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Links to other websites that include resources, newsletters and reports of interest to those who work with First Nations, Inuit and Métis children.

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Aboriginal Health

Aboriginal Canada Portal
The Aboriginal Canada Portal is your single window to Canadian Aboriginal on-line resources, contacts, information, and government programs and services.

Aboriginal Healing Foundation
They are committed to addressing the legacy of abuse in all its forms and manifestations, direct, indirect and intergenerational, by building on the strengths and resiliency of Aboriginal people.

Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Strategy
The Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Strategy promotes a culturally appropriate approach to healing and wellness. It is unique in Canada, and has become a source of innovative expertise in Aboriginal healing and health services across North America.

Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada
A.N.A.C. is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that was established out of the recognition that Aboriginal people's health needs can best be met and understood by health professionals of a similar cultural background.

Aboriginal Nutrition Network
This website is dedicated to providing information for Aboriginal people interested in finding out: What a dietitian does, course requirements, where dietitians work, and contacting Aboriginal dietitians.

Aboriginal Women's Health and Research Interest Group
The purpose of the Aboriginal Women's Health and Research Interest Group is to link and to strengthen links among like-minded organizations, individuals and groups across Canada involved in Aboriginal women's health. To discuss possible research project and resource development.

All Nations Hope AIDS Network
A coalition of Aboriginal People, organizations and agencies who care about HIV/AIDS among First Nations, Métis and Inuit people in Saskatchewan.

Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network
A non-profit coalition of individuals and organizations which provides leadership, support, and advocacy for Aboriginal people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS, regardless of where they reside.

Canadian Paediatric Society: First Nations and Inuit health
CPS advocates by developing, promoting and supporting health promotion and disease prevention initiatives for children and youth, to give them the best chance at good health.

CESO Aboriginal Services
Provides economic development expertise to Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians and clients in 9 countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central and South America and six emerging market economies in Central and Eastern Europe.

First Nations and Inuit Home and Community Care Program
Provides basic home and community care services that are comprehensive, culturally sensitive, accessible, effective, equitable to that of other Canadians, and responsive to the unique health and social needs of First Nations and Inuit.

First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission
By helping the communities that wish to initiate, develop and promote comprehensive health & social programs and services as designed by First Nations and Inuit organizations recognized by our First Nations and Inuit.

Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health
Leads a national advanced research agenda in the area of aboriginal health and promote innovative research that will serve to improve the health of aboriginal people in Canada.

National Aboriginal Diabetes Association
To address Diabetes amongst Aboriginal Peoples by creating networks, and opportunities for individuals and communities within their beliefs, traditions, and values.

National Aboriginal Health Organization
An Aboriginal designed and controlled body, that influences and advances the health and well-being of Aboriginal Peoples through carrying out knowledge-based strategies.

National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health
Collects, evaluates and integrates current information on Aboriginal public health topics, such as fetal alcohol syndrome, child health, safe drinking water, housing, mental health and addictions.

National Indian and Inuit Community Health Representatives Organization
A non-governmental organization incorporated to upgrade the quality of health care of Indian and Inuit people to the standard enjoyed by the rest of the population of Canada.

Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health
The main purpose of the Centre is to create and deliver services that will prevent ill health, treat illness and provide support and aftercare. Services are offered in a culturally-sensitive way that welcomes, accepts and represents all Aboriginal people(s).

Alcohol and Other Drugs during Pregnancy

Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
Their mission is to provide objective, evidence-based information and advice that will help reduce the health, social and economic harm associated with substance abuse and addictions.

Community Health Associates of British Columbia
A non-profit organization whose mission is to support the development of skilled, professional, and healthy community health and addiction workers. We also strive to enhance their effectiveness in meeting the needs of First Nations people and their communities.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Family Resource Institute
A non-profit organization, whose mission is to identify, understand and care for individuals disabled by prenatal alcohol exposure and their families, and to prevent future generations from having to live with this disability.

