: Emotional Competence. Isabelle Vinet shared 9 strategies that family support practitioners can use to promote childhood emotional competence skills.    …

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Benefits of Intergenerational Programming for Newcomer Seniors and Children

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In this blog post, guest writer Angel Monks summarizes information presented by Maureen Keelan and Jean Tinling in the webinar Promoting Intergenerational Volunteering - Benefits to Seniors and Preschool-Aged Children. They discuss the importance of intergenerational programming for seniors, newcomer seniors, and children and how it contributes to building a sense of community.   Seniors and …

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New at Families Canada! Online Learning Now Available for Family Support Practitioners

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We're so pleased to announce the new Families Canada Training Portal! Created to provide family support practitioners interested in building on, building up, or simply refreshing their knowledge, the training portal is the perfect opportunity to access exclusive content developed in partnership with experts.   Courses  Focused on providing trusted, science-backed learning opportunities, all courses are …

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