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New Website for Parents in Manitoba
Submitted on January 24th 2012ManitobaParentZone.ca is a made-in-Manitoba website designed to provide parents with trusted resources and information to help them with the world’s toughest and most rewarding job: parenting. It provides:
- information on parenting;
- information about child development; and
- an interactive “Ask an Expert” feature where parents can ask specific questions.
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Bilingual Online Child-Care Registry
Submitted on December 1st 2011Five months after Canada’s first online child-care registry was fully implemented across the province, more than 1,000 children have already been placed with the help of this convenient tool, Family Services and Consumer Affairs Minister Gord Mackintosh announced today.
Manitoba’s parent-friendly online registry is now also getting its first major upgrade. The website will now have a new map feature that allows parents to find child care along their commuting routes or near a convenient location.
Based on recommendations by families and child-care providers, the new online map feature makes it easy for parents to search for licensed child-care providers along a specific route or near a location of their choice.
As of today, there are about 8,000 total online registrations across the province, which represents about 5,000 children currently looking for child care and another 3,000 children registered for future spaces. There are currently 29,811 licensed child-care spaces in Manitoba.
The online registry can be found at www.manitoba.ca/onlinechildcareregistry (English) or www.manitoba.ca/registredesgarderies (French).
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Triple P Training in French
Submitted on October 27th 2011The Positive Parenting Program (“Triple P”) is a helpful, practical approach to raising children that focuses on the positive. Triple P uses strong, nurturing relationships, good communication and positive attention to help children develop. It helps create a family setting that is loving, supportive and predictable.
The program uses easy-to-follow suggestions for small changes that make big differences to parents, children and families. It is proven to be very successful in developing good attitudes and behaviour.
Healthy Child Manitoba will offer two Triple P training sessions in French between the 5th and the 8th of December, 2011. This training is for:
- social workers;
- parent educators;
- school specialists;
- school counsellors;
- nurses;
- community mental health workers; and
- paramedical professionals.
For more information or to register, please view the attached documents. The registration deadline is November 18th, 2011.
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French Prenatal Class
Submitted on October 27th 2011The St-Boniface Health Centre will offer a prenatal class in French Saturday, November 5th, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Classes include the following topics and are adapted to meet the needs of the participants:
- Advanced pregnancy and nutrition;
- Labour and delivery;
- Comfort measures and medical options;
- Breastfeeding; and
- Postpartum period and care of your newborn.
The class will take place in:
Room N1026 of the Education Building
at the St-Boniface Hospital
at 431, avenue Taché in St-Boniface
To obtain more information or to register, call 204-235-3910.
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Official Opening: Bilingual Birth Centre in Saint-Vital
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Prenatal Class in French
Submitted on September 8th 2011Class includes the following topics and is adapted to meet the needs of the participants:
- Advanced pregnancy and nutrition;
- Labour and delivery;
- Comfort measures and medical options;
- Breastfeeding; and
- Postpartum period and care of your newborn.
September 17th, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
St-Boniface Hospital - Education Building
431, avenue Taché in Saint-Boniface
Room NG034
For more information, see the attached poster or contact the Centre de santé Saint-Boniface at 204-235-3910.
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EAT SAFE!: New CPHA Web Resource on Food Safety
Submitted on January 20th 2011The Canadian Public Health Association has released EAT SAFE!, a new online resource that helps people minimize their personal risk from foodborne illness.
“Most bacteria, viruses and parasites that induce foodborne illness present a greater risk to seniors, pregnant women, people living with HIV, and people undergoing cancer treatment,” said CPHA Chair-Elect Dr. Lynn McIntyre. “Everyone should be aware of their personal level of risk for foodborne illness and follow some simple steps to safeguard their health, whenever they buy, cook, or store food.”
While the EAT SAFE! site has something for all Canadians, it is designed especially for four vulnerable populations:
- seniors;
- people living with HIV/AIDS;
- people undergoing cancer treatment;
- pregnant women.
These populations are more susceptible to foodborne illness which in some cases can be severe or even deadly.
For more information, visit the EAT SAFE! website.
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New Pension Plan for Manitoba Child-Care Workers
Submitted on October 15th 2010Child-care workers in Manitoba will be eligible for a pension plan starting Dec. 1, as part of a Workforce Stability Strategy, Family Services and Consumer Affairs Minister Gord Mackintosh announced today.
