Child Development
Best Start - Indigenous Child Development
Resources for Indigenous-identified individuals on child development.
Topics include: alcohol and drugs, breastfeeding, Indigenous child development & prenatal health, nutrition, physical activity, prenatal/postpartum health, teen pregnancy.
Additional resources:
Indigenous-Specific: Yes
Canadian Child Care Federation
Resources List for Early Learning and Childcare:
-100 Parenting resources on everything related to child development
-Dietitician resources
Indigenous Child Care:
-Meeting the Challenge: An Aboriginal Perspective *must purchase resource
-Aboriginal Children's Circle of Early Learning (ACCEL)
Indigenous-Specific: No
Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology - Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years (0-4 years)
Guidelines for physical activity in infants age 0-4 years - Integration of physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep.
Indigenous-Specific: No
Community Action Program for Children - Projects Directory Online
Community Action Program for Children (CAPC) provides long term funding to community coalitions to deliver programs that address the health and development of children (0-6 years) who are living in conditions of risk. Offers a complete listing of CAPC Projects across the country. This resource presents project information such as the title, contact name, population served and programs and services.
Indigenous-Specific: No
First Nations Health Authority - Maternal, Child & Family Health
Additional resources:
Children's Oral Health resources
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder resources
Indigenous-Specific: Yes
Healthy Baby Healthy Brain
A parent website about early brain development in infants/children with video resources.
Indigenous-Specific: No
Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
First Nations Student Nutrition Program: helps provide children and youth with access to healthy food at school to support learning and healthy development. The program helps provide nutritious meals and snacks in 120 sites in 63 First Nations through a First Nations-led process.
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: community resource that promotes well-being for Indigenous children, youth, and families across Ontario, including individuals affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. List of organizations in Ontario offering Indigenous FASD/Child Nutrition Programs.
Child's Welfare and Children's Aid: 49 children's aid societies in Ontario, including 11 Indigenous societies.
Family Well-Being program: End violence against Indigenous women and girls, reduce the need to bring Indigenous children and youth into the child welfare and youth justice systems, and improve the overall health and well-being of Indigenous communities.
Indigenous-Specific: Yes