Category: <span>Advocacy</span>

Advocating for Cultural Competency

Cultural Compentence: “Cultural competence is about our will and actions to build understanding between people, to be respectful and open to different cultural perspectives, strengthen cultural security and work towards equality in opportunity. Relationship building is fundamental to cultural competence and is based on the foundations of understanding each other’s …

Aboriginal Head Start Program

Aboriginal Headstart Program The Aboriginal Head Start in Urban and Northern Communities (AHSUNC) Program is a community-based early intervention program initiative that was created in 1995 by the Minister of Health, Diane Marleau. It was created to build on Aboriginal people’s values, beliefs, ideas and interests, and to support parents …

Professional Resource #2

European Journal of Pediatrics, Issue 175: Sept 8, 2016 The association between childcare and risk of childhood overweight and obesity in children aged 5 years and under: a systematic review Goiuri Alberdi, Aoife E. McNamara, Karen L. Lindsay, Helena A. Scully, Mary H. Horan, Eileen R. Gibney & Fionnuala M. McAuliffe http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.nic.bc.ca:2048/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=11&sid=787c5638-2b8f-4737-88f7-ff59bf0c341a%40sdc-v-sessmgr03 …