The Cridge Centre for the Family

"Every year, Canada has a conversation about the stigma of mental illness. The current approach often focuses on stigma as a social process that occurs within individuals. We neglect the structural forms of stigma that are baked into the system." http://ow.ly/TFzx50DmwYu

While pre-pandemic research indicated that up to one in five children in B.C. continue to live in poverty, even more children and their families have had difficulty getting something to eat since COVID-19 entered our lives a year ago." http://ow.ly/S44a50DmvB3

OPINION: "Moms, let’s stop pretending we’re getting self-care when we’re not. We’re subconsciously modeling for our kids that it’s okay, even good, for someone to ignore their needs in favor of everyone else’s." http://ow.ly/zuiN50DpGHH

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"The influence of people’s friends and immediate family has the biggest effect on their adherence to government restrictions to control the COVID-19 pandemic." http://ow.ly/CUzG50DmwbG

"BC Emergency Health Services announced Wednesday that paramedics responded to 27,067 overdose calls in 2020, up 12 per cent from the year prior. That’s roughly 75 calls each day." http://ow.ly/kRsS50DmvFx

"For decades, kids were taught don’t talk to strangers and never accept a ride from someone you don’t know. Only a child is rarely harmed by someone they’ve never met!" http://parentsaware.info//20/10/28/teach-kids-body-safety/

"Kelowna's non-profit organization that has helped homeless people for more that 40 years, can accommodate only 60 people as the Okanagan city's temperature is expected to drop to a low of 10 overnight Saturday. Last year the shelter offered 90 beds." https://www.cbc.ca//kelowna-gospel-mission-winter-shelter-

"Nov. 20 marks 66 years since the United Nations established World Children’s Day. The COVID-19 has led to a significant increase in the number of children living in poverty, lacking access to education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation and water." http://ow.ly/Nll350CoLDw

"According to the RCMP, a drug called carfentanil, which is known to be 100-times more toxic than fentanyl, has recently surfaced in the local illicit drug market. An amount as small as grain of sand could be fatal." http://ow.ly/cgx850C3lCR

"Here are four things you can do to combat the winter doldrums and stay productive this winter." http://ow.ly/LAtQ50CoMvG

TRIGGER WARNING: So now we are back to the situation where men are arrested and nothing happens. There's nobody talking to him. There's nobody managing his risk in this very high-risk time. It's the perfect time to lean in and do something. http://ow.ly/cFI750CoLqg

"Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s medical health officer, has been honoured by the First Nations Health Authority for her "kind, calm, and reasoned" leadership during difficult times." http://ow.ly/Zn0050C3l90

Did you know that if we count up all the years of experience and support of The Cridge Centre among the Board Members and Management team, that it comes to 400 years?! We have 8 members who have served over 30 years. That is a whole lot of passion and commitment!

"Some Victoria parents had to make a tough decision put their children into overwhelmingly new situations, or risk having their child lose many of the social skills they spent years building." https://www.bclocalnews.com//pandemic-poses-serious-probl/

"Coming to a new country in the middle of a pandemic with no job or money to buy a computer and no knowledge of how the society works is a recipe for disaster. That is why having computer is everything." https://www.cbc.ca//digital-divide-covid19-newcomers-briti

"Young people age out of government care far too often without housing. They're dropped into an adult system that is incredibly dangerous and harmful and that's how you get long-term chronic homelessness." http://ow.ly/lCRJ50C3jLA

"Following a record-breaking weekend of new COVID-19 cases, Henry issued a public health order limiting private gatherings to one household, plus a group of safe six only." http://ow.ly/Rgv950C3kX3

"A longtime youth worker and sexual abuse counsellor has written his first children’s book to help teach children how to identify and respond to unsafe touch. https://www.bclocalnews.com//former-nanaimo-youth-worker-/

"If your family has decided to trick-or-treat or give out candy, you’ll want to sit down with your kids and lay some ground rules that take the pandemic into consideration." http://ow.ly/B4W350C3jWt

"Judges seem to put more weight on prisoners potentially contracting COVID-19 in jail than they put on victims having to have an offender back in the community, who could potentially use violence against them." http://ow.ly/mzLg50C3jGB

"Social networks is a crucial part of building community resiliency. The growing interest in local food as a reaction to COVID-19 can build social networks through farmer interactions as people seek out local farms and attend farmers markets." http://ow.ly/SVod50BZfRZ