Motherisk
Provides authoritative information and guidance to pregnant or lactating patients and their health care providers regarding the fetal risks associated with drug, chemical, infection, disease and radiation exposure(s) during pregnancy.

Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding Committee for Canada
To protect, promote and support breastfeeding in Canada as the normal method of infant feeding.

Infact Canada
A national non-governmental organization that works to protect infant and young child health as well as maternal well-being through the promotion and support of breastfeeding and optimal infant feeding practices.

International Lactation Consultant Association
To advance the profession of lactation consulting worldwide through leadership, advocacy, professional development, and research.

La Leche League
Our mission is to help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, education, information, and encouragement and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother.

World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action
WABA is a global network of organizations and individuals who believe breastfeeding is the right of all children and mothers and who dedicate themselves to protect, promote and support this right.

Community Development

Aboriginal Mother Centre Society
The AMCS provides a safe, child-friendly setting where Aboriginal women (with or without children) can gather. Emphasis is on cooperation, volunteering, self-help, and grassroots community development.

Bullying.org
To eliminate bullying in our society by supporting individuals and organizations to take positive actions against bullying through the sharing if resources to guide and champion them in creating non-violent solutions to the challenges and problems associated with bullying.

Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families
CJC inspires and recognizes exemplary reporting on children and families. Since 1993, thousands of print, broadcast and online journalists have attended our intensive training programs and relied on us for balanced information and resources.

Cultural Well-being

Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
APTN is the first national Aboriginal television network in the world with programming by, for and about Aboriginal Peoples, to share with all Canadians as well as viewers around the world.

Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations
A policy research and advocacy secretariat that analyzes and develops culturally relevant alternatives to federal policies that impact on the Mi'kmaq, Maliseet and Passamaquoddy First Nation communities and peoples.

BC Aboriginal Network on Disability Society
BCANDS provides a variety of support services and resources to help aboriginal people with disabilities, and others associated with the disabled.

British Columbia Centre for Disease Control
An agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority that has responsibility to support a comprehensive program of communicable disease and environmental health prevention and control for the province of British Columbia.

Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment
CINE was created in response to a need expressed by Aboriginal Peoples for participatory research and education to address their concerns about the integrity of their traditional food systems.

Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
Provides information about Aboriginal peoples across Canada who live in a non-reserve setting whether urban, rural or wilderness.

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Programs and services play a key role in achieving the goals of Gathering Strength - Canada's Aboriginal Action Plan. Gathering Strength has four main themes: renewing the partnership; strengthening Aboriginal governance; developing a new fiscal relationship and; supporting strong communities, people and economies.

Indigenous Health Research Development Program
Interested in fostering the development of Inuit, Métis, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students in Ontario who are engaged in Aboriginal research.

National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence
Initiate, design and deliver culturally appropriate programs and services to address family violence, and to support shelters and family violence prevention centres.

Native Women's Association of Canada
Is founded on the collective goal to enhance, promote, and foster the social, economic, cultural and political well-being of First Nations and Métis women within First Nation and Canadian societies.

Turtle Island
A thorough site on Canadian and North American Native Peoples. A place to exchange news, information, perspectives facing Native Peoples.

National Association of Friendship Centres
To improve the quality of life for Aboriginal peoples in an urban environment by supporting self-determined activities which encourage equal access to, and participation in, Canadian Society; and which respect and strengthen the increasing emphasis on Aboriginal cultural distinctiveness.

Say Magazine
Timely articles, inspiring profiles and keen insights into entertainment, sports, careers, celebrity and youth culture, focusing on Aboriginal youth.

ZA-GEH-DO-WIN Information Clearinghouse
Provide information to Aboriginal communities and organizations across Ontario.

Early Child Development

Aboriginal Head Start in Urban and Northern Communities
The primary goal of the initiative is to demonstrate that locally controlled and designed early intervention strategies can provide Aboriginal children with a positive sense of themselves, a desire for learning, and opportunities to develop fully as successful young people.

