Resources for teachers related to refugee youth. These are Life After War: Education as a Healing Process for Refugee and War-Affected Children 2012 (Full Document) and the two companion documents Life After War: Professional Learning, Agencies, and Community Supports and War Affected Children: A Comprehensive Bibliography, which are web-based resources that are intended to help strengthen the capacity of school communities at all levels (early, middle, and senior years) to provide an appropriate and supportive school environment for refugee and war-affected learners and their families: an environment that will nurture their mental health and well-being, and that will enhance their educational and life outcomes.
Caring for Kids New to Canada helps health professionals provide quality care to immigrant and refugee children, youth and families. It was developed by the Canadian Paediatric Society with experts in newcomer health.
CMAS—a great resource for childminders and teachers working with newcomer parents.
Its the CCLB for child care!
Free wading pools open on July 1. Hours and locations can be found here.
http://winnipeg.ca/cms/recreation/facilities/pools/wading_pools/wadingpools.stm
Priceless Fun
Free activities in Winnipeg. This page also gives access to the current Leisure guide and aquatic programs in Winnipeg.
Check out the newsletter for Winnipeg Public Library’s full program offerings. As always, all program are free.
Link to Winnipeg Public Library newsletter:
http://wpl.winnipeg.ca/library/
Call or visit your local branch to register for various family literacy programs. Programs meet over 8 weeks. Program offerings vary across locations.
- Baby Rhyme Time
- Time for Twos
- Pre-School Story Time
- Family Story Time
Check It Out! mobile library service for the whole family (borrowing, card sign-up and activities) visits 3 locations, two times per month each: DufferinSchool lobby, Indian Family Centre, Norquay Community Centre. All members of the community (any age) are welcome at all three locations.
Institute for Cross-cultural Exchange (ICE)
ICE is dedicated to promoting literacy and cross-cultural education. Our current priority is to donate high quality illustrated books featuring stories from the Middle East and Central Asia to literacy programs serving children in need
This site has some great family literacy resources under their “Teaching Resources” link.
LEAP BC
LEAP BC is a set of resource guides, for families, caregivers and early learning practitioners, focusing on integrating Literacy, Education, Activity and Play.
Family literacy resources for families, professionals and practioners.
Family and community literacy resources.
The Book Chook
Book reviews; tips for parents and more from an Australian writer who’s passionate about children’s literacy and literature.
This collection of resources is intended to support those who work with vulnerable mothers and families. The project aimed to enhance mental health literacy for support providers, provide a guide for the promotion of mental wellness for mothers and promote practices that build resiliency and a strong network of community supports.
http://www.iwk.nshealth.ca/mmh
Healthy Smile Happy Child
Winnipeg Health Region’s resources on preventing early childhood tooth decay. Downloadable brochures in several languages.
http://www.wrha.mb.ca/healthinfo/preventill/oral_child.php
Healthy Canadians – Recalls and Alerts
Daniel McIntyre/St. Matthews Community Association
The Daniel McIntyre / St. Matthews Community Association (DMSMCA) is a community-driven not-for-profit Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation serving the Daniel McIntyre and St. Matthews neighbourhoods in West Central Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Our mission is to empower the community of Daniel McIntyre / St. Matthews to achieve social, cultural, economic and environmental wellbeing. Ours is a vision of a Daniel McIntyre-St. Matthews Community which is stable, healthy and safe, a neighbourhood that is diverse, welcoming, vibrant, clean and self reliant.
Healthy Baby Healthy Brain
Healthy Baby Healthy Brain is a new series of 14 videos (14 English + 14 French) That cover important topics related to Babies and Brain Development. These wonderful videos provide a lot of additional information, and helpful links for parents and caregivers.
http://www.healthybabyhealthybrain.ca
Reaching in Reaching Out
“Resilience helps people handle stress, overcome childhood dis-advantage, bounce back from trauma and reach out to others and opportunities. Resilience is associated with better health and greater success in school, jobs and relationships. And skills that support resilience contribute to healthy child development.”
http://www.reachinginreachingout.com/
Winnipeg in Motion
Tips and resources to live a more active and healthier life.
Information sheets for parents and service providers.
http://www.child-encyclopedia.com/en-ca/key-messages-list.html
Best Start Resource Centre
My Child and I: Attachment for Life
ZERO TO THREE is a national, nonprofit organization that provides parents, professionals and policymakers the knowledge and know-how to nurture early development.
Our mission is to ensure that all babies and toddlers have a strong start in life.
Understanding the Early Years: Selkirk-Interlake
Understanding the Early Years (UEY) is a national research project funded by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. UEY is designed to provide the community with information about factors which affect early childhood development so that we can work together to give our children the best possible start in life. UEY Selkirk-Interlake is one of the fifteen sites selected across Canada in 2007 to participate in the research.
This website lists a number of resources helpful in working with families.
C4F periodically provides grants with priority given to programs that include BOTH parents and children (aged 0-6) and address at least one of the following HCM pillars: Positive Parenting; Nutrition and Physical Health; Learning and Literacy. We encourage capacity building to be a component of all programming that our grants support.
These grants are intended to assist groups to run family and parenting programs. Programs for Downtown parents and their children (aged 0-6), or parenting programs for parents with children ages 0-6, are eligible.
Daniel McIntyre/St. Matthews Revitalization Inc.
The Daniel McIntyre / St. Matthews Community Revitalisation Inc. (DMSMRI) is a community driven not-for-profit Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation that serves the Daniel McIntyre and St. Matthews neighbourhoods in West Central Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Our goal is to further the social, cultural, economic and environmentally sustainable renewal and revitalisation of the Daniel McIntyre / St. Matthews neighbourhoods.
Spence Neighbourhood Association
The Spence Neighbourhood Association administers a small grants program for community connecting projects and activities. These grants are available for community groups and organizations looking to bring the community together or make improvements in the neighbourhood. Small grants are available up to $5000.
This year, priority will be given to first-time applicants and projects that work on community beautification. Previous projects have included:
- tree-banding on a street
- a street party
- a community meeting
- improvements for a community space
- cleaning up a back lane
- a public art project
- supports for a community team or club