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Membership Renewal 2012:

1. CFPNA memberships can now be processed online!  Remember to include your full mailing address, including city, province and postal code on the form.  
 
2. To simplify the administrative process of renewals, the annual membership renewal date is going to be changed to October 31st of each year. We will not implement this change until 2013 renewal year.  This means all members who renew for 2012 will have their membership extended until October 31st 2013, You will get six months membership for free!  Now is a good time to tell a friend to join.

3. CFPNA executive have been working hard to increase membership and have developed an agreement with existing provincial family practice nursing associations. Members who join a provincial family pracitice/primary care nursing association in Manitoba, Ontario and Nova Scotia  automatically become a member of the CFPNA. Their CFPNA membership dues are transferred from their provincial association. This has seen a growth in our membership to 696 nurses! The magic number to have a certification course developed is 1000, another good reason to tell a friend to join.

The success of the organization depends on the ongoing support of its membership. Your $20 membership fees goes a long way to ensure the sustainability of the website and support other operating costs of the association. The executive would like to express their appreciation for  your continued interest in the CFPNA. Please visit the website often or take an extra minute now to read some of the latest news stories and check out a number of new weblinks that have been added.

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Our "Let's Talk Day" piece posted in February led to a reader sending us a tip about two useful resources available on the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health website.

Brochure:  When a parent dies by suicide…what kids want to know 
http://www.camh.net/about_addiction_mental_health/mental_health_information/when_parent_suicide.html

http://www.camh.net/About_Addiction_Mental_Health/Mental_Health_Information/when_parent_suicide.pdf

Booklet:  Hope and Healing after Suicide: A practical guide for people who have lost someone to suicide in Ontario

http://www.camh.net/Publications/CAMH_Publications/hope_healing.html

 

Tags mental health  suicide  resource 

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Community Resource Guide: “What can I do to help the Families of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal women and girls?”

The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is pleased to announce the release of a new product entitled, “Community Resource Guide: What can I do to help the Families of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls?” The Community Resource Guide (CRG) is a plain-language publication that has been designed to assist educators, health and service providers and other allies with the necessary information and tools to work in a culturally appropriate and sensitive manner with families who have lost a loved one.

Since 2005, NWAC has been leading the way in research and community outreach on the issue of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls. “NWAC’s ongoing work with family members who are missing or have been murdered has revealed a need to centralize the toolkits, factsheets and violence prevention materials that NWAC has produced over the years,” explains NWAC President Jeannette Corbiere Lavell.

The CRG contains a poster, three fact sheets, 10 toolkits and other resources for educators as well as a CD for easy access to electronic files for printing and distribution. Some of the topics addressed in the CRG are: “Sisters In Spirit Vigils,” “Men as Effective Allies,” “Unlocking the Mystery of Media Relations,” “Navigating Victim Services,” and “Safety Measures for Aboriginal Women”.

NWAC encourages the use of the CRG for violence prevention activities, community support, capacity building and to promote healthy relationships.

The CRG will be available in February 2012 and available online. Download PDF Press Release.

To view or download the CRG, click http://www.nwac.ca/programs/community-resource-guide-what-can-i-do-help-families-missing-and-murdered-aboriginal-women-

 For more information please contact:

 Irene Goodwin, Director of Evidence to Action

1-800-461-4043 or igoodwin@nwac.ca

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CNA has revised its wesite. The Primary Care Toolkit has a new link. Save this new link in your favorites http://www.cna-aiic.ca/en/professional-development/nurseone-knowledge-resources/cnas-primary-care-toolkit/

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