KidCareCanada shares this information with thanks to the British Columbia Ministry of Children and Family Development. The Province of BC is helping essential service workers find child care. To support parents who are essential service workers during the response to novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Province is launching a new process. This process will match parents, […]
Even before COVID-19 a remarkable group of individuals and two businesses, PENNA & CO in Broadmead and Quadra London Drugs, came together to support a family newly arrived from Iran. A few months ago our executive director, Estelle Paget, met this family at a “Books for Breakfast” event at Bruce Hutchison Library, organized by the […]
Dr. Andrew Macnab, Eva Bild (Mothering Touch) and Estelle Paget felt privileged to present at the 2020 Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Conference, along with Dr. Joanna Cheek, who participated electronically. Their session, “Anxiety and Depression: Voices that Support Expectant and New Parents” was well received and included this 4:13 minute video of “Mothers’ Voices” https://kidcarecanada.org/videos/mothers-voices/ […]
Yesterday’s event in Victoria – “A Positive Start to Life” – sponsored by Leadership Victoria, was a wonderful success! Panelists Suzanne Jackson (Child Care Planner, BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres), Dr. Andrew Macnab, MD (Pediatrician and Director, KidCareCanada Board), David Lau (Executive Director, Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society) discussed the importance of the […]
We are part of a gathering of community influencers, taking place on Monday, February 10 2020, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM [PST] About the event The Impact of a Positive Start to Life is an afternoon event being hosted by KidCareCanada and sponsored by Leadership Victoria. Our goal is to bring community influencers together to […]
We wish to honour the memory of Ann Reiner, who died suddenly on December 11, 2019. We are so very sad that this remarkable human being has died. She was loved, valued and vital. KidCareCanada was fortunate to have Ann’s support. Our connection to Infant Development Programs (IDP) began because of Ann and her long-time […]
Are you curious to know more about what we do to help parents and caregivers feel empowered? We are happy to announce that our 9th Annual Report (2018) has been published and is also available in PDF format for you to review online. (https://kidcarecanada.org/annual-reports/) Two barriers have prevented many parents from accessing information about early […]
KidCareCanada is delighted to be featured in the latest edition of Island Parent magazine! Find out what “The Blur of a New Baby” actually involves! https://issuu.com/islandparent/docs/ipm_may_19_mag/10
Find out more about 2 new episodes in our Talk Show series – both focusing on Anxiety. “Anxiety in New Parents – The Silent Epidemic” with Dr. Joanna Cheek and “The Anxiety Trap” with Dr. Tisha Gangopadhyay
Why Early Childhood development is a valuable investment and one of the best you can ever make.
An update from our AGM in May with Dr. Janet Werker as Guest Speaker.
