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Exploring Yellowknife Walking Trails

This is a detailed map of the city’s recreation facilities, parks, playgrounds, trails, and public-use spaces, helpful if you’re looking for family-friendly places to play, walk, or explore. A useful resource for parents who want to plan outings with kids or explore local green spaces.

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Healthy Family Program

This pamphlet promotes the Healthy Family Program, a territorial program in the Northwest Territories, designed to support and enhance the development of children under the age of 5. The program provides support and information on parenting to expectant parents and families with young children.

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Growing Up Healthy

A resource booklet for First Nations and Métis parents in BC concerning the health and well-being of children. Topics include traditional foods, healthy eating on a budget, and general family wellness. It offers guidance on physical health, eye and dental health, safety, sleeping, and activity for children, with age-specific information from pregnancy to 6 years.

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Fatherhood is Forever

A resource booklet for First Nations and Métis parents in BC that focuses on the importance of fathering. It provides information on how to be an involved father, different approaches for varying family situations (e.g., single fathers, separated fathers), and encourages healing as a step toward better fathering. Key topics include family traditions and playtime.

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Pregnancy and Substance Use

This document is a Harm Reduction Toolkit for Pregnancy and Substance Use. It provides detailed, evidence-based harm reduction information for various substances, including alcohol, benzodiazepines, cannabis, opioids, stimulants, and tobacco/nicotine. The resource also guides individuals on navigating prenatal care, labor, childbirth, and the postpartum period while emphasizing the right to quality perinatal care.

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Baby Bundle Collateral

This document provides essential information about Jordan's Principle, a Canadian policy ensuring First Nations children receive necessary public services. It lists examples of covered services across areas like health, social, and education and details the eligibility criteria for children. The resource also includes contact information for submitting requests and learning more.

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