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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Are you looking for some fathering resources and ideas? FII-ON has some booklets that you might be interested in.
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Lozier Award of Excellence in Father Involvement Practice
The Fernand Lozier Award for Excellence in Father Involvement Practice will be given to a person, agency, organization, or company in the for-profit or not-for-profit sectors who has shown innovation and commitment to fathers and/or issues facing fathers in Canada today. This award recognizes things such as creative programming for fathers, innovative and effective policies for fathers, consistent promotion of father-friendly ideas and practices, positive media portrayals of fathers, and significant work added to the growing body of father involvement research.
Nominations will be received at the CFII (awardofexcellence@cfii.ca) until May 15 of each year. There will be one award in each of the following categories:
- individual
- agency/program
- business/corporate.
The awards will be handed out prior to Father’s Day.
To submit a nomination, please send an email to awardofexcellence@cfii.ca with the following information:
- your name, email address, phone number
- the name of the nominee
- contact information of the nominee
- the category you are nominating for (individual, agency/program, business/corporate)
- a description of the difference this nominee has made for fathers and/or for the field of father involvement (max 250 words)
- submit any supporting documents (ie., flyers, media stories, etc.)
Nominees will be posted May 31, 2011, with the finalists being announced June 17, 2011.
See the nominations and winners for 2010.
***Nominations are open to individuals, programs, agencies, and businesses in Canada only.
Meet Fernand Lozier:
During his work at the Public Health Agency of Canada, Fernand began to notice an absence of fathers in the discourse, planning, and implementation of family and children's programs in Canada. A thoughtful man with a strong background in social sciences, Fernand encouraged the role of fathers in early childhood development to be examined and discussed. This led to Fernand championing the inclusion of fathers in PHAC's children's programs while continuing to support further research on father involvement and promoting linkages between academics and practitioners. Under Fernand's leadership, the Father Involvement Initiative - Ontario Network (FII-ON) was developed, as well as the Father Involvement Research Alliance (FIRA). Because of his vision, Canada is now seen as an innovative leader around the world in the area of understanding and responding to issues facing fathers