Aboriginal Human Resources Development Strategy
The First Nations and Inuit Child Care initiative gives parents a chance to work or learn. Child care spaces are located in 407 First Nations and Inuit communities across Canada.

Attachment Parenting International
Promotes parenting practices that create strong, healthy emotional bonds between children and their parents. These practices nurture and fulfill a child's need for trust, empathy, and affection, providing a lifelong foundation for healthy, enduring relationships.

BC Aboriginal Child Care Society
A provincial organization serving Aboriginal early childhood programs throughout British Columbia.

Canadian Child Care Federation
A bilingual, non-profit, member-based organization committed to excellence in early learning and child care.

Canadian Social Research Links (ECD)
A virtual resource centre for Canadian social program information.

C&K's Dhagun-Gur Indigenous Services Unit
Has a range of services for our Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander families. This includes the Indigenous Early Years Family Support and Access Program, Dhagun-Gur Resource Library and committee management training. C&K also has a children's ambassador who works as an advocate for children throughout the state. The children's ambassador has a special focus on Indigenous children.

Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development
The mandate of Centres is to ensure that important knowledge about children and their healthy development is broadly distributed among families, community-based organizations, educators, health professionals, non-government organizations and governments.

Childcare Resource and Research Unit
Focuses on research and policy resources, advancing a universal, high quality, publicly-funded, not-for-profit, inclusive system of early childhood education and care in Canada.

Early Childhood Development Intercultural Partnerships
An ongoing program of community-university research contributing to knowledge about conditions affecting the health and development of Indigenous children in Canada and
around the world.

Early Learning Canada
A community workshop program designed for parents and adults who work with young children from birth to age 6 and their families. Its purpose is to facilitate lifelong learning.

Fraser ECD Network
To recommend a Child and Family service delivery model to Aboriginal communities, including accountable structures that promote measurable services that advance a safe and healthy environment from an Aboriginal perspective

Information Centre on Aboriginal Child Care
A database of information on bibliographic and Web-based resources, programs and services, health careers, and scholarships and bursaries.

General Health

Canadian Diabetes Association
The goal of the Canadian Diabetes Association's web site is to become THE online resource for people with, and affected by, diabetes and for healthcare professionals treating those affected by the disease.

Canadian Health Network
Do you have questions about children's health? This section is full of information on how to help children aged birth to 12 grow up healthy and strong.

Canadian HIV/AIDS Information Centre
CPHA is composed of health professionals from over 25 health disciplines and is active in conducting and supporting health and social programs both nationally and internationally.

Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
Based in Montréal (Québec), Canada, it is the only national, community-based, charitable organization in Canada working exclusively in the area of policy and legal issues raised by HIV/AIDS.

Canadian Institute of Child Health
Dedicated to promoting and protecting the health, well-being and rights of all children and youth through monitoring, education and advocacy.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
It aims to excel in the creation of new health knowledge, and to translate that knowledge from the research setting into real world applications. The results are improved health for Canadians, more effective health services and products, and a strengthened Canadian health care system.

Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation
A national charitable organization established to raise and distribute funds for psychiatric research in Canadian universities and teaching hospitals.

Canadian Women's Health Network
Sharing information, resources and strategies, and building links to improve women's health

Dietitians of Canada
Leads and supports members to promote health and well being through expertise in food and nutrition.

Women's Health Matters
Source for reliable, evidence-based and up-to-date information on women's health.

World Health Organization
The United Nations specialized agency for health; as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.

Human Rights

Aboriginal Rights in Canada
On these pages you'll explore the key court cases and laws that have shaped Aboriginal rights in our country since 1900.

Aboriginal Women's Rights are Human Rights
The study begins with a description of the Native Women's Association of Canada, founded in 1974. NWAC has membership in all the provinces and territories of Canada, and represents approximately 513,00 Aboriginal women.

Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children
The mandate of the Coalition is to ensure a collective voice for Canadian organizations and youth concerned with the rights of children as described in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the World Summit for Children Declaration.

