Education Links
www.cbc. ca/canada/ toronto/story/ 2007/04/13/ ontario-complain t-safeschools. html
Canada - Toronto CBC News - Ontario agrees to end zero-tolerance school policy
Child Advocacy Project is a pro bono www.childadvocacy. ca
CAP is dedicated to safeguarding the public education rights of children and youth across Ontario. The volunteer lawyers who take CAP cases are experienced and trained in Education Law. CAP lawyers work for free. CAP lawyers provide free legal services to: Students who are involved in the Special Education process.
Resiliency for Life! Michael Ballard, President & CEO presents books, CD's (see online store), workshops, articles and more... helping children and adults build and restore the spirit. Michael is also one of our speakers - and, because the health implications of resiliency, is listed in our health section as well.
Dealing with grief http://www.bereavement.net/index.htm
List of grief books for children http://www.bereavement.net/reading.htm
Today's Parent MagazIne - www.todaysparent.com
Voices for Children - www.voicesforchildren.ca - promotes the well-being of children and youth in Ontario by disseminating information to influence policy, practice and awareness. Activities include: Distilling research in order to make it easier for new knowledge to be incorporated into policy and practice - connecting people and information.
Grandparents Magazine - www.grandparentsmagazine.net - we have listed this under education because of the volume of educational material contained in this magazine or on their web site.
Free workshops are available to residents of Ontario
The Health Communication Unit, Centre for Health Promotion
University of Toronto
100 College Street, Room 213, Toronto, ON M5G 1L5
Phone: 416-978-0596, Fax: 416-971-2443
http://www.thcu.ca
Foster Parent Community Online Foster Parent training (useful for kinship care providers or any parent or grandparent) Online training instructions: Choose and click on a topic of interest from the list below. Read course material Answer questionnaire and submit. Once your answers have been verified, you will receive a certificate of completion by email.
More to Come ....
CANGRANDS National Kinship Support
R.R. 1, McArthurs Mills, Ontario K0L 2M0
Tel: 613-474-0035
E-mail: grandma@cangrands.com
courriel: demandez@cangrands.com