Check out this great video from the Alliance for Childhood that discusses the importance of unstructured play for young children.
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Worries & Woes: Preventing Anxiety in Children, presented by Dr Lynn Miller as part of the UBC “in the know” series in association with the F.O.R.C.E. Society for Kids’ Mental Health, provides an overview of mental health disorders in children, research findings, resources, and suggestions for how families can support mental health interventions.
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The AGM of the BC CAPC Society was held on June 25, 2013. Visit the BC CAPC Society webpage to learn more about their work.
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Why does play matter? This is a question asked in "The Right to Play," published by the Bernard van Leer Foundation to coincide with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s General Comment No. 17, which aims to strengthen implementation of children’s right to rest, leisure, play and recreational activities.
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Peer Giving and Charity Express have partnered to produce a downloadable toolkit The Best Affordable Tools for Charity 2013. The toolkit provides an overview of and introduction to crowdfunding.
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Members of the public are being reminded that beginning Dec. 2, 2013, if they are visiting someone in a health-care facility, they will be expected to have been vaccinated or wear a mask to help protect those most vulnerable this influenza season.
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Education Minister Peter Fassbender released the following statement at the start of Bullying Awareness Week Nov. 17-23, 2013.
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Menu for Capacity Building and Awareness Raising Actions is an interactive strategy framework produced by EuroHealthNet, identifying six priority areas for addressing health inequity and the Social Determinants of Health.
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“I’d like to clarify some of the misconceptions about B.C.’s new Family Law Act, particularly how it affects common-law couples."
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MenCare is a global fatherhood campaign, engaging men as non-violent, caring fathers. Access their poster templates, customize them to suit your programming, and use them to create buzz in your community about embracing and supporting fatherhood and men’s caregiving.
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