Child Rights Information Network
One key objective is to improve the lives of children by meeting the information needs of organisations and individuals working for child rights.

Committee on Human Rights, Aboriginal Peoples, and Citizen Security
Examines the status of human rights, in particular the rights of the Aboriginal peoples, Afro-Americans and refugees, as well as issues relating to migrations and the promotion of the security of citizens in the Americas.

Guide to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Its aims is to increase understanding of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and to heighten awareness of its importance in our daily lives.

UN World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond
Indigenous Children and Youth are particularly vulnerable to human rights violations, as they often find themselves caught between their indigenous language, customs and values and those of the wider community.

International

Best Start, Australia
Aims to improve the health, development, learning and well-being of all children across Victoria, Australia from pregnancy through transition to school (taken to be children 0-8 years of age).

Centre for Community Child Health - Early Childhood Connections, Australia
The Early Years Unit's mission is to improve the health, development, learning and wellbeing of all Victorian children and their families from pregnancy through to school age, emphasising the vulnerable groups.

Early Childhood, Australia
The Early Years Unit's mission is to improve the health, development, learning and wellbeing of all Victorian children and their families from pregnancy through to school age, emphasising the vulnerable groups.

Early Childhood Intervention Services, Australia
Services provided to children and families include information and support, planning and service coordination and individual and group therapy and education. Services aim to provide parents and families with the knowledge, skills and support to meet the needs of their child and to optimise the child's development and ability to participate in family and community life.

Family Support Innovation Projects, Australia
To better support Aboriginal children, young people and their families, and to reduce the numbers of Aboriginal children and young people coming into the Child Protection system and to maintain the connections between Aboriginal children and young people in care and their community.

Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care, Australia
The national non government peak body in Australia representing the interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families.

Language and Literacy

The Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network
Helping to improve language and literacy skills in preschool children.

First Peoples' Heritage, Language and Culture Council
FPHLCC was formed as a Provincial Crown Corporation in 1990 to administer the First Peoples' Heritage, Language and Culture Program, a program established by the government of British Columbia.

First Peoples' Cultural Foundation
A not-for-profit charitable public organization that generates support to raise awareness and funding for Aboriginal language revitalization.

The Hanen Centre
Learning Language and Loving It Program helps teachers make language learning a natural part of everyday conversation, play activities and daily routines in any early childhood or child care setting.

Literacy Instruction in Aboriginal Settings
Increasing success rates for Aboriginal students is one of Canada's most pressing educational challenges.

National Adult Literacy Database
NALD is a federally incorporated, non-profit service organization which fills the crucial need for a single-source, comprehensive, up-to-date and easily accessible database of adult literacy programs, resources, services and activities across Canada

Plain Language Association International
This site provides free plain-language articles, writing tutorials, Web links, news, networking opportunities, professional support, and e-mail discussion group.

Plain Language Service
The PLS provides plain language and clear design assessments and revisions as well as focus testing and workshops for the public, private and voluntary sectors.

The Saskatchewan Aboriginal Literacy Network
Aboriginal Literacy encompasses first languages, elder involvement, culture and community in a holistic development approach to unify mind, heart, body and spirit.

Regulations

Please note that the following are the most current regulations listed on the website of each Province or Territory at the time of posting. Please check with the Government of the Province or Territory directly to ensure you are using the most current version available.

Alberta
Social Care Facilities Licensing Act

British Columbia
Community Care and Assisted Living Act

Manitoba
Community Care Standards Act

New Brunswick
Family Services Act: Day Care Regulation

Newfoundland and Labrador
Child Care Services Act

Northwest Territories
Child Day Care Act

Nova Scotia
Day Care Act

Nunavut Territory
Child Day Care Act

Ontario
Day Nurseries Act

Prince Edward Island
Child Care Facilities Act

Québec
An Act Respecting Childcare Centres and Childcare Services

Saskatchewan
Child Care Act

Yukon Territory
Child Care Act