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I recently became aware of these two reports: How are Canadians REALLY doing? The 2016 Cdn Index of Well-being National Report https://uwaterloo.ca/canadian-index-wellbeing/ Where Does Canada Stand? The Canadian Index of Child and Youth Well-being (2019 Baseline Report) "One of the key ingredients in the recipe for a happy child is a happy parent. When parents do better, kids do better – and vice versa. And, as for the recipe for a happy parent, the key ingredient in that recipe is good...

Canadian ACEs and Trauma-Informed Network membership is surging again. During these days of physical distancing we have the opportunity to expand our online connections. Now is a good time to plan next steps in our ACEs and Trauma Informed Canada implementation strategy. If you're Canadian, we want to hear what's happening in your region. Welcome all.

Pandemics & Infodemics - Wisdom In The Time Of Covid-19 | Russell Brand & Dr. Gabor Mate

Thank you for pulling this info together Elizabeth! It's very well done and helpful.

Dr. Gabor Mate is a Canadian treasure. Here are some classic messages and resources for easy reference.

Thank you for sharing these resources, Elizabeth!

New podcast launched - an educational resource on trauma-informed lawyering by Myrna McCallum, Miyo Pimatisiwin Legal Services @LegalTrauma

Elizabeth Perry provides an update on her advocacy efforts to increase awareness, prevention and healing of ACEs in the Canadian context through her #ACEs Canada organization.

A list of resources promoted by the CBC. The CBC produces podcasts for CBC radio. The program IDEAS with Nahlah Ayed aired a 3 part series about Adverse Childhood Experiences and childhood trauma entitled “All in the Family”. This is a summary of the content.

Excellent blog posting with resource listing of books and authors & researchers. Thank you, Maria.

Thank you so much for taking the time to pull this together for our membership Maria! Great list.

Thank you so much Maria for sharing the resources you are aware of, especially the ones from CBC. I'm so delighted to see how much we can all benefit each other when we come together. I wasn't aware of some of this Canadian media on ACEs. I will definitely be adding these to my resources. Thank you. Elizabeth

Young men are dying at alarming rates in BC and Alberta, and the situation is only exacerbated by Covid-19. Overdose deaths and suicide are killing devastating families and communities.

New article exploring the findings of a bibliometric analysis of ACEs articles published in the 20 years post publication of The ACE Study by Felitti and Anda. Two Canadian researchers, Asmundson and Afifi continue to advocate to make ACEs research a funding priority in Canada.

New Canadian Research: A conceptual analysis of interpersonal resilience as a domain specific type of resilience, based on the premise that it is a multi-faceted construct. The researchers consider interpersonal resilience within the context of child sexual abuse (CSA) as an under-attended and salient interpersonal stressor with profound implications involving the self and personal identity.

New Canadian Research: A growing body of literature on the concept of trauma-informed care (TIC) has emerged in response to greater recognition of the prevalence of childhood trauma. Currently, no review has examined the conceptualization of TIC in various child-serving systems, specifically TIC as a standard of care, the outcomes examined relevant to care, and whether child rights are part of the TIC discourse.

I am such a huge Gabor Mate follower. He is an inspiration and for me up there with all of the greats! Someday I hope to tell him how significant his work has been through my own journey, and a influence of my own personal work in helping to free woman from trauma. so glad to see this mutual admiration for this great leader. Amber B

Great to hear Amber that you also value Dr. Gabor Mate. Denise and I are both great fans too. He's certainly changing the way we think about addiction and it would appear we are finally making some inroads into "culture change" based on recent news reports of policy proposal and change re access to safe use sites and supply.

Here's a collection of ACEs questionnaires from the original to the WHO for easy reference and comparison as we explore expanding what researchers measure.