Mark Turner has worked with CAPC at the Hiiye’yu Lelum Society on Vancouver Island since 1996, as Coordinator of the Healthy Children Healthy Futures CAPC, as an active member of Advisories for CAPC provincial and regional training initiatives, and on a National Projects committee. Click here to continue reading!
Read MoreGrace Tait grew up in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) Vancouver neighbourhood. Encouraged by her mother and her grandfather, she began volunteering as a teenager with Meals on Wheels, and, through that experience, got to know and value many elders in the community. When she became a parent in her early twenties, her family were a great support to her in raising her kids. She worked two or three part-time jobs to support herself and her kids, and her kids went to Ray-Cam Community Centre Daycare. Click here to continue reading!
Read MoreHazel has run the CAPC program for 21 years in the small town of Chase, in the Interior of BC, located at the outlet of Little Shuswap Lake, the source of the South Thompson River. The town has a population of roughly 2,500 and its main industries are forestry and tourism. She facilitates the program on her own, as the sole staff person for the program. Click here to continue reading!
Read MoreA discernment process for Germaine about the next stages in her personal life has coincided with restructuring in the agency she has worked for, and so she made the decision to explore new opportunities, after coordinating the Victoria’s Best Babies CPNP program for the past 24 years. Click here to continue reading!
Read MoreThe Bernard van Leer Foundation and Ascend at the Aspen institute have just released a detailed report on a “two-generation approach” to reducing poverty and improving child development.
Read MoreCheck out a set of downloadable handouts from the Psychology Foundation of Canada on a range of common family issues to share with participants in your programs.
Read MoreProfessor Jessica Ball, MPH., PhD of the School of Child and Youth Care at the University of Victoria, was a presenter at the BCAPOP Conference in October 2015. She spoke on Cultural Safety in Practice with Children, Families and Communities.
Read MoreCanada has a growing number of forest and nature-based programs. Forest School Canada offers several BC-based case examples of independently run and operated Forest Schools.
Read MoreNeuroscience research demonstrates the value of simple contemplative techniques in improving the brain’s executive functioning, which reduces stress and improves focus.
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