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Outdoor Play Canada’s Breath of Fresh Air Summit

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Calling Families Canada members! Use your exclusive member discount for this great event!  The Breath of Fresh Air Summit is a three-day Outdoor Play Summit where thought leaders, practitioners, researchers, and policymakers connect to share best practices. The summit is led by Outdoor Play Canada (OPC), a national organization that brings together advocates, practitioners, researchers, …

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Announcing the Winner of the Quarterly Nobody’s Perfect Draw!

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Congratulations to Marina Hok and Carmen Contreras of Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House in British Columbia! Nobody’s Perfect Facilitators have a chance to enter a quarterly draw during the 2023-24 year to win a wide range of prizes by filling out the Nobody’s Perfect Data Collection Form each time they complete a series of Nobody’s Perfect …

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How Family Support Centres Support Senior Digital Literacy

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“The training we received from Connected Canadians was an asset for us to refresh ourselves and revisit our strengths. This training […]  provided tips to understand an individual’s learning style, barriers and how to accommodate them.”  -Participant testimonial   Like most Canadians, seniors rely on technology to access government services, to stay connected with loved ones, …

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Dr. Paul Roumeliotis Shares Advice for Families Dealing with the Flu and Respiratory Viruses

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This interview has been edited for length and clarity.  As we head into allergy and flu season, families across Canada continue to experience high rates of childhood respiratory viruses amidst the flu season. What can you do to help? In an interview with our staff, Dr. Paul Roumeliotis, pediatrician and Chairperson of Families Canada’s board, …

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Communicating Using Trauma- and Violence-Informed Approaches

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We recently completed our “Trauma- and Violence-Informed Approaches for Financial Literacy Education” webinar series! The series was part of Families Canada’s SAFE Women project, funded by Women and Gender Equality Canada. This project addressed the need for training on trauma- and violence-informed approaches (TVIA) in financial literacy education.   This webinar series featured informative presentations from: …

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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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