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Sensitive Souls a film about young people with FAS
12/06/2014 14:46
Our goal in the documentary "Sensitive Souls" is to create greater awareness and understanding for young people diagnosed with FAS. The film highlights the serious consequences for the unborn child if alcohol is consumed during pregnancy and how symptoms, emerge, slowly and manifest themselves...
Canadians grossly underestimate their alcohol consumption, study says
12/06/2014 14:42
It turns out Canadians lowball the amount of alcohol they drink by up to a whopping 75 per cent, especially when it comes to wine.A study by the Centre for Addictions Research at the University of Victoria said that's a problem because surveys of alcohol consumption are crucial to estimating...
Call for action on foetal alcohol syndrome
30/05/2014 15:59
Indigenous health groups are calling for foetal alcohol syndrome disorder to be recognised as a disability.The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation is also pushing for sufferers of what's known as the "invisible disability" to be kept out of jail, labelling incarceration...
FASD is like a silent Tsunami. Do you agree with Bill C-583?
30/05/2014 15:55
Recently, Member of Parliament Ryan Leef (Yukon,Canada) introduced private member's Bill C-583, which seeks to amend theCanadian Criminal Code to provide a court powers to order FASD assessments andconsider FASD as a mitigating factor in sentencing. Below is a 55 minuteinterview I had with Ryan...
‘They turned a community jail into a gulag’: Critics rail against Yukon’s $75M Whitehorse Correctional Centre
26/05/2014 10:56
The Office of the Auditor General is probing theoperation of Yukon's $75-million Whitehorse Correctional Centre, which is beingbranded a failure and a waste of taxpayers' money by critics.With a staff of more than 110, the jail costs $10-milliona year to run, but currently only houses about 70...
FASD Informed Practice for Community Based Programs
23/05/2014 11:42
This resource was developed as a result of recommendations from an FASD Consultation meeting in Vancouver in March 2012. Representatives from Canada Prenatla Nutrition Program (CPNP), Community Action Plan for Children (CAPC) and Aboriginal Headstart Program (AHS) frontline workers and coordinatros...
New Brunswick - Victorian Order of Nurses selected to operate fetal alcohol spectrum disorder centre of excellence
23/05/2014 11:39
May 6, 2014 The provincial fetal alcohol spectrum disorder centre of excellence will be operated by the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) - eastern region. The provincial government selected the non-governmental organization after a request for proposals process."We are pleased to partner with the...
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder signage required at all Alberta liquor stores
23/05/2014 08:58
If you're pregnant, don't drink alcohol - it's that simple.The Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission (AGLC) echoed the same sentiment as they announced on Monday all liquor stores, bars, restaurants, and nightclubs will be required to post Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) prevention...
Just one binge drinking session may harm health
23/05/2014 08:53
Drinking just four glasses of wine for women or five glasses for men in 2 hours - the official definition of binge drinking - may do more harm to a person's health than previously thought, according to new research.... to read the rest of this article please follow this link ......
Girl harmed by alcohol in womb wins payout
22/05/2014 08:59
A girl has been awarded £500,000 (NZ$973,940) in criminal injuries compensation for severe brain damage suffered in the womb as a result of her mother drinking.Molly, 16, from the northwest of England, was considered a victim of a crime because her mother persisted in heavy drinking despite...
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