Healthy Start @ Home
Discover our Healthy Start @ Home videos with tips and ideas to help you promote healthy eating and physical activities in your home environment. View the videos
Discover the history of Healthy Start and its accomplishments in our Retrospective Report
This 52 page report provides a comprehensive look back on HSDS’s nearly 15 year history. Synthesizing the information contained within the initiative’s extensive documentation, as well as the personal accounts of key HSDS organizers, participants and stakeholders, Download the document
HSDS Retrospective Report: Supporting Early Years Health in Saskatchewan and New Brunswick (2006-2020)
This report provides a comprehensive look back on HSDS’s nearly 15 year history. Synthesizing the information contained within the initiative’s extensive documentation, as well as the personal accounts of key HSDS organizers, participants and stakeholders,
Healthy Start Booster Webinars Series
These webinars are intended to: build your knowledge on active play in the early years. provide a refresher on important topics. inspire you to keep improving physical activity for the children in your care. To register to the webinars and receive a participation certificate: https://healthystartkids.ca/training/webinars/ You can also view the webinars videos on our Youtube …
Healthy Start Gala
To celebrate the completion of Phase 3 of its Healthy Start/Départ Santé (HSDS) bilingual program, the Réseau Santé en français de la Saskatchewan organized a recognition gala in Saskatoon on February 13, 2020. The event brought together about 45 people who have contributed to the success of this initiative over the years. The Gala was …
Heathy Start Gala Départ Santé
On February 13, the Réseau Santé en français de la Saskatchewan will hold a gala to celebrate the collective achievements of the past and current individuals and groups that have contributed to Healthy Start. It will be an occasion to look back and recognize the hard work and innovation that has shaped this unique initiative. …
An involved parent can make a difference
On behalf of a parent of two small children Alex (3 ½ years old) and Milie (15 months) and as a health professional, I hold a certificate from the Healthy Start program. As a health professional responsible for clinical teaching in the University of Moncton nursing program, I participate in conferences or professional development courses. …
Un parent impliqué peu faire une différence!
Au nom d’un parent de deux petits cœurs Alex (3ans et demi) et Milie (15mois) ainsi qu’en tant que professionnelle de la santé, je détiens le certificat du programme Départ santé. En tant que professionnelle de la santé chargée d’enseignement clinique en sciences infirmières avec l’Université de Moncton, je suis appelée à participer à des …
Balanced Advice on Trick or Treating
Many parents worry about their kids consuming too much sugar around Halloween. Parents may try to restrict and avoid Halloween candy to protect their children from eating too much sugar at this time of year. While the intention to reduce sugar is positive, being overly restrictive about Halloween candy may deprive kids not only of …
Pumpkin Soup
Ingredients: 1 medium onion, grated or finely chopped 2 tbsp. oil (olive or canola oil or sauté in 2 tbs of water) 1 29-oz. can pumpkin puree 4 cups chicken or vegetable broth (substitute water if you don’t have broth) 1/2 c. milk (or substitute ¼ c puréed cannellini beans) 2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice …
HS for Families Facilitators Workshop in Saskatoon
The Healthy Start Team offered our first Facilitator Workshop to equip facilitators to deliver Healthy Start for Families sessions. On September 21, 2019 in Saskatoon we welcomed 13 participants from 7 community organizations, both urban and rural who shared similar goals of offering family engagement programming with a health and wellness focus to the families …
HSDS Training Now Available Online
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 …