Canada’s Waiting Children and Youth

Canada's Waiting Children and Youth promotes the placement of waiting children and youth in permanent, safe, loving and culturally competent families. CWCY is the only national child-specific photo listing program in Canada, and only available to Canadian residents.

 

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

This free early childhood literacy program is available for children from birth to age five.

 

 

KidsHelpPhone.ca

Kids Help Phone is Canada’s only 24/7 e-mental health service offering free, confidential support to young people in English and French. There are also tools and resources for issues from bullying to online safety

 

Kids in the Know

Kids in the Know is a national interactive safety education program for increasing the personal safety of children and reducing their risk of victimization online and in the real world.

 

Living with FASD comic book

A collection of five stories, based on stories told by members of the Whitecrow Village community. The stories are about struggling in school, the importance of friendships and receiving support from friends and family.

 

Making Sense of Trauma - Storybook for Kids

Big Feelings Come and Go is a free storybook the Canadian Centre for Child Protection hopes will be a resource to help families and caregivers have conversations with kids about freeze, flight, and fight and learn some basic self-regulation skills.

 

MentorNet

MentorNet is a unique program aimed at connecting Students and Young Professionals (SYPs) interested in global health with experts in the field.

 

Financial Literacy Course for Youth In and From Care

The Children's Aid Foundation has developed free online financial literacy training that can act as a resource for youth transitioning out of the child welfare system so they are better able to successfully manage money and debts and begin building assets.

 

Sex Ed: Beyond the Classroom

For this special web series,The Walrus spoke with teens, parents, and educators nationwide, on what we get wrong—and right—about gender, intimacy, desire, and consent.

 

Stop Now And Plan (SNAP)

SNAP, is an evidence-based behavioural model that provides a framework for teaching children struggling with behaviour issues, and their parents, effective emotional regulation, self-control and problem-solving skills.

 

Weight-related Conversations Knowledge Translation Casebook

This Casebook is a compilation of best evidence and practice to assist healthcare professionals in having positive conversations about weight-related issues with children and their families. 

 

Mobility for Good - Youth Aging out of Care

A collaboration between TELUS and Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada (CAFC) and select Centre de Jeunesse Foundations, Mobility for Good® helps youth aging out of care achieve independence by providing them with a free phone and a $0 plan. This enables them to stay in touch with friends and vital support networks, search for somewhere to live, find education and job opportunities, and build credit.

Programs are also available to support seniors, low income families, and Indigenous women at risk or surviving violence - visit Mobility for Good to learn more.

 

Logo: Sex Information and Education Council of Canada (SIECCAN)Toolkits for Autistic and Disabled Youth with Physical Disabilities

Sex Information & Education Council of Canada (SIECCAN) has developed capacity-building toolkits to improve service provider knowledge and skills to promote sexual health and well-being among Autistic youth and disabled youth with physical disabilities.

 

Logo: Sex Information and Education Council of Canada (SIECCAN)Sexual Health Promotion with Disabled Youth toolkit

Sex Information and Education Council of Canada (SIECCAN) has released a Sexual Health Promotion with Disabled Youth toolkit that is now accessible. You can access courses relating to all of these resources by creating a free account on the  Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) learning site