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St. Vital Coordinator Posting - posted February 2 
Administrative Coordinator Posting
The St. Vital Parent Child Coalition (PCC) was established in 2001 as a committee of the St. Vital Intersectoral group, now known as the St. Vital Community Action Network. Healthy Child Manitoba created the Parent Child Coalition approach in 2001 to provide a structure and funding for grassroots community effort to address the needs of children throughout Manitoba.
The St. Vital Parent Child Coalition is currently accepting applications from individuals interested in a part time position supporting the Coalition in an Administrative and Networking capacity.
The Coordinator will work a maximum of 10 hours per week. Please fax or email a cover letter with your resume by February 15, 2012 to:
Denise Lywak
dlywak@wrha.mb.ca
Fax: (204) 255-4903
Allergy Information
Allergy tragedy: who's to blame; gluten in med
Amarria Johnson became one of those stories this month that hits you right in the gut as a parent, as a human. A little girl on a Virginia playground handed a small goodie from a friend. Without thinking, as 7-year-olds can do, she pops it in her mouth.
The goodie turns out to be a peanut, Amarria is peanut-allergic, the emergency response at the school is too slow, and a little girl ends up a casualty of a completely preventable death and now a cause célèbre.
Scant weeks ago, the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network began touting the proposed School Access to Epinephrine Act. Many didn’t instantly get the need for such legislation, but then Amarria came along. A girl who didn’t have her own epinephrine auto-injector available, who went into full-flight anaphylaxis in a school clinic – as other children’s auto-injectors sat untouched.
March Allergic Living News Report
Public Health Agency of Canada - H1N1 Information
FREE Community Development information Sharing Session - posted January 23
The purpose of this information Session is to provide an overview of the services offered to newcomer immigrants in Winnipeg. The panel discussion will include representatives from the following:
- Manitoba START – Centralized registration, information and referral for newcomers
- ENTRY Program – Language and Orientation for newcomers
- Winnipeg English Language Assessment and Referral Centre (WELARC)
- Neighbourhood Immigrant Settlement Worker Program
Monday, January 30, 2012
12 noon – 1:30 p.m. at the Fort Rouge Leisure Centre
625 Osborne Street
Please bring your lunch – and bring a friend to this session!
Refreshments will be available
No RSVP required
Resources for Newcomer Families
English Online
Multilingual Child Safety and Prevention Tips
BRYCS - Multilingual Resources
Raising Children in a New Country: An Illustrated Handbook
A Resource Guide for Immigrant Women
Chai for Men
Giving Birth in a New Land
Office of the Manitoba Fairness Commissioner
Immigration.gc.ca/antifraud