Supporting Island Families - Lori Johnston says you don’t need a perfect house with a white picket fence to foster a child. You only need to open your door – and your heart. “Foster parents don’t have to be typical,” says Johnston, who has fostered Island children in need for...
Island children and families will benefit from new investments that will make high-quality early learning and child care more affordable and accessible. Federal, provincial, and territorial ministers signed an historic agreement in Ottawa today on a common framework to improve...
From his office overlooking St. Peter’s Bay, Michael Cashin says moving to Prince Edward Island was the absolute best choice for him and his family. The former Ontario resident runs his own businesses out of the community centre in the former St. Peter’s School. He lives with his...
Supporting Island Families - New parents can encourage an early love of reading through two new literacy programs. Public health and the provincial libraries are partnering to promote “Born to Read” and “Little Ones Read,” which emphasize the importance of reading to infants and...
Nominations for the annual Senior Islanders of the Year awards are being accepted until July 15. The annual awards recognize the significant contributions of Island seniors in community life including: volunteerism, artistic achievement, fund raising, community participation...
Supporting Island Families - Catherine Chaisson already had three cases on her desk when she arrived for her first day of work as the province’s new children’s lawyer. Chaisson, a Dalhousie educated lawyer, has spent most of her career working with families in conflict. She...
Supporting Island Families - In five decades as an early childhood educator, Alice Taylor has learned that helping a family helps a child. Taylor runs a local version of a Canada-wide program called Handle with Care, which promotes the mental health of young children. She was...
Supporting Island Families - Hundreds of Island households are making home renovations with grants from the provincial government. The PEI Home Renovation Program will fund renovations for 250 Island households this year. Since the program began in 2013, over 580 households – or...
Her work to bring nearly 300 doctors to Prince Edward Island over the past 10 years has earned Sheila MacLean a lifetime achievement award from her peers across Canada. This is, in fact, MacLean’s second national recognition award. In 2012, the Department of Health and Wellness'...
Service groups across Prince Edward Island can again apply for a Wellness Grant from the provincial government. Not-for-profit and non-government organizations, municipal communities, post-secondary institutions, home and school associations, and community groups can apply at...