Children’s Health
What is Physical Literacy?
Why some children do well despite early adversity: Resilience Video Series
Health Services in Your Community
Provincial Immunization Schedules
Information for Parents A guide to Immunization
National Safety Council: Playground Safety
National Safety Council: Playground Safety
Food safety for vulnerable populations
To reduce the risk of food poisoning (food-related illness), it's important to follow safe food handling and cooking practices. Knowing how to properly cook, clean, chill and separate foods while handling and preparing them can help you to avoid complications from food poisoning.
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Providing Quality Newcomer Infant Care
The early years are a period of growth and opportunity for children, but they are also a time when children are most vulnerable to harm!
This tip sheet examines how to make health and safety your top priorities, support families with sensitivity and understanding, provide culturally-sensitive care, and value diverse parenting practices.
Free Webinar: Managing Allergies this School Season
It’s important for children with Anaphylaxis, and those who care for them, to be aware of how to safely manage allergies. Food Allergy Canada has developed the following resources to help families, teachers and caregivers with back-to-school preparations:
Helping You Meet the Requirements: Serious Occurrences
According to the new CNC requirements, in addition to reporting a serious occurrence to IRCC, you now must also inform CMAS. Find out how you can meet the requirement.
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A new website you need to see!
Caring for Kids New to Canada is a new website that is full of information that will help you provide quality care to immigrant and refugee children! Developed by the Canadian Paediatric Society with experts in newcomer health, you'll learn about how culture influences health and well-being, developmental disability across cultures, post-traumatic stress disorder, injury prevention and much more! Special thanks to
Ann Hutchings for sharing this resource with us.
How to Read Food Labels
The
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network has a tip sheet to help you understand food labels and avoid milk, soy and peanuts.
Helping You Meet the Requirements: Consulting with Local Public Health and Health Professionals
In the CNCR, there are references to consulting local public health offices to meet various health and safety related requirements. And then there are others that specify input from health professionals. So, when and how do you contact each of these sources…and what exactly is the difference between the two? It’s actually much simpler than it sounds.
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Protect Children’s Health!
Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment (CPCHE) is an affiliation of groups with overlapping missions to improve children’s environmental health in Canada. Collectively, these organizations have decades of experience dealing with environmental issues, promoting the health and well-being of children. You’ll find useful information in both
English and French
