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Families and Youth Today

 
bullet Summary
 
bullet Families, Youth Today
 
bullet Research Evidence
 
bullet Training Materials for
Educators

 
bullet Training Materials for
Parents

 
bullet Informing Parents

  Introduction

 
Child Development/
     Parenting


 
Health/Safety

  Learning/Schooling

  School Websites/Email
 
bullet Educating Parents

  Introduction

  Workshops

  Programs

  Guides/Manuals

 
bullet Involving Parents

  Introduction

  School Practices

  School Event

  Volunteers

  Mentoring

  Tutoring

  Fundraising

  School Meal Programs

  After-School Programs

  Support  from Business

 
bullet Supporting Parents

 
 Family Services

  Parent Centres

  Housing/Transportation/
    Babysitting

 
Daycare

  Home Schooling

  Crisis Response

  Hard To Reach
    Parents/Fathers

  Help For Home
    Schoolers

 
bullet Empowering Parents

  Introduction

  Reports/Interviews

  Parents' Rights/Appeals

  Accountability/School
    Reports/Teaching
    Improvement Plans

  Parent Councils

  School Choice

  Site-Based Management

  Model/Sample Policies

  Parent Advocacy in
     the Community
 
 
bullet User Survey

 

 
This section presents links to research, articles and factsheets/FAQs about Canadian famiies and youth today.

More information on families can be found at the following sites
 
bullet Growing Healthy Canadians. Role of the Family
bullet It Keeps Getting Faster: Changing Patterns of Time in Families (Vanier Institute)
bullet Strengths in Families: Accentuating the Positive (Vanier Institute)
bullet Electronic Media and the Family (Vanier Institute)
bullet The Current Status of Canadian Family Finances (Vanier Institute)
bullet Divorce: Facts, Causes and Consequences (Vanier Institute)
bullet Portraits of Fathers (Vanier Institute)
bullet Aboriginal Family Trends (Vanier Institute)
bullet Same-Sex Couples and Same-Sex Parent Families: Relationships, Parenting, and Issues of Marriage (Vanier Institute)

More information on young people can be found at the following sites:

bullet Young Canadians. Special Issue of Transition Magazine (Vanier Institute)
bullet Growing Up With Mom and Dad? The intricate family life courses of Canadian children (Statistics Canada)
bullet Children and Lone-Mother Families (Human Resources Development Canada)
bullet Young Canadians in a Wired World (Media Access Network)

This summary has been prepared with funding provided by the
Population Health Fund, Health Canada

 

 


Key Resources
 

 
bullet Canadian Families
bullet Health Roles of Canadian Family
bullet FAQs on Families
bullet Helping Parents Out
bullet Parent Brochures
bullet Working Parents' Survival Guide
 


Key Organizations
 

 
bullet Canadian Health Network (Relationships Section)
bullet Canadian Home & School Federation
bullet BC Council for Families
bullet Canadian Home Economics Association
bullet Child and Family Canada
bullet Canadian Institute of Child Health
bullet Caring for Kids (Canadian Paediatric Society)
bullet sexualityandu.ca (Parent Section) Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada.
bullet Vanier Institute of the Family


 

    

 


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