Supporting Island families - Activities across the province are planned this week for families to have fun together while building their literacy skills. To celebrate Family Literacy Day this Saturday (January 27), public libraries, schools, and the PEI Literacy Alliance are...
Supporting Island families - The recruitment of two new family physicians to Kings County marks the first time in nearly a decade that the region’s physician complement has been full. Dr. Penny Thomson started this week at the Montague Health Centre, and Dr. Craig Malone will...
Supporting Island families - Sarah McKenna of Sherwood brought her infant daughter Emma home from the hospital on January 3. It was her first child and she had some questions about what to expect about vaccination and breastfeeding. Until newborns arrive with an instruction...
Healthy eating can be a confusing, emotional topic for many people. Fortunately, the province’s dietitians are available to offer Islanders good advice on food and health. Diana MacLennan, a dietitian and diabetes nutrition educator with the Provincial Diabetes Program and...
Supporting Island families - The provincial government wants feedback on housing needs across Prince Edward Island. Islanders are encouraged to help guide the provincial housing strategy by completing an online survey at princeedwardisland.ca/housingstrategy until February 2. The...
Supporting Island families - Christina Follett wants to make healthy diets more attainable for some of Prince Edward Island’s most vulnerable residents. She recently launched a Healthy Families Community Kitchen program at the Native Council of Prince Edward Island’s office in...
Expanded Early Learning and Child Care Access Program - Application Guidelines
The 2017 Prince Edward Island Children’s Report explores the relationship between the social determinants of health, health equity, healthy behaviours and health outcomes for Island children.
Supporting Island families - Funding from the province’s Interministerial Women’s Secretariat is helping groups like the Community Legal Information Association of Prince Edward Island (CLIA) better support Island women and girls. CLIA executive director David Daughton said his...