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The Healthy Start / Départ Santé Training Now Available Online

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019

PRESS RELEASE – Septembre 16, 2019 – Thanks to a partnership between the Continuing Education of the Université de Moncton, Moncton campus and the Saskatchewan French Health Network (RSFS), the bilingual Healthy Start/Départ Santé (HSDS) training program is now available online. Since its inception in 2012, the HSDS professional development program has trained more than …

Now is your chance to host a series of Healthy Start for Families sessions!

August 16, 2019August 12, 2019

We are currently looking for organizations that want the opportunity to offer family based programming in Saskatchewan. A Healthy Start for Families session is designed for parents or guardians and children ages 0-5 years (siblings are welcome.) The program consists of a series of interactive, kid-friendly activities and cooking sessions, offered free of charge …

Healthy Start Sampler – Summer 2019

July 11, 2019July 11, 2019

In this issue: Pleasure and benefits of gardening with children Our new Web site Featured recipe: Summer Spinach Salad Healthy Start for Active Kids Training in Moncton Request for Proposal: Healthy Start for Active Kids in New Brunswick

RFP: Healthy Start for Active Kids in New Brunswick

June 27, 2019June 26, 2019

The Réseau Santé en Français de la Saskatchewan and the New Brunswick Gymnastics Association are looking for an organization to coordinate and deliver the Healthy Start for Active Kids (HSAK), a bilingual population health initiative aimed at increasing healthy eating and physical activity opportunities in early years settings. Please review the following Request For Proposals. …

Pleasure and benefits of gardening with children

June 25, 2019June 24, 2019

Summer is here and gardens everywhere are growing. If you have a garden, getting children involved in its maintenance is a great way to get them physically active while developing their interest in vegetables and fruits. Here are some benefits of gardening with your children: Gardening is great physical activity! Digging, planting, spreading compost or …

Participants and trainers for the June 2019 Healthy Start for Active Kids in Moncton, May 2019.

Health Start for Active Kids Training in Moncton

June 26, 2019June 22, 2019

From May 21 to 24, 2019, Healthy Start offered two two-day workshops (one in French and one in English) in Moncton, New Brunswick. Following this training, 18 early years’ practitioners from New Brunswick will now be able to offer the Healthy Start for Active Kids program in the province. Participants were able to enhance their …

A new and improved website for Healthy Start!

June 19, 2019June 3, 2019

We are happy to share the new and improved look of our website. Now it is even easier to interact with the Healthy Start team and our services. Healthy Start offers a variety of training opportunities and resources for educators, teachers and parents. We want you to be able to choose the services and register …

HSDS: Setting The Stage For April 1st 2020

May 10, 2019October 9, 2018

On September 26, 2018, the roundtable Sustaining Healthy Start – Beyond 2020 was held at La Cité universitaire francophone in Regina. This important knowledge sharing forum, organised by the Réseau Santé en français de la Saskatchewan (RSFS), addressed the impact of the Healthy Start/Départ santé (HSDS) initiative and its future. The participants at the roundtable were …

HSDS Round Table in Regina

May 10, 2019September 17, 2018

Sustaining Healthy Start – Beyond 2020 is an important knowledge sharing forum about the impact of the Healthy Start/Départ santé initiative and its future. It will offer a creative and synergistic experience for partners, supporters and connectors in the health and early years networks. We hope to engage as many knowledge mobilisers as possible! When: September …

September 2018

July 11, 2019September 4, 2018

Check out this month’s Healthy Start Sampler to learn how to make stone soup, to meet a Healthy Start Community Trainer, and more!

Healthy Eating and Goal Setting highlighted in the latest HSDS Booster Sessions

June 22, 2019July 22, 2018

Last June, Healthy Start held two Booster sessions, one in Saskatoon, on June 26, where we had 18 participants from child care homes, and another one in Consul, on June 28, where we had 4 participants from Reno Rascals Early Learning & Childcare. In Saskatoon, the HSDS Implementation Coordinator for the region, Rebecca Klapwyk, facilitated …

Train the Trainer 2018

May 10, 2019July 18, 2018

Why? To become at Healthy Start Community Trainer. Healthy Start promotes healthy eating and physical activity in early years settings by providing training for early learning and childcare practitioners. If you are interested in learning how to facilitate these trainings, attend this event and become a Healthy Start Community Trainer! What? A training that …