“Child-care workers have said the protection and stability of a pension plan is important as a key part of our strategy to recruit new workers as well as keep those who are already providing great care and early learning for children,” said Mackintosh. “We want to make sure more people discover that child care is a rewarding and satisfying career.”
Manitoba will be the only province outside of Quebec to offer a provincewide plan to child-care workers. Resources will be available to child-care centres and home-based providers as follows:
- for centre-based workers, the province will match employee payments of four per cent of salaries to a defined-contribution pension plan;
- for home-based child-care providers, the province will reimburse 50 per cent of annual RRSP contributions up to $1,700; and
- for both centre-based workers and home-based providers, the province will provide a retirement benefit equivalent to four days pay per year of service to a maximum of 10 years at age 65 (or from 55 to 65 with age and years of service totalling at least 80).
Full-time child-care centre staff working an average of 30 hours or more per week will be eligible immediately and must join after two years. Part-time staff will be eligible after two years of previous employment based on specific requirements for hours worked.
Centres that already offer a pension plan will be eligible for reimbursement. When fully implemented, the province will provide up to $6.6 million per year to fund the program. Information packages and orientation sessions with details of the plan will be available to facilities soon.
The pension plan will supplement a 49 per cent increase in wages for front-line early-childhood educators since 1999, bringing their starting salary to $32,000 per year. Manitoba’s early-childhood educator wages are the second highest in Canada. Overall, workforce initiatives have helped attract over 2,000 more child-care workers in the last five years, as reported by child-care centres.
The pension plan is one part of Family Choices: Manitoba’s Five Year Agenda for Early Learning and Child Care, launched in April 2008. Notably, Family Choices committed to funding 6,500 more child-care spaces and 35 new child-care centre sites. To date, funding for 3,500 spaces and 29 sites has been announced. There are 6,500 child-care workers employed in centres and nursery schools, plus another 471 workers offering child-care services in homes.
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Pluri-elles (Manitoba) Inc. will help families and children across Canada
Submitted on September 26th 2010A project led by Pluri-elles (Manitoba) Inc. and sponsored by the Government of Canada will help families and children in minority francophone communities across Canada by helping organizations work together on health and early childhood issues.
Ms. Shelly Glover, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Member of Parliament for Saint Boniface, made the announcement today on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development.
“Families are the building blocks of our society, and the Government of Canada partners with the provinces and territories, the private sector and not-for-profit organizations to help families achieve their aspirations for a better and stronger future,” said Ms. Glover. “Through this project, Pluri-elles will build stronger networks with other organizations that support minority francophone families and children and will create and distribute resources, share knowledge, and offer training.”
The Government of Canada, through the Children and Families component of the Social Development Partnerships Program, will contribute $481,629 towards the project. In 2010-2011, the Government of Canada provided more than $6.3 million for 37 projects across Canada under the Social Development Partnerships Program. Through the Program, the Government supports community not-for-profit organizations in the development of innovative solutions and the sharing of knowledge that will benefit children, families and communities.
“It is of the utmost importance to offer different programs and services to our communities across Canada” said the Executive Director of Pluri-elles (Manitoba) Inc., Mona Audet. “Families will reap the benefits of this contribution. By working with service providers, families and the community, we will be able to make a big difference for children.”
In addition to providing funding under the Social Development Partnerships Program, the Government of Canada transfers more than $1.1 billion annually to the provinces and territories in support of early childhood development and child care, including $250 million a year to create new child care spaces.
Other federal investments for families and children include the Canada Child Tax Benefit, the National Child Benefit Supplement for low-income families, the Child Disability Benefit, the Universal Child Care Benefit, the Child Care Expense Deduction, and a non-refundable child tax credit.
Canada’s Economic Action Plan improved the National Child Benefit Supplement and the Canada Child Tax Benefit by making them available to more families.
For more information about the Social Development Partnerships Program, please visit www.hrsdc.gc.ca.
Source: Canada News Centre
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Community Meeting: Community Birth Centre
Submitted on June 9th 2010You are invited to a
COMMUNITY MEETING
June 10, 2010 at 7 p.m.
St. Mary’s Road United Church
613 St. Mary’s Road
To learn more about the site, the building and the programs and services with time for questions and discussion. Everyone welcome at this family event. Refreshments.