Resources
H1N1 Flu Virus (Human Swine Flu)
- H1N1 Flu Virus information:
www.health.gov.on.ca
Smoking Cessation
- Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health:
www.wdghu.org - Canadian Cancer Society – Smokers’ Helpline:
www.smokershelpline.ca
Allergies
- Allergy-Safe Communities:
www.allergysafecommunities.ca - Allergy Asthma Information Association: www.aaia.ca
- Health Canada: www.hc-sc.gc.ca
Cancer
- Canadian Cancer Society: www.cancer.ca
- Cancer Care Ontario: www.cancercare.on.ca
- Colorectal Cancer Screening Initiative Foundation: www.ccsif.ca
- Ontario Breast Cancer Exchange Partnership: www.obcep.ca
- Canadian Health Network: www.canadian-health-network.ca
- Canadian Diabetes Association: www.diabetes.ca
- Dietitians of Canada: www.dietitians.ca
- Public Health Agency of Canada: www.phac-aspc.gc.ca
Children and Youth
- Healthy Child Development: www.knowledge.offordcentre.com
- Canadian Pediatric Society www.cps.ca
ADD/ADHD
- Children and Adults with Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: www.chadd.org (Parent-run)
- www.additudemag.com (Magazine)
Learning Disabilities
- Learning Disabilities Association of Canada www.ldac-taac.ca
Youth Friendly Resources
- www.youth2youth.ca (learning disabilities)
- www.mindyourmind.ca (mental health)
- www.planetahead.ca (sexual health)
- www.soul2soul.ca (death, loss, grief)
Heart Health
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario: www.heartandstroke.on.ca
- Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health: www.wdghu.org
Government Resources
- Healthy Ontario: www.healthyontario.com
- Ontario Health Card information: www.health.gov.on.ca
- Ministry of Health and Long-term Care: www.health.gov.on.ca
- Public Health Agency of Canada: www.phac-aspc.gc.ca
- Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health: www.wdghu.org
- World Health Organization: www.who.int
General Information
- Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health Live Well (Self-management health tools): www.wdglivewell.ca
- Community Links, a human services database for Waterloo, Wellington, and Dufferin: www.communitylinks.ca
- East Wellington Community Services: www.eastwellingtoncommunityservices.com
Mental Health
- Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada: www.anxietycanada.ca
- Canadian Mental Health Association, Grand River Branch: www.cmhagrb.on.ca/dnn
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH): www.camh.net
- Simon Fraser University, Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addictions: www.carmha.ca/publications/index.cfm
- Mood Disorders of Canada: www.mooddisorderscanada.ca/
- Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatment: www.canmat.org/
- Children’s Mental Health Ontario: www.kidsmentalhealth.ca/
- National Eating Disorder Information Centre: www.nedic.ca
- Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Hamilton Health Centre: www.macanxiety.com
- National Network and Mental Health: www.nnmh.ca
- Wellington-Dufferin Self Help: Guelph@peersupport.ca
Orangeville@peersupport.ca - Healing through the Arts: www.sparkofbrilliance.org
- Self Management manuals for Depression:
- Dealing with Depression: Anti-depressant Skills for Teens: www.comh.ca/publications/pages/dwd/
- Anti-depressant Skills Workbook:
www.comh.ca/antidepressant-skills/adult/workbook/ - Anti-depressant Skills at Work:
www.comh.ca/antidepressant-skills/work/
Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health Unit: www.wdghu.org
- Sick Kids - Motherisk: www.motherisk.org/
Community
- Rural Women Making Change : www.rwmc.uoguelph.ca
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered Health:
- Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition: www.rainbowhealth.ca/
Separation and Divorce
- Family Mediation: www.fmc.ca
- Family Law: www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/family/divorce
Legal Information
- Legal Aid Ontario: www.legalaid.on.ca
- Lawyer Referral Service: www.canlaw.com
- Legal Information: www.cleonet.ca
Grief and Loss
- Perinatal Bereavement Services of Ontario: www.pbso.ca
- Bereaved parents : www.tcfcanada.net
- Bereaved families of Ontario: www.bereavedfamilies.net
- Bereavement Ontario Network: www.bereavementontarionetwork.ca
- Loss of pet: www.ovc.uoguelph.ca/petloss/