Second-hand smoke contains more than 7,000 chemical substances and is particularly harmful to the respiratory health of children and babies. Exposure to this toxic smoke can cause or exacerbate several respiratory problems in children, such as coughs, colds, bronchitis, pneumonia and asthma. Children of Smokers…
We hope you enjoy our Fall 2020 Family Issue of our Connexions Newsletter! You can either download the PDF (to the right) or click on any of these news items: We Want to Know: “Can You Come & Play?” Tips & Tricks for Virtual Playgroup…
Parents Orphelins and Bereaved Families of Ontario offers a wide range of support services for families who have lost a child.
Find useful resources including the Ma Grossesse pregnancy notification service, which allows you to find a professional to monitor your pregnancy.
Free e-mental health and substance use support resources, tools, apps and virtual counselling services from trained volunteers and qualified mental health professionals on the Wellness Together Canada portal.
To get the most up-to-date information from reliable sources about COVID-19, we are sharing information that is taken directly from Health Canada (COVID-19: Be Prepared) and Government of Québec website (COVID-19). In order to be prepared, stay healthy and prevent the spread of illness from…
With your free Accès Gatineau card you have access to books from all 10 libraries within the Gatineau region! Delve into the library’s collection of over 686,000 documents: online encyclopaedias, bestsellers, comic books, DVDs, magazines and much, much more. The library also offers activities for younger…
What Can a Dietitian Do for Me? Dietitians translate the science of nutrition into terms you can understand. They unlock food’s potential and support healthy living for their patients, clients, and communities. Dietitians look beyond fads and gimmicks to deliver reliable, life-changing advice tailored to…
And the # risk factor of Chronic Diseases like heart disease, cancer and diabetes is diet. Every year in March, Dietitians of Canada organizes Nutrition Month to provide information and guidance to Canadians, making it a little easier for them to choose, eat and enjoy…
We would like to thank our parents for attending last week’s information session on “Untying the Legal Knot.” It was a great session and an opportunity for parents to ask questions and to learn more about the legal issues that are encountered during separation and…
We would like to thank Quelen Farias, B.Sc. PT, Registered Physiotherapist, from Pelvic Support Physiotherapy for joining us last Friday, January 31, for our first Baby Chat get-together of 2020. Full bio. We had a great time talking about the myths regarding postpartum pelvic health. …
Eating disorders can involve rigid diets, bingeing on food in secret, throwing up after meals or obsessively counting calories. It’s not easy to watch someone you care about damage their health—especially when the solution appears, at least on the outside, to be simple. But eating…
Read a story, play a game, bake a cake or sing a rhyming song! There are many fun and creative ways that families can build literacy skills with their child! Held annually on January 27, Family Literacy Day helps raise awareness about the importance of…
Info-Santé 811, option #1 is a free and confidential telephone consultation service that puts you in contact with a nurse in case of a non-urgent health issue. The service is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Anyone living in Québec can call Info-Santé…
The Santé et service sociaux Québec offers two great visuals, the Decision Assistant for the Flu and the Decision Assistant for Gastroenteritis. These quick fact sheets provides information about the steps you can take and first response services you can count on when you need…
You can learn more about this change on the Government of Quebec website. We’ve also put together a long list of resources for parents on Cannabis and Youth. Here are two more shorts from the Government of Quebec:
