Liberal MP Sean Casey (Charlottetown, P.E.I.) on behalf of Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) announced more than $460,000 to support Recreation PEI’s go!ForIT project. The project focuses on increasing the physical activity levels of adults and older residents living on Prince Edward Island who are currently not meeting the recommended Canadian physical activity guideline of at … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) announced $3.8 million in funding to support Canadian Cancer Society’s partnership with EllisDon for the Construction Industry Tobacco Cessation Project. The program will be available to construction workers at select EllisDon worksites in Ontario (Ottawa, Toronto, and Kingston area) and Alberta (Calgary and Edmonton), with the aim of helping workers … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) announced a $1.1 million investment to the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology to support the development of the Canadian 24-hour Movement Guidelines for adults and older adults. Once created, these guidelines will help inform Canadian adults of all ages of the amount of physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) announced the release of the first national dementia strategy titled ” A Dementia Strategy for Canada: Together We Aspire.” his first national dementia strategy focuses on preventing dementia, advancing therapies, and finding a cure, as well as improving the quality of life of people living with dementia and caregivers. Budget … Read more
The co-chairs of the federal, provincial, and territorial Special Advisory Committee on the Epidemic of Opioid Overdoses—Dr. Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada, and Dr. Saqib Shahab, Saskatchewan’s Chief Medical Health Officer—issued a statement: “The epidemic of opioid overdoses continues to be the most challenging public health crisis in recent decades, and the devastating … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) announced a $1.9 million investment over four and a half years to support the Fondation Tremplin Santé’s Shape Up program, which will work with summer camps across Ontario and Quebec to provide tools and resources to help promote healthy living habits to children and youth attending camps. The initiative … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) underscored the Government’s commitment to ending gender-based violence by announcing nearly $4 million in funding for four projects in British Columbia aimed at preventing teen and youth dating violence. The Multi-lingual Orientation Service Association for Immigrant Communities, Réseau-Femmes Colombie-Britannique, the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre, and the YWCA Metro … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) issued the following statement: “June is Brain Injury Awareness Month, an opportunity to bring attention to the effects of brain injuries and the measures to take to help prevent them. Brain injuries can occur at all ages and be caused by trauma from falls, car accidents, sports, assaults … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) and Dorothy Shephard, New Brunswick’s Minister of Social Development, announced the first successful applicant as part of New Brunswick’s three-year Healthy Seniors Pilot Project. The Nursing Home Without Walls project is being led by the Université de Moncton, in collaboration with local nursing homes, to test innovative methods of providing seniors … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Matt DeCourcey (Fredericton, N.B.) announced $2.8 million to support four initiatives aimed at preventing and addressing gender‑based violence for LGBTQ2 people. The following organizations are receiving funding for these initiatives: Egale Canada, the University of British Columbia, the University of Toronto, and The 519, based in Toronto. The … Read more
