July 2010 Activity Report

Check out the Super Dads Super Kids game.

It is loaded with fun activities for dads with kids of any age to do together. Register with us to be able to access this cool resource.

The Canadian Father Involvement Initiative can support programs and agencies working with dads. Our focus is on promoting father-friendly practice across the board. Check out the "training" page for more details.

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FII-ON Activity report

July 2010

prepared by Brian Russell, Provincial Coordinator

The following is a list of FII-ON activities that have taken place since September 2009:

1. Website - updated with some new features

event calendar
centre locator

2. Super Dads Super Kids online activities

Embedded into the new website is a “game” for fathers to access that has different activities for dads and kids to do at different ages and stages of development.

3. Trainings:

October 2009
- Keynote at CAPC conference (200 people)
December 2009
- City of Toronto (25 people)
- FI-BOCC Training in New York (10 people)
- Windsor (100 people)
- Brantford (25 people)
February 2010
- Best Start Conference (display to all delegates; workshop - 75 people)
March 2010
- Toronto District Catholic School Board (23 people)
- Hastings County/Belleville (54 people)
- Sault Ste Marie (16 people)
- Toronto Children’s Aid societies (19 people)
April 2010
- Peterborough (keynote - 102 people; workshop - 13 people)
- Humber College (10 people)
- SW Ontario Homevisiting conference (93 people)
May 2010 -
- Jewish Family and Child Services (9 people)
- London (45 people)
- York region (22 people)
- Niagara Falls (101 people)
June
- Brockville (2 day training - 17 people))

5. completion of a Fact Sheets for

Corporations:

This is an info sheet meant to be distributed to businesses, corporation, and media focused on the impact of FI on the corporate world.

Schools:

This info sheet describes the value of encouraging fathers to be engaged in their children’s academic life and in the life of the school.

6. Face to Face Meeting - February 2010

Our meeting in February was very successful in laying out the plans for the next couple of years. This has been the impetus behind the creation of new committees, the Provincial Coordinator position, the resource for new dads, and the rest of the present workplan.

7. Creation of committees

Sustainability - focusing on funding issues
Communication - focused on marketing and public relations

8. Monthly Steering Committee meetings

9. First Lozier Award handed out

Three recipients of the award were recognized this year.

10. Displays

May - Peel Childbirth Network conference
June - Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies conference

Here are things coming up:

Projects:

terms of reference review
new booklet - dads at a distance
military fathers poster series
evaluate SDSK program

Training:

September 2010
- Timmins, ON (two presentations to fathers and families, 1 staff training)
October 2010
- CAPC Networking conference, Prince Albert, SK
- FI-BOCC training - Toronto
November 2010
- Homevisitors conference - Vaughn